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Hello From New York City - Part 2 - Exploring Mid-Town Manhattan
Since our plane landed nice and early we had virtually a whole day left to explore yesterday. The weather was pretty nice, quite sunny when we started, although it clouded over a little and was a little on the cool side, it never got much above 15 degrees Celsius.
Around noon time we hopped on the Q subway line, which is literally 5 minutes from our bed and breakfast, and we made our way into Manhattan. The subway actually emerges at the Manhattan Bridge and we got a good look at the Brooklyn Bridge and the south-eastern tip of Manhattan.
We decided to get off on Times Square, figuring that this would be pretty good place to start exploring NYC. Times Square, with all its neon advertising signs, and promotional displays is something else. The sidewalks were totally full of people strolling and tons of promoters were handing out flyers for broadway shows, comedy shows and other entertainment events. There is so much advertising in the Times Square area with lights and displays blinking everywhere, that the individual advertisements actually started to run into one another in my mind, probably not the effect the advertisers tried to achieve. Indeed, the hustle and bustle in this area is huge and can get a little overwhelming.
We strolled around that area for a while, and walked by Rockefeller Center, although we did not get to explore the whole complex. Then we tracked down Grand Central Terminal and walked through this grandiose historic train station which opened in 1913. There are over 100 commuter train platforms at Grand central and they all run off a glorious central concourse.
The east side of Grand Central opens out almost straight onto the Chrysler Building, and considering that I am a huge fan of Art Deco skyscrapers, I had to go inside this 1929 masterpiece. As a tourist you can only access the lobby, but the central area with its ceiling mural and the authentic Art Deco elevators (and their doors covered in wood marquetry) are definitely worth a little detour.
Then we snaked our way up towards Central Park, mostly on Lexington and Fifth Avenues. We walked by the (apparently just closed) famous Plaza Hotel and into the south end of Central Park, a masterpiece of landscape design and 850 acres of much-needed recreational space by the famous landscape designer Frederick Law Olmstead. We only explored the south end, including the Dairy and Sheep Meadow and headed out onto Central Park West with all its stately apartment buildings, including the Dakota Building, in front of which John Lennon was shot in 1980. The Strawberry Fields hillside garden was dedicated to his memory.
Everything is blooming here right now, and New York City is definitely a few weeks ahead of Toronto in terms of the horticultural cycle. Something was in the air, and I had to sneeze about a hundred times, and by the end of the day we both had to pick up some allergy medication since we were both battling major hayfever symptoms.
Then a brief hop on the subway later, we popped up again in Greenwich Village, a beautiful neighbourhood of brownstone townhouses and took in the ambience. We ended up at a nice little restaurant on 7th Avenue, called "Pennyfeathers" where we had a beautiful dinner in an enclosed porch so we could take in the street life.
A couple of subway rides later we came back to our temporary home in Brooklyn where we dropped into bed exhausted from all the walking, trying to catch up on a bit of rest for the next day.
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441 Laserdisc movie collection lot | US $300.00 | 8h 28m |
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LANA TURNER “Debut” – Original 1937 Studio PRESS PHOTOGRAPH – The Great Garrick | US $9.97 | 9h 44m |
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THE DANCE GEM FIRST ISSUE JULY 1937 BROADWAY SWING DANCE DESCRIPTION | US $7.50 | 9h 59m |
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Helen GA Georgia watercolor germany landscape painting | US $24.99 | 12h 40m |
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Spamalot Playbill w John O Hurley From Las Vegas Wynn | US $8.99 | 14h 10m |
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BROADWAY FLYERS WICKED SPIDERMAN HAIRSPRAY GREASE PHANTOM WEST SIDE STORY RENT | US $4.99 | 14h 13m |
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BROADWAY PLAYBILL WICKED SPIDERMAN HAIRSPRAY GREASE CHICAGO | US $4.99 | 14h 13m |
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ELVIS PRESLEY 1956 MENU NEW FRONTIER HOTEL CONCERT LAS VEGAS 1956 VERY RARE | US $449.00 | 15h 45m |
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SPIDERMAN MUSICAL PLAY POSTER COMIC CON 6 X 105 RARE | US $1.99 | 1d 34m |
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To Broadway With Love 1964 New York Worlds Fair | US $.99 | 1d 2h 29m |
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Railroad Magazine Jan 1950 Santa Fes 3800s Georgia Railroad | US $7.75 | 1d 8h 28m |
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STEEL PIER DIVING HORSE WALLENDAS WILL ROGERS 1933 | US $14.95 | 1d 11h 25m |
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KATHY GRIFFIN WANTS A TONY Broadway PLAYBILL FLYER March 2011 | US $5.00 | 1d 13h 23m |
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Misfits the complete evilive LP BLACK BLUE limited to 500 | US $59.99 | 26d 36m |
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Broadway Bound Theatre Program Joan Rivers Linda Lavin | US $12.99 | 2d 12h 34m |
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St Simons Island Lighthouse 2 painting art print prints | US $.99 | 2d 12h 40m |
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Melanie Griffith CHICAGO Broadway 10 color flyers | US $.01 | 2d 12h 50m |
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James Jimmy Stewart autographed pic signed matted | US $49.99 | 2d 15h 8m |
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Mary Poppins Rebecca Luker Signed Ad Flyer Disney on Broadway | US $.99 | 1d 4h 20m |
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LAST CHANCE POSTING Classic Vintage Promo Image of Van Helfin c 1945 | US $4.99 | 2d 16h 28m |
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ASHLEY BROWN SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED MARY POPPINS CLASSIC BROADWAY MUSICAL FLYER | US $5.95 | 3d 4h 13m |
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Ringers Lord of the Fans DVD 2005 Special Edition | US $1.31 | 3d 8h 47m |
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Tony And Me by Jack Klugman 2005 Package SIGNED ODD COUPLE W DVD | US $29.00 | 3d 10h 7m |
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MEGAN HILTY the SMASH star Bway cast RARE out of print mini handbill | US $4.99 | 3d 12h 13m |
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HARRY CONNICK Jr ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER musical closed on Broadway | US $5.99 | 3d 12h 20m |
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Gary Player photo authenticated signature matted framed golf horses | US $305.00 | 3d 16h 17m |
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JOHN SCHNEIDER in CHICAGO the musical he performed for a limited run on Broadway | US $6.99 | 3d 16h 46m |
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BILLY ELLIOT Broadway musical won 10 TONY AWARDS closed rare Magazine and flyer | US $8.00 | 3d 17h 16m |
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SEMINAR ALAN RICKMAN 2 COLLECTIBLE BROADWAY SHOW FLYER 6 x 11 6 x 9NEW | US $21.84 | 25d 6h 12m |
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Sherie Rene Scott pre EVERYDAY RAPTURE original art | US $30.00 | 4d 5h 23m |
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VARIOUS HOT FEET CD SAMPLER FANTASTIC VOYAGE NEW | US $15.89 | 24d 20h 29m |
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BILL NIGHY with JULIANNE MOORE in THE VERTICAL HOUR out of print handbill | US $7.00 | 4d 7h 3m |
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JOHN LeCLAIR SIGN HOCKEY PUCK | US $9.99 | 8d 9h 4m |
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GODSPELL with HUNTER PARRISH on Broadway music by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ of Wicked NEW | US $5.00 | 4d 14h 13m |
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Reebok Brygalaov Philadelphia Flyers Tee Shirt | US $29.95 | 4d 13h 25m |
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Alan Menken NEWSIES Harvey Fierstein Jeremy Jordan 2011 Playbill and Flyer | US $9.99 | 14d 10h 54m |
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SEMINAR ALAN RICKMAN BROADWAY SHOW FLYER 6 x 11 NEW | US $10.84 | 6d 1h 51m |
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COMPANY by STEPHEN SONDHEIM at OXFORD PLAYHOUSE THEATRE in UK | US $6.99 | 5d 4h 45m |
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Natasha Richardson in A Little Night Music VANESSA REDGRAVE CHRISTINA BARANSKI | US $8.00 | 5d 5h 39m |