We encountered biting, frigid, cold weather that was tempered by visiting, with Elliot & Casey, many museums, restaurants, coffee shops, a Broadway show, a jazz performance, outdoor art, window shopping, sighting celebrities, noticing architecture & walking an average of 7 miles+/ day with a high of 9.9 miles.
Forest Hills H.S.seen from taxi driving on the Long Island Expressway en route to Manhattan.
Forest Hills H.S. some distinguished alumni: Emily & Howard Gannes, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Springer, Michael Landon, Richard Berkof, Alice Bauer & Judy Feldman. I once lived up the block from the school.
270 Park Avenue is set to be the new state-of-the-art global headquarters for J. P. Morgan Chase. We’ve been watching it being built on our visits to Midtown Manhattan when we have stayed at the Hotel Elysée.
From the Madison Ave. side in May 2023.
The new building will house up to 14,000 employees!
Three models of stages of 270 Park Ave. are exhibited in “… ‘The Vertical City,’ a new exhibition of tall buildings by Norman Foster and Foster + Partners opened at the newly refurbished Transamerica Pyramid.” I was surprised to find this on an unplanned visit this week while in San Francisco.
Contractor elevators for 270 Park Ave. are reminiscent of Erector sets I built as a child.
One of our favorite restaurants in Midtown. Also, it’s a healthy 2+ mile walk each way from the Hotel Elysée.
Valentine's Day special, lobster pie.
The tables were about elbow to elbow, close enough together that we could overhear Nathan Lane & his husband discussing the theatre at the adjacent table.
Rainbow bagels at JUMBO Bagels. https://www.ny-jumbobagels.com. ”From the Bagel Bakers Union 338 to the invention of the bagel rolling machine by Murray Lender, the Rainbow Bagel has joined the ranks of notable bagel innovations. It has helped shape the way we see bagels today, reminding us that there is a perfect bagel for everyone, whether it's a classic everything or a colorful, sweet Rainbow Bagel.” https://www.tastingtable.com/693968/rainbow-bagel-secrets-viral-food-unicorn-trend/
We get the plain & everything JUMBO bagels made in their wood fired ovens. Yum!
“…the ‘Fred Leighton Building,’ … was completed in 1908, landmarked in 1977 and converted to cooperative apartments in 1987. The opulent exterior features a curving French Renaissance-style façade with an eclectic mix of Elizabethan and Flemish Gothic details.” Two units currently available from $1+ mil. to $ 5.5 mil.
Angelina Paris depuis 1903.
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Angelina Paris depuis 1903.
The fireman was leaving after he had come in to ask “Where the f***, I mean where is the street number sign. It has to be right over the door. Tell the management they have to fix it right away!”
The c. 1881, Saint Jean Baptiste Catholic Church.
76th & Lexington Ave.
THE 128 BAR & MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION at the Society of Iliustrators - Founded 1901. 128 East 63rd Street
MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION.
I have a Schott pea coat & at one time had their bomber jacket. I’ve been to their warehouse in NYC.
MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION.
And the winners…MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION.
There were cartoons on the walls up & down a narrow hallway. As we walked along one could hear folks chuckling.
THE 128 BAR on the 3rd floor of the MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION at the Society of Illiustrators.
THE 128 BAR & lounge on the 3rd floor of the MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION at the Society of Illiustrators.
THE 128 BAR & MUSEUM of ILLUSTRATION at the Society of Illustrators, A Centennial Celebration .
“This scrapbook of work by Helen Hokinson is an example of the scrapbook practice of record keeping that The New Yorker staff began in 1925 at the start of the magazine.
The work of each artist was clipped from the magazine & pasted into books. The practice ended in around 2012."
The Grolier Club - "A First Class Fool" Mark Twain and Humor -Featuring the Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane.
47 East 60th Street
If my memory serves me correctly, this game didn’t sell well.
“Blossoming glasswork by Nancy Blum was commissioned by MTA Arts & Design.” 2019.
…at BORGO.
MINI in front with snow on roof.
Andrew Tarlow’s “Borgo is a neighborhood trattoria serving seasonal, (Mediterranean) wood-fired cooking centered around a hearth.” 124 E 27th St.
