#55 New York…Midtown

#55 New York…Midtown

Friday, September 20, 2019

Another day….another subway ride.  We had a few problems with our subway tickets this week, but we got to where we wanted.  Today we took the PATH gold line to its end at 33^rd Street in Manhattan.

From there we walked through Korea Town to Park Avenue. 

These were the newer and more attractive buildings on Park Avenue.

Jay found a new motto for how he eats.

We were not terribly impressed with Park Avenue, but the hike took us to Grand Central Station.  What a memorable place. 

This sign appeared on the sidewalk leading up to Grand Central.

We entered through the Jackie Kennedy Foyer.

To the trains

 Crystal chandeliers hang need the entry. 

The large cavernous depot drips of elegance.   

High above the tall windows are topped with sculptures.

The ceiling shows star constellations with their creature drawn over it.  We think they all light up at night. We just stood there for a while soaking up the ambiance.

Many stores and restaurants call Grand Central Home.

From here we headed east on 42^nd street.   This ATM isn’t your run of the mill money dispenser.  This ATM converts your dollars into foreign currency of several kinds.

Just down from here we saw the NY Public Library.

For my optician family I photographed the NY School of Optometry.

Hello Broadway!   We arrived at Broadway and 42^nd Street.

Times Square just bursts out in colors, signage, people and noise. 

 Current Broadway shows want to entice you. 

The NY Hard Rock Café in the Paramount building stands loud and brassy on the corner.

We had to look hard, but we finally found where the ball drops on New Year’s Eve.  The ball we saw is not the crystal ball used on New Year’s.

We also noticed lots of fresh fruit being sold from carts on the corners.

After walking for about 3 hours we headed home.  We chose to eat at a little café a couple of blocks from the RV Park.  

After some recovery time we set out again just after sunset.   The Hudson River flows about 5 blocks from the RV Park.  A channel of it passes right next to the park.    By walking to where Jersey City sits on the Hudson River, a magnificent, unobstructed view of Manhattan by night greets you.  We sat and enjoyed the sights for a while.

On the Jersey side sits the old Colgate Clock.  The Colgate Company used to occupy this spot.  It is long gone replaced by Goldman Saks.   But the clock remains!    The area around the clock has been cleaned up since our last visit, and made into a lovely park.  

This is how I like to see NYC: peaceful and quiet reflecting into the night. Derrille and I have had enough of NYC: the people and the noise and the subway.

Jay took this photo of Derrille on one of their morning walks.

Saturday September 21, 2019

We stayed in Jersey City today and went to a Street Fair.   We walked to it.   I didn’t realize I was so out of shape until we have been walking so much, up and down stairs, on and off the subways and around town.   The fair was just that: a street Fair: Adults, kids, babies and dogs.  Lots of people!  Lots of noise!  A couple of stages with live performers! Lots of food and beverages!

We didn’t see anything we wanted to bring home.  I was impressed by the number of things they had for kids.  Whoever did the face painting was an artist.  Some booths sold items for kids; some had activities; one booth was a kids’ dentist.  

They had a playground.

I fell in love with Earl.  He is 5 months old and a cross between an Old English Sheepdog and a Poodle.  His adult weight should be 30 pounds, as opposed to our Old English Sheepdogs that weighed in between 80 and 90 pounds.

As we began our walk home we noticed this big truck parked across the street entrance.  We had seen others at the other end. Then I hit us that this was a protective measure so keep drivers from plowing through the fair.

Tomorrow we move to Pennsylvania.