North Cove Gap at Dawn Iceland The Empire State Building became

The Empire State Building became the world's tallest skyscraper but was nicknamed the "Empty State Building" as for several depression years it struggled to sign tenants and operated at only twenty five percent full

with a powerful local storm about to break onto the harbor

after the stock market crash of 1929

panning to my left at 1/250 of a second

Alice and I

North Cove Gap at Dawn Iceland The Empire State Building becameThis subtle and haunting picture was taken on a cold November day, at dawn, where a narrow gap joins Essex's North Cove to the Connecticut River Estuary. The gap is treacherous as the current is fast flowing with sharp rocks lying just beneath the water surface at low tide. This is possibly the gap through which stealthily, on the night of April 7th, 1814, a British Marine "Navy Seal" style raiding party, commanded by Captain Richard Coote, captured