Tag: Empire State Building

• Kodak Moment

  My son, Brian, just turned 28 on July 14.  He is a part of the last generation of people (in America, I suspect) who had their childhood photos of them taken with film.  I have boxes stacked in my closet of envelopes containing hundreds if not thousands of pictures of him, my daughter, my family,…

  patrickjegan

  August 1, 2015

  Blogging, Childhood, Creativity, Everyday Events, Family, Films and filmmaking, History, Holding onto the Past, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, son

  earliest photos, Empire State Building, film developing, Kodak moment, negatives, NYC, old photos, photobooths, photography

• Not Just Another Skyscraper

  The Empire State Building has been linked to me, in one way or another, since before I was born. That may sound a bit confusing…but stay with me. I am an American male, raised to hide emotional reactions.  But, I can say that the building has made me cry on more than one occasion.  When…

  patrickjegan

  November 19, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, Family, Films and filmmaking, History, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  An Affair to Remember, Bell Labs, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Empire State Building, father, King Kong, Meg Ryan, memories of childhood, New Jersey, New York City, Sleepless in Seattle, Tom Hanks