A good friend of mine told m he walked past Trump's building

[malaise]

at 721 Fifth Avenue and was stunned to see the number of tourists taking photos. Said he didn't have a clue how many of them had votes but they were deserting the other important sites and rushing for pics there.

This man is a New Yorker

[lunatica]

1. Interesting anecdotal story about our history

I can't even imagine what it will be like if he were elected. Maybe it's because I just refuse to go there...

[Jackie Wilson Said]

2. It will be very ugly, very bad. We will likely be in a nuclear war within weeks.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

22. There were not enough Muslims with bombs at this event...

How the Hell can we sell terrorism without a Muslim destroying Trump Tower?

[Shankapotomus]

26. It all either be very bad

or those who voted for him will regret it immediately.

[pinboy3niner]

3. How many were peeing on it?

[malaise]

4. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Many I hope

[Jeffersons Ghost]

23. Like Nike said: JUST DO IT!

[scscholar]

5. People love to rubberneck at car wrecks...

nothing new to see here.

[malaise]

6. Yep

Humans love a circus

[awoke_in_2003]

7. Did he stop in for a Taco bowl?

[malaise]

8. You win the thread

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Alright...

I really miss the DUzy Awards at times like these

[tenderfoot]

9. I like how people act as if Trump built it all by himself.

[RichGirl]

11. If you were in Germany...wouldn't you....

....take a picture of Hitlers house if you could??? Fact is...most travel pictures are boring. Picture of a crazy person house would be of some interest.

[HuckleB]

12. I remember stopping there for a rest, a decade ago, with my then 18-month-old.

I think I took a pic, for kicks, mostly for the lowbrow celebrity factor, and I was bored.

No one else was around.

Hmm.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Yeah that has been happening for a while

watch this

CBC even has some of that, and why

[malaise]

14. Thanks

n/t

[PearliePoo2]

27. Whoaaa...that's 42 minutes worth watching..

42 very frightening minutes, because here we are folks. It's happening.
And to top off this horror, I just heard from my nephew. He said after a good deal of thought, he's going to vote for TRUMP. fuck.
I'm sending him this video asap.

[LiberalElite]

15. Deserting the other imporant sites...? like what?

I'm a New Yorker too. They probably just added that monument to glitz to their list of gotta-have selfie locales. I doubt anyone's visiting here just to see that place and then go home.

[malaise]

19. Don't know

Haven't walked or toured Manhattan in years. Stopped in Queens for 36 hours last year - for a function.

[LiberalElite]

20. Hmmm. Maybe some of them ARE

cabbing it to 721 Fifth, taking a pic and then getting the first plane out. People are nuts these days so ANYTHING's possible.

[Hortensis]

24. Sure! Why not do a "take me by Trump Tower," even if

out of the way, so they can chat about it when they get back home? Right now, right after the White House, Trump's Tawdry Taco Bowl Tower's easily the most talked about building in America.

[LiberalElite]

25. They can't be from NYC, where he's been an

(unfortunately) Native Son fixture on the news for decades.

[Monk06]

16. Meanwhile Vancouver sez, "Fuck you Trump and your idiot manchild"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/donald-trump-jr-insists-his-familys-name-is-worthy-of-vancouver/article29909441/

[malaise]

17. Run him

How are the folks in Alberta? What's going on with the fire?

[Monk06]

21. 90% of Fort Mac suvived thanks to some tough MOFO fire fighters My peeps still have their house

and their business Just waiting for the OK to move back to town

Every family that evaced gets $1600 per month transition funds and the banks are giving a moratorium on mortgage payments until insurance claims are settled

Meanwhile all the Fort Mac peeps whose homes are undamaged are going pitch in for those who lost thier homes

Fort Mac is an exceptional place and the Trudeau government is kicking in a shit load of cash for reconstruction

[PearliePoo2]

28. ^^ Yes^^

I'm STILL haunted ( a week later) by that video of the house burning down that was captured by the security cam.
The living room, the cozy couch, the fire seen approaching through the window, the two little fish happily swimming in the lighted aquarium. fuck...I wish I'd never watched it.

[malaise]

29. Really nice to hear

When a government actually cares for its citizens

[Nye Bevan]

18. I took lots of pictures of Buckingham Palace last time I was in the UK,

but that doesn't mean that I want HM Queen Elizabeth II to be our head of state.

[FLPanhandle]

30. I might take a selfie next to it when I'm in NYC again

Of course, I'll have my middle finger up in front of his name.

[JHB]

31. Desert what? Crass Central Station is a few short blocks...

...from Rockefeller Center, half a block from 57th St., and 2 long blocks from Canrnegie Hall.

In other words, it's on a common route between tourist-trap zones.

Probably the biggest difference between selfie-takers now with those in years past is that more of them have a little "fuck" sign to hold up next to the big "Trump" sign.