Thursday 25 September 2014

New York

Photos from week one


 Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan Bridge


Our apartment building


Street sculpture near our apartment


Southern area of Central Park


Central Park


Laurie in Central Park


The Reservoir at Central Park


Looking south to the downtown skyline over the Reservoir


The Frick Collection in Henry Clay Frick's 5th Avenue Mansion


Gate at the Frick Collection 


Grand Central Station


Grand Central Station facade reflected in skyscraper


Facade Detail


The Philip Johnson Glass House








The Brick House, containing guest room, main bathroom and services 


The Sculpture Gallery


'Da Monsta' at the entrance to the Glass House compound


Interior of Da Monsta

Greenwich Village


Brett and Laurie feeling that they belong right here




 The Highline Park




Moveable couches mounted on old rail tracks in Highline Park



The extension of Highline Park that opened the day we walked along it


The Highline Park extension before it gets a major makeover


Empire State Building


 Miss Liberty and Laurie


 The Guggenheim Museum Rotunda


Guggenheim Cafe 


Exterior of the Guggenheim on 5th Avenue


 Andy Goldsworthy 'Wall' installation in Storm King Art Centre



Looking at a picket fence made of mirrored glass at Storm King


Storm King