I’ve done a fair amount of blogging about my trip through Spanish Harlem / El Barrio / East Harlem. I don’t know quite how many posts I got out of it (six?). But, I do know that I’ve written a fair amount for just a few hours of wandering. And I didn’t even talk to [...]
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Thomas Jefferson Park in Spanish Harlem
August 17, 2008St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village
August 16, 2008Smack in the middle of Greenwich Village is St. Vincent’s Hospital. The only way I know of the place is from endless reruns of Law & Order and, of course, from my infrequent wanderings of NYC that have taken me past it a number of times. As hospitals go, I’m sure it’s terrific and all; [...]
Film Shooting on Sixth Avenue
August 15, 2008Every so often when you’re walking around, you run across a film crew. This happened last weekend when I was on 6th Avenue near 52nd Street. I was on the west side and I noticed a huge group of people on my side looking directly across the street. I looked and saw the following sight: [...]
Jefferson Market Courthouse in Greenwich Village
August 14, 2008At the corner of Sixth Avenue and 10th Street in Greenwich Village sits a very beautiful building. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a church. When I first did a little bit of exploring, I found that it was actually a former courthouse and library and who-knows-what-else. It has quite a [...]
Abingdon Square Park in Greenwich Village
August 13, 2008Somewhere in Greenwich Village…okay, at the corner of 12th Street and 8th Avenue…is Abingdon Square Park. It’s pretty nondescript, but is graced with a Farmers’ Market every Saturday. I’ve been by there a few times and the place is pretty traditional for NYC parks. It’s nice, well attended, and lots of seating. Another thing it [...]
