The Palm Court, Plaza Hotel. E.B. White marvels at all the history that has taken place in NYC, right in the very place he is standing at any given time. As I stood in the Plaza Hotel on Saturday night taking this picture, I thought of all the famous people throughout history who stood exactly where I was standing, and ate in this restaurant (which is currently closed for renovations).
Tall Buildings. Taken from the 72nd St./Amsterdam Avenue Subway Station. These buildings soar high in the sky, something that E.B. White alludes to.
Time Warner Building @ Columbus Circle, 4th Floor Birds Eye View. Here is a photo I took from the top floor of the Time Warner Building. If you look down, you can see the lower level of the building, which is Whole Foods. There are a lot of people around, but everyone is minding their own business, following their own agenda. There is a sense of public privacy here.
Luxury building on Broadway and 77th St covered in scaffolding. There are always renovations being made to the city, even on the nicest of buildings, showing that there is always constant progress being made.
Columbia University Library. A classic piece of beautiful architecture. Again, some of the world's greatest minds have stood right in this courtyard.
Taken from the 11th Floor balcony of my friend's Barnard University apartment building on Broadway and 116th St. There's a small "backyard" in the middle of a city -- a little outdoor privacy.
Another picture taken from my friend's 11th floor balcony on Broadway and 116th St. Across the river is Bergen County, NJ, where I live and commute from. I am one of three kinds of people in the city: the commuter. I soon see myself becoming the person who migrates into the city from an outside area.
External view of Time Warner Building. Even at night the buildings light up the city.
Ono at the Hotel Gansevoort, the Meatpacking District. The "dark bar" E.B. White refers to (though this one was legal and not a speakeasy). Ono is a wonderful Asian restaurant that I regularly dine at. In this picture, we were celebrating one of my best friend's 21st birthday party (she is next to me in the picture).
This is actually an empty subway train!! And I don't remember what I was saying that amused my friends so much. They look so interested and intrigued by what I had to say!
Lower East Side. Sometimes you will find some random toys on Manhattan streetcorners. I don't know what compelled us to take this picture.
One of my best friends and I taking a picture after a night out.