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Pier A, also known as City Pier A, is a pier located in the Hudson River at Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built from 1884 to 1886 as the headquarters of the New York City Board of Dock Commissioners and the New York City Police Department’s Harbor Department. The pier is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In addition to being a popular fishing destination, Pier A is also home to the American Merchant Mariner’s Memorial. The memorial is a bronze sculpture created by Marisol Escobar in 1991 and takes the form of three merchant seamen stranded on a sinking ship, terrified, calling for help and trying to reach the desperate hand of one of their shipmates floundering in the water below. The sculpture is based on a true event, the sinking of SS Muskogee by German U-boat 123 on March 22nd, 1942. The Muskogee was sailing from Venezuela to Halifax carrying a cargo of petroleum. Without an escort and unarmed, the Muskogee was hit by a torpedo in her engine room and began to sink within a quarter of an hour, 335 miles north-northeast. Ten survivors clung to life rafts in the burning sea as the U-boat surfaced. The submarine captain Reinhard Hardegen took their photograph, and it’s from this that Escobar based her sculpture.
The memorial serves as a marker for America’s merchant mariners resting in the unmarked ocean depths. It is a moving tribute to all those who have lost their lives at sea and serves as a reminder of the dangers that seafarers face every day.
Photographed at Purcell City Lake, Purcell, Oklahoma, on 31 July 2024.
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Well, it's the first time TSURU tries fashion style. It suits her very much, right?
She's calling her boy friend.XD
Kendal Calling Music Festival, Cumbria, 29h July 2016, Ratboy perform on the Calling Out Stage Credit:WittWooPhoto/Alamy Live News
Morning, apart from busy fish market indoor.
Location: Great Market Caringin, fish section, Bandung.
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"In a park in Tottenham sits a magnificent ancient Oak tree – a 500-year-old symbol of permanence that dominates a corner in this forever-changing pocket of the city. Bird-like calls, songs and messages echo out from the canopy of the tree as performers continually appear and disappear, fluctuating between restful perching to passionate vocal and physical activity. The performers beckon knowing audiences and unwitting passers-by alike, enticing them to stop, look up, contemplate and enjoy. Bring your blanket or rug, lie on the grass, and expect to see – and hear – the iconic tree in a completely new way." LIFT