On the Lookout for Digital Camera

Am looking for a good digital camera, suggestions welcome.

I can take photos now, but from a set of digital binoculars, not a real camera. Once I get it, there will be many more photos from Bay Ridge, as well as more comments. Until I get my digital camera, then, will mostly borrow from internet sources for photos.

But, as always, look to www.viewfrom103.blogspot.com for your daily dose of whatever.

Bay Ridge Baby Gets New Heart

An infant born with a heart tumor has received a healthy donor heart.

http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/42828.htm

O.L.A.

Our Lady of Angels Church, on Fourth Avenue and 73rd Street. I went to the Catholic school just behind this church.

Historic Bay Ridge Church In Trouble

Bay Ridge Methodist Church is a gem of a building, listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, and has graced this corner since 1875 I think. But it's in trouble. Water damage over the years has damaged the tower. The stones used in its construction are from a quarry in Pennsylvania that no longer exists. The congregation is smaller than it was, and there is no money for what would be expensive repairs. This building could be torn down, which would be a terrible thing. Full story in the " Bay Ridge Paper " http://www.brooklynpapers.com/html/issues/_vol28/28_16/28_16guide.html

An entrance to the 95th Street subway station, with a liquor store that has been there for a long, long time 

One fine day, as a midday fog burned off 

It will always be the RR train. This photo was taken in August 1969, as the Mets were surging to the top of the National League. Bay Ridge then was an absolute hotbed of intense Mets fans--very few Yankee fans at that time.