2024-02-18 The First Sunday of Lent

【Le Monocle de Mon Oncle-IV (1918)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

         This luscious and impeccable fruit of life

         Falls, it appears, of its own weight to earth.

         When you were Eve, its acrid juice was sweet,

         Untasted, in its heavenly, orchard air.

         An apple serves as well as any skull

         To be the book in which to read a round,

         And is as excellent, in that it is composed

         Of what, like skulls, comes rotting back to ground.

         But it excels in this, that as the fruit

         Of love, it is a book too mad to read

         Before one merely reads to pass the time.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《我叔叔的单片眼镜·之四》(1918)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            这甘美无瑕的生命之果

            似乎因其自身重力而落到地球。

            当你还是夏娃，再苦涩的浆汁依然甜蜜、

            清新，散发出神圣而馥郁的气息。

            苹果像任何脑仁一样

            成为阅读的书，

            而且同样出色，毕竟也是由

            像脑仁一样入土腐烂的东西组成。

            但远非于此，那爱

            之果，就是令人痴狂却无法

            只为打发光阴而阅读的书。

【注】从44个站台数量和占地面积49英亩(=37个棒球场或28个足球场)来看，纽约城的中央总站堪称世界最大的火车站。1975年，该中央总站被纳入《美国国家历史遗迹名录》。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2024: Church of Our Saviour, NYC(纽约城·救世主罗马天主教堂)

2024: St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, NYC(纽约城·农场街光辉圣徒教堂)

2024: Street Swimmers on Park Ave, NYC(纽约城·公园大道街头游泳者)

2024: Shop for Mod Parka Post-Snow, NYC(纽约城·雪后选购棉猴大衣)

2024: Hutong in Awesome Setting, NYC(纽约城·非比寻常的“胡同”食府)

2024: 1-Michelin-Starred Estela, NYC(纽约城米其林一星·星辰现代餐厅)

2018 Teachers' Appreciation Dinner(2018年光华教师答谢晚宴)

2017 MathCounts Regional Competition(2017年初中数学分区赛)

2015: Chinese New Year Eve @ Lai Lai Garden(来来花园春节年夜饭)

Park Avenue Viaduct around 3 Bldgs of the Terminal, the MetLife Building, & the Helmsley

(公园大道高架桥·航站楼、大都会人寿和林地洁净等3座大厦正对着公园大道 02-18-2024)

South Façade Featuring a Set of three Arched Windows w/ the Glory of Commerce Sculpture @ the Top Center & the Vanderbilt Statue at the Bottom Center

(南面设有三扇拱形窗户，顶部中心为商业荣耀雕塑，底部中心则是山冈人雕像)

Glory of Commerce Sculptural Group above the Tiffany Clock Including Representations of Minerva, Hercules, & Mercury

(神之证明时钟之上包括智慧、荣耀和神使在内的《商业荣耀》雕塑群)

The Terminal (1913) against Hyatt Grand Central New York (1919) & Chrysler Bldg in Art Deco (1930)

(1913年修建的航站楼与背后1919年始建的纽约凯悦大酒店和1930年兴造的陀螺大厦)

Grand Central Pershing Sq Plaza (中央总站桃贩广场)

Cast-Iron Eagle Decoration (铸铁鹰饰)

City Winery Grand Central

(中央总站城市酒庄 02-18-2024)

City Winery Grand Central, Importing Grapes from All over the World to Create Unique Locally Made Wines

(中央总站城市酒庄·用世界各地进口的葡萄来酿造独特的当地葡萄酒 02-18-2024)

The Touching 1913 Dedication over a Grand Central Terminal Entrance: To all those with head heart and hand toiled in the construction of this monument to the public service this is inscribed

(1913年中央车站入口处感人献词：致所有那些用心灵和双手辛劳为公共服务建造这座历史性建筑的人们)

Vanderbilt Hall (山冈人大厅)

Ticket Office (售票处)

Iconic Clock atop the Info Booth (问询亭顶部的标志性时钟)

Main Concourse Eastward (主大厅东侧)

Main Concourse Westward (主大厅西侧 02-18-2024)

Constellation Ceiling (星座天花板 02-18-2024)

Constellation Ceiling in Detail (细观星座天花板)

42^nd St Passage (42街通道)

Helmsley Bldg (1929) in Front of the MetLife Bldg as Part of Terminal City, a Commercial and Office District Created above the Tracks

(建于1929年的航站楼城之一——林地洁净大厦·位于大都会人寿大厦前，是在铁轨上方创建的商业和办公区)

Helmsley Bldg w/ Clock & Sculptures over the Entrance

(林地洁净大厦入口处的时钟和雕塑)

Helmsley Bldg in Beaux-Arts (林地洁净大厦·艺术风格)

Interior of the Lobby inside Helmsley Bldg

(林地洁净大厦·门厅内部)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

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