Venturing Into Manhattan,: Union & Madison Sq. Pks., the High Line, & Chelsea - N.Y.C. Finally Revisited October 2021

We had a date to meet Ted , Director of Tours Programs at The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS), for lunch. at Seamores Restaurant in Chelsea.. We left early to walk around a bit. We took our notes from a MAS virtual tour of Chelsea,that we had taken a few months ago. We clocked 8+ miles for the day.

Our 1st time on the subway since COIVD 19. We went to the last car where there are usually fewer passengers.

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The day before George Floyd's bust had been vsndalized with grey paint. It had been cleaned overnight

There's so much plastic everywhere & she was going to add to it.

For instance...

These hipsters were discussing fatherhood.

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Fishs Eddy - "Hotel & Restaurant Supply, At Your Service." . An emporium of vintage & vintage style dishware.

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Madison Sq. Pk.

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Tough way to earn a living. There was another guy with a group of kids on the other side of the park.

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This guy was putting together siding for a small business lobby.

Nomi spotted this building.

Super's break time.

The High Line with 30 Hudson Yards seen mid-photo. This is the tallest of the megaproject’s skyscrapers (1,296') , & is home to a sky-high, (at 1,000') open-air observation deck.

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On the right & left, the Lantern House.

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This four story parking lot is about one quarter of a city block; that's a lot of sq. footage!

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We learned about it in our MAS class on walking West Chelsea.

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Seamore's Chelsea restaurant.

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Here we met Ted, of the MAS, for lunch.

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Union Sq.

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Abe Lincoln.

The red “frames are part of an art project implemented in 1998 called ‘Framing Union Square.’… Artist Mary Miss (with the help of architect Lee Harris Pomeroy) was commissioned to create an installation that would pay tribute to the old Union Square hub of 1904, one of the city’s original 28 subway stations. With 115 frames distributed throughout the 14th Street complex, it’s virtually impossible not to encounter one.; ‘look below the surface to see a ‘slice’ of the station, its structure, [and] its history.’” Of course, we had learned about this in a MAS class.

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