Category: Statues Monuments and Memorials
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NY- Naked Man in the Park
I often walk by this community garden at W.111th and Amsterdam but never see any kids. Do you think it is because of the statue? The naked man in the park is dying– see updated pictures here.
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NY- Twilight in Central Park
I took a walk in to Central Park again tonight hoping to catch the hot air balloon. This time I didn’t lug my tripod along in case it was grounded again. It wasn’t. It was a beautiful summer night and there were quite a few people in the park enjoying it at Cherry Hill.
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NY- Saturday Morning in Central Park, Why I Love NY in the Summer
Saturday Mornings in Central Park.
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NY- Columbia University- Charles H Revson Plaza
Charles H Revson Plaza butts up against the Law School and the main campus of Columbia. It’s full of statues and a great place to watch the traffic roll up and down Amsterdam Avenue.
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NY- King Ladyslaw Jagiello Stands Guard over Turtle Pond
After The invasion of Poland in 1939 this statue was moved from the Polish pavilion at the World’s Fair in Queens’ Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to storage. In 1945 the Polish government in exile donated the monument to the City and it was rededicated at its current location standing guard over Turtle Pond in Central Park.…
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NY- Artists at Merchants Gate- Central Park- Columbus Circle
Great artists must think alike. How else can explain the onslaught of easels and painters at the USS Maine Memorial at the Merchants Gate in Central Park.
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NY- Columbus Circle Fountains at Twilight
I took a walk to Columbus Circle because they were setting up lights for a shoot at the unopened Museum of Arts and Design. I figured I could mooch off thier equipment but they had already left and the museum isn’t scheduled to open until September so I took some pictures of the action at…
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NY- People Watching in Richard Tucker Square- Upper Westside
The trianglular park right outside the West 66th Street #1 Station is great place to pull up a seat and people watch. Bordered by Barnes and Noble to the north and Lincoln Center to the west, there is plenty of Upper Westside foot traffic day and night. And as a bonus you’ll usually find a…
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NY- Jeff Koons on the Roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
If you want to see how big Central Park is then take a trip up to the rooftop sculpture garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From there you can see the tree tops from end to end and all the buildings bordering the park. It is truly amazing. Today they opened a new exhibit…
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NY- Flowering Trees in Stuyvesant Square
Nestled in 4 acres between 15th and 17th at 2nd Avenue sits a great little park sold to the city for $5 in 1836 Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847) and his wife Helen Rutherford, of the richest families in America at this time. The park is bordered by Friends Seminary and the Chapel of St. Georges…
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NY- Flowering Trees at St John The Divine
Spring is showing off its’ colors at St John the Divine, Americas’ largest cathedral and still under construction.
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NY- Columbia University opens it’s doors to lure new students this week
The neighborhood is being spit-shined and the campus dolled up for Columbia’s Open House this week.