Thoughts on NYC

Bryant Park! My half day NYC journey began when I emerged from the Bryant Park subway station. What a remarkable park! So green, so relaxing, immediately next to the NYPL, and surrounded by a few wonderful buildings.

One of those buildings is the Bryant Park Hotel. Wow! Its charcoal exterior with the golden accents is absolutely remarkable. Very striking against the sky.

You can also see both the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building from around the park, making this one of my new fave NYC spots.


Another bulding just surrounding the park is the W.R. Grace building. It's really a wonder to look at, with its curved lower levels.

So it's on to the United Nations along 42nd street, where the are a few buildings of note, the first of which is the Chrysler Building. I'd seen it before from afar, but never from so near. Amazing! A couple of other buildings really stood out to me: the Channin Building (which I can't find a photo of - none of these photos are mine, my camera crapped out on me), and the News Building.

It's awesomeness is difficult to capture in a photo, but this was the only one I found that captures some of that, albeit blurry.

Further along there's a stairway, leading to Tudor City Place.

This is what most of the buildings in the area look like, and it's a very cool, isolated spot overlooking the UN. There were plans to develop the area in the late 80s - early 90s, but the area was preserved, and now there's a gorgeous small park that could possibly be the most peaceful place to be in Manhattan.

Coming up: Part 2, the United Nations...and beyond.