NYC, Day 3

On day three, we got in the car with my cousin, Anne, to see her favorite places to visit in the city.  That Anne is willing to drive her own car to Times Square to pick us up says a lot about Anne and her comfort in the city.  She gave us quite the view of NYC drivers by driving just like them!  It was very amusing.  I will forever be thankful for this day because we saw so much that we would not have seen on our own.  We ate brunch (twice-brunch is served until 4pm all over the place on weekends; locals love their brunch) at little cafes in "The Village" (Greenwich Village).  We saw the cute playgrounds the locals use.  We saw real estate listings and could be in shock over the million dollars someone will be paying for 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom, and that doesn't include the $1088 per month in maintenance fees.  Wow!  I'll never remember to list all we saw yesterday, but I will try.

1.  Greenwich Village
2.  East Village
3. NoHo
4.  We went to a gallery in SoHo
5.  Chinatown
6.  One World Trade Center
7.  Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange
8.  Chelsea Square and Chelsea Market
9.  Little flea markets in various neighborhoods
10.  The High Line Park--I'd seen a documentary of this, and it was really neat to walk the length of it.  It is really, really neat!
11.  Little Italy
12.  We rode in a taxi twice and the subway once.
13.  Meatpacker district
14.  Hell's Kitchen

I told Brishen that he will hear about these areas so many times in the future, in media and books, and, each time, he'll think, "hey, I was there!"

One World Trade Center and Ground Zero

A very old cemetery at an old church

Call me a dope, but I was surprised to see the word "Wall" on this street sign.  I never think of it as anything but "Wall Street" all together.  I never thought through that enough to realize that the name of the street is "Wall".  We were told how it got that name on our cruise, but I already forgot.  I'm pretty sure the Dutch were to blame.

We tried to master the subway and hailing taxis on the same day.

Busy, busy Chinatown.  We stopped in a vegetarian store since I've never seen one before.  It was packed with meat alternatives, some being quite strange.  Vegetarian duck or octopus, anyone?

Chelsea Market is in a nifty old factory of some sort.  

Here are pictures of the High Line Park, built on an elevated freight train line.  It was really pretty and unique, and so many people were enjoying it.  This makes me happy for those who are able to see value and beauty in those things and places others of us would just toss out.  Hmm, Basia would be the type of person to create something like this.  We noticed that you don't enjoy the view much when you are on street level, but at this elevated train level, you can take a moment to look around and really see where you are.  Someone was so smart!

 

This man was in High Line Park.  His sign says that he takes requests.  You name a Shakespeare play, and he will perform from that play.  We made our request, and he performed flawlessly.  We would love to know how much Shakespeare he has stowed away in that brain of his.