Two unusual things - this gargoyle is only as old as 1929 and it's at eye level |
59 degrees again but a slightly higher humidity made it feel warmer
Found a dime
A passerby says "good morning". (He must be an out-of-towner!)
81 Irving Place, the 1929 home of the gargoyles
On Second Avenue, the 1902 New York Lying In Hospital is now residential. (A "lying in" hospital was a maternity facility}. In the early 20th century this was the site of 60% of all hospital births in Manhattan.
Stuyvesant Park bisected by Second Avenue with its east section and its west section
A man hops off his bike and stretches out on a bench for a nap
Some of the trees in the part have had paved walkways designed around them
An older woman with the face of a longtime sun worshipper runs around the park with her little dog as if they were at a dog show
An older man with dreadlocks wearing plaid flannel pajama bottoms and using a cane slowly walks his dog
Scheffel Hall (1895) on 3rd Avenue now is home to movement classes but was once a German beer hall and restaurant and a must visit bar for West Point cadets
A quick compost drop at the GreenMarket
Picketers chanting against Castle Construction
Steps: 7731
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