Early Tuesday morning, I had an appointment on the East Side of Manhattan so I cabbed it. Afterward, I decided to walk home to the West Side through Central Park. I took photos along the way for all of my JazzWax readers worldwide who are homesick for New York, lived here once and miss it, or visited the city and still love it. [Photo above of the Majestic, completed in 1931, on Central Park West, by (c)Marc Myers]
So today, on Thanksgiving, here is my holiday gift for you:
Play this clip as you look through the images below...
Photo above of Central Park Drive heading north on the East Side, by (c)Marc Myers
Photo above at the start of the 72nd Street Transverse on the East Side, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of a proud green tree along the Transverse, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above, from the Transverse, of "Billionaire's Row" on Central Park South, with two seasonal evergreens in the foreground, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of the Bethesda Fountain, completed in 1864, with the Beresford in the background, completed in 1929, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo of a past-peak tree along the Transverse, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of a tree along the Transverse still sporting its autumn gold, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of an autumn pathway, with the San Remo, completed in 1930, in the background on Central Park West, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above, along the Transverse, of low morning sunlight, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above, along the Transverse, of a nearly bare tree, with the Majestic in the background, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above, taken along the Transverse, of a tree that didn't get the autumn memo, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of an Art Nouveau street lamp in the park with the real deal behind it, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of an autumn-red traffic light, with half the Majestic in the background, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above of the empty walkway up to the Strawberry Fields "Imagine" mosaic, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above taken moments later of the same walkway, by (c)Marc Myers.
Photo above, taken while emerging from Central Park, of the Dakota, completed in 1881, on Central Park West.
And finally, photo above of the Majestic, across 72nd Street from the Dakota, in all its modernist glory, by (c)Marc Myers.
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!
