Along the lower West Side of Manhattan near the new World Trade Center is the neighborhood of Battery Park City. This is the newest part of ever-changing NYC and is about 90 acres of reclaimed land from the remains of the building destroyed on September 11 as well as land dredged from near Staten Island. Continue reading “Battery Park City”
Last October Kongo caught what was probably the last great fall day in Central Park. Today he caught the really great first day of Spring. It was glorious to see the trees starting to bud and bloom and daffodils crop up through the brown leaves of winter. People were out and about and enjoying the sunshine and clear skies. Continue reading “Signs of Spring in Central Park”
While visiting New York City this weekend, Kongo took a stroll around Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. One of the interesting things about this church is that has a lot of old gravestones. Like really old gravestones. When this ghoulish skull and cross-bones was spotted, Kong imaged it was a pirate grave. Captain Kidd, after all, was a pew holder at the church. But this was not the case at all. This was the grave of a child. Continue reading “Trinity Church, NYC”
Yesterday Kongo took advantage of an absolutely glorious October Sunday to spend a few hours in New York’s Central Park. The weather was warm but every once in a while a cool, chilling breeze chased along the paths, reminding everyone of colder days ahead. Maple trees were particularly spectacular. Sycamores had already lost most of their leaves. A huge Breast Cancer Walk added plenty of activities and noise with a band, banging drums, and splashes of pink everywhere. Continue reading “Central Park Sunday”
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