Final Scenes And Out-Takes From NYC

And now the exciting conclusion to our visit to Gotham...

More Park East Halloween decor...trick or treat here and
you'll probably get a bagful of Godiva or Guylian

Nicely wrapped poubelles on the southern bit

Window washing

20 stories up there...

For high speed chases down narrow alleys

Fraunces Tavern, in the Financial district...where GW bid his officers
farewell, and where the Great Saunter begins (Rachel note)

Literary beer drinking headquarters

How Amazon delivers in Manhattan

On Wall St.

Thus

And thus; not body paint, however

Afternoon tea bus...but not a double-decker as in London

At the banned books demonstration at the NYPL

Ditto (I think)

Times Square

Ditto

"Practice, practice, practice..." (old joke)

More great old architecture

Rent-a-picnic at the Park

Upscale version

More art deco

The biggest danger in Central Park is being trampled by joggers

Influencers at the Met

Art lovers

Winter is coming, and we must go

Penultimate Scenes and Out-Takes From NYC

Lord Voldemort bust at the Met

Somewhere on the southern bit of the island, a beautiful Japanese garden...

Turned out to be a dog park

One of the approximately 900 wooden water towers atop
the city's tallest buildings...some camouflaged, some not,
some doubling as cell towers

Attitude

Among the many beautiful old skyscrapers

Still processing the headgear

Erhuist in the Park

"A major award..."

Sic transit, Gloria...

Bowellism in Gotham

οι εργαζόμενοι πρέπει να πλένουν τα χέρια τους πριν επιστρέψουν στην
εργασία τους ("employees must wash hands before returning to work")

Among the few art nouveau sites...

We'd take this one

The AC unit on the porch above the entry adds a real touch of class

Peking duck is widely available, but will set you back $75 or so p/p

Among the many community gardens in the southern bit

Proselytizing in the park

Central Park reservoir on the night we were hoping to see the aurelia
borealis...

Artist's conception...

A last look at the tall skinnies

The Strand's outpost by the Met

Another of the older skyscrapers, the Peninsula Buiding

Incipient street party on Columbus Ave, every Saturday afternoon

Park East Halloween decor; professionally done, of course