New York in the Spring of 2002
I have been to New York many times. I love New York. It is indeed an exciting place to visit in the United States. My very first visit to New York actually took place in the summer of 1994. It was the very first time my partner, Marc, and I traveled together. It was indeed a memorable trip and I have traveled to New York many times since.
Unfortunately, digital cameras had not yet been invented back then and so although I had pictures taken during that first visit, I cannot upload them on to this blog unless of course I scan all of them. Anyway, here were are some pictures we took from my visit during my spring vacation 2002, the onset of the digital age for cameras.
Back at the Lincoln Center
In front of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts adjacent to the MET in Lincoln Center
In front of the famous Julliard School of Music in Lincoln Center
The Plaza Hotel
The statue and monument in front of the Plaza Hotel
Inside the Plaza Hotel
The gilded elevators at the lobby of the Plaza Hotel
The portrait of Eloise
Eloise, a fictitious character, lived at the Plaza Hotel in the1950s at a time when The Plaza Hotel was at its peak
Inside Radio City Music Hall
On this visit to New York, I joined a tour of Radio City Music Hall. I got to sit in the main theater where the Tony's is held year after year and where the Rockettes perform all the time.
On a guided tour of Radio City Music Hall
The lobby of Radio City Music Hall
That's a group of students having class at the lobby
Some of the costumes which the NYC Rockettes have worn over the years
Radio City Music Hall main theater
The organ inside Radio City Music Hall
This is the area just where visitors to Radio City Music Hall went to rest and lounge around in between shows
On the way to Gramercy Park
The Gramercy in New York
I love the name Gramercy. It sounds so elegant, so old world, so rich. I wonder why it sounds so familiar?
Some townhouses around Gramercy Park
Fifth Avenue on Easter Sunday
Taken after attending mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Easter Sunday 2002. The whole avenue was blocked off from traffic and converted into a pedestrian only lane. There were lots of people, mostly tourists. Women wore bonnets of all sizes and shapes.
Male tourists wearing potted plants on their head imitating women wearing the traditional Easter bonnets at Easter on Fifth Avenue
A man wearing a costume made up of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building on Fifth Avenue East
Here's a gentleman not with a bonnet but an iguana on his head
I liked the whole scene at Fifth Avenue on Easter Sunday. It was very festive and I loved the crowds. It was just a few months after the sad events of September 11 but people were celebrating just the same.
On Fifth Avenue at Easter
In front of Bloomingdale's in Midtown Manhattan
At the Solomon Guggenheim Museum
Inside the Solomon Guggenheim Museum
At the time of our visit, the museum had an extensive exhibit of works of art from Brazil
A huge church altar transported from Brazil for this exhibit at the Guggenheim
This baroque altar came all the way from Brazil.
The Frick Collection
FAO Schwarz
The Trump Building, one of the many Donald Trump owns in the Big Apple
Times Square with the statue of George M. Cohan
The iconic yellow cabs of New York
TKTS, this is the place to buy half price or discounted tickets for shows on Broadway
I have been fortunate to have watched a number of shows on Broadway. The very first one I ever attended here was MISS SAIGON in the summer of 1994.
Colorful billboards in Times Square
The crowds in Times Square
St. Patrick's Cathedral at night
Another view of St. Patrick's Cathedral at night
Atlas carrying the World in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral
The Helmsley Building at the foot of Park Avenue just north of Grand Central Station
Inside Grand Central Station
I have been to Grand Central Station many times. Marc and I have eaten at the food court in the basement a few times when we needed to rest our feet and take a break from all of the sightseeing. I have had my picture taken here many, many times too but all shots came out dark or fuzzy and sometimes even both. I have no idea but for some reason, I just can't seem to get a decent picture indoors here.
The Rockefeller Center ice rink