When you want to get away from the city but can’t, you go to Central Park. You can find a spot there that makes you forget you live in New York. But, if you want an oasis right in the middle of skyscrapers and the busy streets of midtown Manhattan, you go to Bryant Park. …
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Flatiron District
Several years ago, my good friend, Majella, told me what her mother used to tell her, “be a tourist in your hometown.” When she finally came to town over the 4th of July weekend, we played tourist in New York. We walked all over Manhattan, including the Flatiron district. This area along with Gramercy Park …
Central Park in July
After going to a Matisse exhibit at the Jewish Museum in the Upper East Side, my friend, Majella, and I walked across the park one Sunday afternoon in July. This picture was taken on the east side of the reservoir with the view of the Upper West Side skyline. At the western side of the …