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Static Sky Travels
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I have on occasion been on the road and thought I’d share some photos of what I saw along the way. Photos by me or an immediate family member. If using my photos to train AI please tag them incorrectly and say they are of Mars. #Americana #Photography
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who not how. well, I got the letters right... having the letters in order is overrated.
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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I know, it really caught my eye coming out of the rest stop. I know it was spectacular as I noticed a few others leaving the rest stop pause for a moment. And trust me, drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike are not really in the mood to pause for anything.
January 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Each lighthouse seems to typify today's #BlueSkyArtshow them of #One. We know there are many, but every single one seems alone.

Photo form behind a very dirty ferry window.

Holyhead, Wales

#Photography
A red lighthouse sits at the end of a long long wharf.
January 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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What Exit! Nice typo to ruin an already weak joke.
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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The golden sunset enhances the natural beauty of... The New Jersey Turnpike.

What Exist? (exit 4)

Late evening at the Walt Whitman Rest Stop.

#ForestFriday
#Photography
At a parking lot the cars are in shadow while the leafless trees (its winder) and lit bright by the sunset and their natural brown looks like orange
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Beautiful photo! Unrelated thought, maybe I should give the Swamp Thing TV show a try.
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Video: TCM Spotlights the United Palace Theatre with Lin-Manuel Miranda
In the latest installment of their ongoing Still Now Showing series, Turner Classic Movies explores the history of the United Palace Theatre in New York's Washington Heights, with help from Broadway's...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Where the Kudzu covered forest meets the Chesapeake Bay.

North East, Maryland (that's actually the town name... though its up in the north east of the state).

#ForestFriday
#Photography
barren trees are covered by a vine, that is also missing its leaves because its winter. In the distance is some water.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Way up on the upper east side... basically Spanish Harlem, you see art everywhere - like this here underwater scene on the fence of an empty lot. This nautical tableau is actually made of yarn.

#UrbanGaze
#Photography
A chain link fence at night, tall buildings visible on either side though behind it is an empty lot. On the fence someone has weaved with yarn sea creatures such as an octopus and a seahorse. In the center is a blue face wearing snorkeling gear.
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Wow they are really similar The theater in Queens in NYC opened 1929, so similar era. Thank you for letting me know about it. Trip to London needs to be scheduled!
January 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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2/2 Walking into the Valencia even the vestibule quickly throws you into the Mesoamerica motif they're going for in this Theater. But once you get into the lobby the beauty and color really hits you.

#Photography #NYC #WonderTheater
#WonderTheaterWednesday
A long hallway with a tile floor the walls have fake windows of ornate design the walls are teal, and one side is lined with column that I guess are supposed to look like they are Aztec? The lobby of the theater ornate designs and bright colors are everywhere, every inch of the ceiling has an ornate design, same for much of the walls. The colors are teal, red, and gold
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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1/2 We've seen photos of the Jersey City, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Wonder Theaters. Here's Queens. I showed some pictures of The Valencia this past weekend, but here are a few more. The theme is Mesoamerica, so the walls feature a town with churches, houses and plants.

#Photography #WonderTheater
A wide shot of the theater, showing the orchestra seats and the stage. ON the sides of the stage are ornately design churches and houses (that are only a few feet deep) including trees and bushes behind the buildings to make it look like small towns.
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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5/5

Only 5 Morton Wonder Organs were made and it is how the Theaters got their name. The Organ was capable of making orchestral sounds (trumpet, violin, flute, etc.), percussions (glockenspiel to piano), and sound effects surf, horse hoofs, wind, etc.

#Photography #NYC #WonderTheater
An ivory and gold painted organ sits in the lobby of the theater, no longer hooked up to the pipes of the theater.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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4/5 Wonder Theater stages had extremely ornate designs at its sides. These designs are where the pipes for the organ would hide. At the bottom of the pipes in the Kings theater is where missing kids were put so they could be found. Here 5 satyrs looked down at the kids.

#Photography #WonderTheater
Richly designed large columned with carvings and glitter. Beneath it are 5 satyrs staring to a blank area in the middle
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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3/5 The King's Theater no longer shows movies and is for live performances. It was abandoned for decades and a lot of work was done to restore it. The carpet is not original but it is an exact copy, because the company that made it in the twenties still had some.

#Photography #NYC #WonderTheater
the stage as seen from the balcony. The ornate ceiling is lit up and visible as is the ornate designed areas on the sides of the stage. A view of the side of the theater with red curtains and ornate carvings.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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2/5 At The King's Theater in Brooklyn (named after Kings County rather than the Borough of Brooklyn because New York loves government entities) stepping out of the theater to use the bathroom is a journey of elegance.

#Photography #NYC #WonderTheater
#WonderTheaterWednesday
The balcony of the lobby is all gold and red, with red velvet hanging and detailed carings in the city. And the lights are cool too. above the carved (faux) wood columns the lights are wonderful pieces of Art Deco design themselves.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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1/5 Brooklyn is home to one of the 5 Wonder Theaters. And though the theater is amazing (as is Brooklyn) I hate to say it, it's the least spectacular - which is insane to say, because look at it. This is just its lobby!

#Photography #NYC #WonderTheater
#WonderTheaterWednesday
Deep gold and red - those are pretty much the colors of the room, outside of the dark brown wood siding. It is an ornate room with multiple chandeliers.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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3/3 And that's it for photos of The United Palace #WonderTheater of Washington Heights, Manhattan (for today)
#Photography #NYC
#WonderTheaterWednesday
centurysux.bsky.social Static Sky Travels @centurysux.bsky.social · Feb 23
They don't make lobbies like they used to. Pictured is a the balcony of the VIP room that looks down on the Lobby. To the sides of the balcony are two long mirrors, one clearly showing a reflection of part of the ornate ceiling.
picture from the back of the lobby looking to the entrance. The ornate ceiling is visible as are the chandeliers. The ornate grand staircase The VIP room balcony overlooking the Lobby. view of the lobby from the side at the top of the stairs.
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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2/3 The United Palace #WonderTheater of Washington Heights, Manhattan
#Photography #NYC
#WonderTheaterWednesday
centurysux.bsky.social Static Sky Travels @centurysux.bsky.social · Feb 23
They say since it was the last one being made they just through every design element they had used in making the other 4 Wonder theaters. As the NYT's calls it: Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino-Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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1/3 #WonderTheater photo madness continues. The United Palace is definitely the most wondrous of those that are open.

#Photography #NYC
#WonderTheaterWednesday
centurysux.bsky.social Static Sky Travels @centurysux.bsky.social · Feb 23
United Palace. One of the 5 Wonder Theaters in the NYC, and the only one to have been in more or less continuous use over the past 95 years. It still shows movie there on its new 50 foot screen.
Exterior of United Palace at the corner of 175th Street and Broadway. The insanely over designed interior staircase. 2nd floor hallway to enter the balcony area. Extremely ornate. view out to the audience area from the stage.
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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4/4 And on the roof of the Loew's Jersey City #WonderTheater was St. George fighting a dragon. Seen from behind, this actually used to move. In the restoration of the theater I bet getting this to move again is not a high priority.

#Photography #NYC
#WonderTheaterWednesday
On top of the roof is an ornimatation facing out to the street. It is an arch which holds two statues of bronze: A dragon and St. George.
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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3/4 even under the decades of dust and lit only by spotlights or construction lighting, the grandeur of the Jersey City #WonderTheater is still pretty obvious. When it opened in 1929 the views of the theater were probably much more spectacular than the films that were showing.

#Photography
A close view of just some of the ornamentation along the walls of the theater. This features two cherubs. It is lit by spotlight so there are deep shadows. The theater as seen from the audience area, it is incredibly ornate though faded with much of the pain chipped and worn. Some areas are closed off because it is an active working area. There are a half a dozen people listening to someone talk. They are all wearing hard hats. A view of the theater from the balcony seating area, but all seats have been removed. The view is of an amazing ornate theater in need of some repair. Spotlights on some of the more ornate areas of the theater as seen from the balcony. The balcony area is filled with boxes.
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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2/4 I've been lucky to visit the theater twice during the restoration process. The plan is for the theater to open for live shows at the end of '26. The 5 #WonderTheater in the NYC area were named after the Wonder Organ able to make sounds like violins, trumpets, flutes, drums, etc.

#Photography
Ornate lobby of a theater, looks like it could have been a theater in Europe. A picture of one of that halls of the theater, with ornate curtains and designs and carvings along the wall. A closeup of the lobby chandelier with the extremely ornate wood work of the ceiling and walls visible behind it.
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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1/4 Here's a tag for one day only: #WonderTheaterWendesday. I have way too many photos of a few of these theaters I thought I might as well show a bunch.

Starting with Lowe's Jersey City Theater. Closed in 1986 it has been under off and on restoration since then.

Lobby

#WonderTheater #Photography
The lobby of an incredibly ornate theater with large marble columns and detailed carvings and reliefs. It is showing some signs of disrepair and fading. We are looking down at two people in hard hats.
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM