2025-03-15 World Contact Day

【All Things Imagined Are Of Earth Compact… (1913-1915?)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) All things imagined are of earth compact, Strange beast and bird, strange creatures all; Strange minds of men, unwilling slaves to fact:
Struggling with desperate clouds, they still proclaim The rushing pearl, the whirling black, Clearly, in well-remembered word and name.
Even the dead, when they return, return Not as those dead, concealed away; But their old persons move again, and burn. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《想象的一切都是地球的产物……》(1913-1915?)】 华莱士·史蒂文斯“异乡人·花环”(1879生—1955卒) 【红霞译】 想象的一切都是地球的产物, 奇兽异鸟,所有怪诞生物; 人类奇怪的思想,不愿臣服于事实:
就算与绝望的困境博弈,依旧宣称 奔涌的珍珠、盘旋的黑色, 显然,广为流传的辞藻。
即使长眠者,重新出现时,归来的 不像那些隐匿的亡灵; 而如他们的老叟壮心不已。 【注】对马斯克“麝香”的愤怒,如今让特斯拉“磁通密度”成了众矢之的。自川普“小号商”就任以来,这位亿万富翁CEO凭借对总统的鼎力支持,对联邦政府施加着越来越大的影响力——他领衔的政府效率部,以开源节流之名,对联邦机构大刀阔斧地削减,怨愤与日俱增。今天,切尔西“白垩港口”广场上,特斯拉车行前抗议的人群密密麻麻,标语写着“立即将马斯克送上火星!!”我站在那里,听着此起彼伏的口号,忽然觉得,这座城市的情绪,从来没有这么烫过。 我转身朝东南望去,圣伯纳德“勇敢”的瓜达卢佩“狼河”圣母教堂(Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard's Church)静静地立在那里,云淡风轻。这座纽约“新紫衫树之地”最古老的西班牙语天主教会,接手了爱尔兰人主导的圣伯纳德教堂,坐落在曾经的小西班牙区。两种文化在此悄悄融合,像流水汇入流水,无声无息。转向东北,谷歌闷声不响地立在那里——它把一座前铁路货运站改造成了现代科技中心,玻璃幕墙后是代码与商业的无声对话。第一家实体零售店也在这诞生,接待的年轻人语气平淡地说着技术细节,像在讲家常。 我站在三个地标之间:愤怒的抗议者、安静的教堂、沉默的科技巨擘——它们彼此相距不过几百米,却像三个平行的时代在同一块土地上各自呼吸。我忽然觉得,这才是纽约:它同时容纳着撕裂与和解、旧信仰与新算法,不偏袒任何一方,只是把所有的情绪、对话与迭代都摆在同一条街上,让你自己走过去。我转身离开时,风声和旗声混在一起,听不出哪一束来自呐喊,哪一缕来自祈祷。但我脚下踩着的这块砖,同时承受着它们的重量——而它没有裂开。 Today in History(历史上的今天): 2025 1-Michelin Yingtao, NYC(大四·纽约米其林一星—樱桃中餐馆) 2025 Starbucks Reserve Roastery NYC(纽约星巴克臻选咖啡烘焙工坊) 2025 Whitney Museum of American Art(纽约惠特尼美国艺术博物馆) 2025 Chelsea Market, NYC(纽约切尔西市场·美食大熔炉) 2016 Reading Olympics(初中二年级·阅读奥林匹克赛) 2015: Argumentative─How to Wake up for School(议论文如何早起上学) 
Tesla Car Showroom @ Chelsea (切尔西的特斯拉汽车展厅) Protest against MuskDOGE & the Tesla Dealership in Manhattan's Meatpacking District
(抗议马斯克“政府效率部”和曼哈顿“弓岛”肉类加工区特斯拉经销店) Hedge & Hearth @ The Standard Plaza, Opposite Tesla Car Showroom @ Chelsea, High Line Transporting Guests across The Pond & Back to the Meatpacking District & Getting Lost This Winter
(标准广场的篱笆炉灶·位于切尔西特斯拉汽车展厅对面,高架公园将游客送过大西洋并回到肉类加工区,让食客在这个冬天放纵自我)

Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard's Church (1875) in English and French Gothic Revival, Boasting Twin Towers, a Rose Window, Elaborate Stonework, Striking Wooden Doors & Ornate Ironwork Fences & Railings (勇敢圣徒的狼河圣母教堂·1875年建成的英法哥特复兴式建筑,拥有双塔、玫瑰窗、精致的石雕、醒目的木门和华丽的铁艺围栏及栏杆) Our Lady of Guadalupe Gaily Painted, in an Extravagant Color Scheme of Green & Gold, Featuring Faux Marble Columns Reminiscent of the Interior of the Former Church
(色彩绚丽的狼河圣母教堂·采用奢华的绿色和金色配色方案,配有仿大理石柱,让人联想到前勇敢圣徒教堂内部结构 03-15-2025) Organ Built in 1891 by J.H. & C.S. Odell of New York @ Our Lady of Guadalupe
(勇敢圣徒狼河圣母教堂管风琴·1891年制造) Our Lady of Guadalupe, Founded in 1902, NYC's Oldest Spanish-speaking Catholic Congregation in what was once Little Spain
(成立于1902年的狼河圣母教堂·纽约市最古老的西班牙语天主教会,位于曾经的小西班牙地区) Former Rail Freight Terminal Union Inland Terminal #1 Port Authority Bldg Converted Its Massive Floors to Tech Hub Google Bldg, the 1st Retail Store
(谷歌大厦·将前铁路货运站联合内陆码头一号港务局大楼将其大型楼层改造成科技中心、第一家零售店) Google Setting the Bar for Ecoconscious Retail w/ Its First Brick-and-Mortar Store in 2021
(谷歌于2021年开设首家实体店,为环保零售树立标杆) Google w a Sinuous Metal Line Weaving Its Way through the Space Defining Areas Within the Space While Keeping Sight Lines Open
(谷歌用蜿蜒的金属线穿过空间,界定了空间内区域,同时保持视线开放 03-15-2025) Maritime Hotel Nicknamed Pizza Box w/ Unique Sloped Façades
(绰号为“披萨盒”的海上酒店·拥有独特的倾斜立面) Philip Martiny Doughboy @ Chelsea Park
(位于切尔西公园的爱马仕·战士雕像《美国步兵》) Common Starlings in Bath (洗澡的椋鸟)
Charles Ray Adam & Eva 2023 Stainless Steel
(查尔斯·雷《亚当“红土之子”与夏娃“生命”》2023年不锈钢) Christopher Wool Crosstown Traffic 2003 in Mosaic
(克里斯托弗·伍尔《跨城交通》2003镶嵌画) 
Eugene (left), alongside 30 Hudson Yards (Center-right, Background) & One Manhattan West (Far-Right, Foreground) (左:尤金“高贵”大厦、中:哈德逊“灵魂”广场30号、右:曼哈顿“弓岛”西一号) Ramp Bridges Serving PABT Connectors to the Lincoln Tunnel on 9th Ave
(位于第九大道、连接港务局巴士总站和林肯隧道的匝道桥 03-15-2025) Gillie & Marc They Were The Last Three 2019 Fatu, Najin, & Sudan Created as a Beacon of Hope & Love & Served as a Reminder of the Profound Impact of Humans on the Environment
(吉莉和马克《它们最后三头白犀》2019年·傻大、站立者和黑人之地三头白犀是希望与爱的灯塔,提醒大家人类对环境有着深远影响) Crosslinks(相关博文): USA·New York(美国·纽约州) USA(出游美国) |