Thursday Doors – New York Mix

John “Hannibal” Smith of The A-Team was famous for saying “I love it when a plan comes together.” I wonder if he had a saying for when a plan went off the rails? I had such a plan for Thursday Doors. The plan is coming together, with the help of a good friend, but the holidays, combined with the Twilight Zone Marathon denied me the time I needed to get it in A-Team shape.

That’s why we have extra door photos.

In between Another Walk to the Javits and the doors of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, there was a walk from the Javits. My path was somewhat predictable, in that it included a stop at the Molly Wee Pub. Then I followed the well-accepted method for getting up-and-over in the least amount of time:

Go with the Walk signal.

At each intersection, just go with the light until you get as far as you need to go. It doesn’t matter which way you’re going, as long as you don’t go farther in any one direction than you need to go. Not only is this method fast, it introduces a random element into your doorscursion. What’s a doorscursion?

Doorscursions are the treasure hunts we take in search of interesting doors. Once we have our photos, we take them to Norm Frampton’s place. It’s a painless process. Upon arrival, we are treated to Norm’s doors. Then, we look for the blue frog thingie. That’s our ticket to the door collection. Click the frog and you can share your doors and see 20, 30, 40, 50, or perhaps as many as 60 collections of doors – from around the world!

My traffic-signal-randomized doorscursion took me past Macy’s, Saks Fith Avenue, the New York Public Library and a bunch of other interesting doors. The gallery includes as much information as I know. I hope you enjoy my trip from 38^th and 10^th Ave to 50^th and 5^th Ave.

By the way, if you’re wondering why I have a distant photo of the Empire State Building, fear not, there is a door in that photo. If you want to read more about the secret door on the 103^rd floor, click here.

This is the main branch of the New York Public Library.

The French Building has a pretty amazing entrance.

R. H. Macy & Co

Food truck

Office space for rent here. 385 5th Ave – Nice address.

I like the scalloped overhangs above these doors.

The arrow points to the location of the secret door.

Those are doors. In the summer months, the entire front wall is open.

No doors, except on the cars. I thought I’d share a photo of one of these garages. Drive it is, stack it up.

I like the door and the entrance way.

I like the color and the shape of the Dentil & Crown Molding above this entrance.

Entrance door on the back (9th Ave) side of the Post Office building.

This is a side door into the 8th Avenue Post Office building. The school bus wouldn’t move for me.

The door to B&H is always busy.

Simple door, but green.

On a rainy day, these doors were brightly lit.

I think I like the side lights even more than the door.