001 View from the roof garden at the Met
August 11, 2007
looking toward Fifth Avenue. It was my first full day in the city, the day after it rained cleaning the air.
August 11, 2007
looking toward Fifth Avenue. It was my first full day in the city, the day after it rained cleaning the air.
August 11, 2007
The building on the right, with the two towers, is the Dakota, where John Lennon lived.
August 11, 2007
There is usually a show of contemporary sculpture on the roof, some more interesting than others. In the most interesting shows the sculpture interacts with the views across the park.
August 11, 2007
across the street from the bus stop. I'm always amazed that I can walk down a street I've been on many times and still notice something new.
August 12, 2007
Walking along the embankment next to the East River we found cool breezes. We can see the bridge from the apartment. The center section is raised for tall ships or to prevent people walking across at night or in bad weather.
August 13, 2007
in the Vanderbilt Avenue lobby of he former Pan Am Building. This sculpture is three or four stories high: rays of sunshine framing the globe and holding it in place. It was one of those delicious New York surprises I love so much.
August 13, 2007
from the sublime to the ridiculous--the unions place this inflatable where non-union labor is being used on a building site.
August 14, 2007
This is the George Nakashima table in the Japanese gallery. A Japanese woman, sitting in front of this butterfly joint motioned she wanted to cut the joint and pull the pieces together.
August 15, 2007
The crowds kept growing. Those young men kept their attention for at least 20 minutes.
August 15, 2007
They kept them guessing about jumping over those people until they collected lots of money.
August 15, 2007
The back of the building seen from Columbus Avenue, on the way to dinner with Phyllis and Tommy.
August 16, 2007
If Bill Clinton took the train into Manhattan, this is where he would board it. I was coming back from the Toastmaster's meeting.
August 16, 2007
These corners are how I think of New York. Not many of them left today.
August 16, 2007
Evidently everyone else thought so, also. A sign on the door said the library was one block east.
August 17, 2007
the ASPCA displays cats in their window, and I always stop and look.
August 17, 2007
I left Julia's office and went to my dinner date in between rain storms.
August 17, 2007
near Times Square. The tall building in the center is the new New York Times building. The funny shaped thing in front is part of the Westin Hotel.
