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| Our apartment building on W. 106th St; aka Duke Ellington Blvd. |
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| Occasional landscaping in the neighborhood |
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| Who'd have thought a hibiscus would grow here? big one too |
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| A ray of hope at the Whole Foods market nearby |
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| Approaching the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to which we expect to return many times: for non-New Yorkers, there is a "global" membership, which allows unlimited access for the member plus one guest, for $90; not a museum one can see in even a very full day |
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| The Jackie O reservoir in Central Park |
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| GW and Lafayette at nearby Lafayette Square |
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| Museum of the City of New York...other side of the Park from us; very disappointing, especially after the Carnavalet in Paris and the city museum in London...the video of New York history was good, but we're glad we went on a free day... |
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| Duke Ellington monument (local pianist/composer of note); not to be confused with the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley... |
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| Very tall, skinny building; aka the Madison Square Park Building |
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| Met Life Building, one of the earlier skyscrapers |
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| Alas, the Flatiron Building was completely scaffolded |
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| The Croisic Building...Neo-Gothic...the good stuff is up at the top, where you can't see it...I think much of our skyscraper appreciation is going to be done via websites such Newyorkitecture.com |
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| Nice mural |
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| No end of ghost signs |
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| Every city has one |
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| Sans giant gorilla |
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| New act... |
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| "Go west young pigeon" (Horace Greeley monument) |
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| Maybe find a different cash machine? |
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| In Washington Square |
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| Still in Washington Square, headed for the Strand...next post |
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