Gee, It's Tiresome Chasing Around

Postmarked 8 September 1926(?)
Pelham, New York

Postcard Caption:

MADISON SQUARE and Metropolitan Life Building, New York City. Madison Square showing Fifth Avenue at right crossed by Broadway at 23rd Street. This tract was set apart in 1811 for parade grounds, 6.84 acres of which still remain. It is bounded by Broadway and Madison Avenue and 23rd and 26th Streets. It was for a generation the centre of the Hotel and Theatre district.

Message:

Hello, Sir: - / Wish you were here enjoying the sights We meet Eunice to-morrow and stay with her, and go to a show. Gee, it's tiresome chasing around. We start home Thurs. arriving there Friday. It's been very nice here. / Nora.

Pictures I took at Madison Square during a June 2010 trip to New York City:

Waterworks Park | Detroit, Michigan

Postmarked 19 May 1908
Detroit, Michigan

Message:

Reminds me so much of Juo K's palace (?) / C.

Detroit architect Joseph E. Sparks won a competition to design the city's watertower. Fully functional by 1879, the tower also doubled as an observation deck and the surrounding 110-acre park drew many tourists. By 1895, new technology made the tower obsolete, but it remained vibrant as an attraction through the 1920s, though it was shut during World Wars I and II due to security concerns. In 1945, the structure was ruled unsafe and closed to the public and was demolished in 1962. Although some areas of the park were remained open, today the entire park is closed to visitors.

Waterworks Park Tower History