Morning Walk #139 - Sunshine-y Cold

Lost any?

33 degrees (feels like 28) & 53% humidity

A Naked Cowboy Oysters truck drive by. The Naked Cowboy is a Times Square institution. He is not quite naked but dresses in a cowboy hat, boots and Jockey shorts as he plays his guitar and entertains the tourists. He does not dive for oysters but apparently this company that harvests the Long Island Sound oysters felt inspired to use his name.

A man bicycles down the bike path with a covered seat for his child on the front of his bike. He holds the leash to the dog running behind him.

A walk through Chelsea Piers where parents are bringing their toddler children for some kind of class. The Pink Panther theme song plays in the distance.

I take a seat next to the Sesame Street Fire Truck children's ride to read my email. A few minutes later the siren on the empty ride starts blaring. I picture a guy in a security booth somewhere checking cameras and making that siren blast out to startle unsuspecting email readers!

A walk back across the highway to Chelsea Market for a short warm up period. A family of 6 tourists pile out of a car and into the Market stopping to take photos every few feet. I think they may have thought more shops would be open at 8am but there are plenty of photo ops.

Steps: 6231

Morning Walk #27 - Hudson Riverwalk

Along the Hudson

68 degrees, humid and cloudy with bits of blue sky peeking out

I had expected rain so the weather is a bonus

I head off in the direction that I used to walk to work...for the first time on my morning walk

Two guys in green plaid kilts, gray t-shirts and heavy backpacking backpacks - one wearing flip flops

The 1845 Saint Columba Church with its school (now closed) which had clearly marked separate entrances for Girls and Boys

Breezy and sunny on the Hudson

A little freaked out that my phone thinks I'm in Hoboken when I'm on the riverwalk

A man asks if I'd like to go for a swim

Walking back by Chelsea Piers, I always expect it to be busier with early morning athletics

The former National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) early 1900's manufacturing plant where Fig Newtons and Oreos among others were born - now it houses Chelsea Market, the Food Network and NY1

Steps: 6656

Morning Walk #15 - Chelsea Piers

Surprisingly, no rain yet again in a week with predicitons for morning rains 4 out of 5 weekdays

Heading towards Chelsea Piers for possible shelter in case of a downpour

A memorial of candles, flowers and photos along a chain link fence

A large bronze plaque for Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. (son of the Civil War general) 1904 - 1909. He was responsible for the building of the Chelsea Piers as well as much other construction in NYC including Grand Central Terminal. 

Signs for the High School for Public Service Prom

The area north of Chelsea Piers is quiet with few people

A woman holding what looks like a large pink flower above her head with arms outstretched. It turns out to be a pink umbrella - not opened completely but no clue as to why she is holding it like that.

Always amazing to find parks, playgrounds, and playing fields tucked in between high rise buildings

Old 19th century buildings reborn in the 21st century

A sign for the Susan B. Anthony Real Estate Company...apparently not named for the famed Miss Susan B. but a modern day woman of the same name

A little girl in a gray pleated skirt runs on her orange scooter

A sign says the building on W. 22nd Street is the 1835 James N. Wells Mansion - it's not looking very mansion-y but interesting just the same.  Mr. Wells was instrumental in developing Clement Clarke Moore's Chelsea estate into lots (and making himself a lot of money).  The house became a home for the aged and is now 30 apartments.

Heading back home amid a sea of children heading every which way to school

Steps: 6168

Morning Walk #3 - Chelsea Piers

Frank Gehry's IAC Building

Gray, rainy day (recordbreaking 3.04 inches)

Singing in the rain

A film crew parking trucks & trailers next to the projects in Chelsea

Colorful umbrellas (which is unusual in NYC's sea of black)

Fog over the Hudson River

Taking shelter in Chelsea Piers and studying the history wall

Deep puddles at all the storm drains

Teenagers walking into school with wet pant legs up to their knees

Little kids happy to be in their raincoats and rubber boots

Steps: 5102