Tag Archives: Morning View

Morning View – Alice Of Central Park

Does anybody else find Central Park’s Alice In Wonderland statue kind of creepy? Like most park statuary, her nose has been rubbed bright by thousands of visitors, rendering her either as an allergy sufferer or a coke-head.

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Morning View – Central Park Hansom Cab

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Morning View – Gapstow Bridge, Central Park

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Morning View – Miss Lee

Yesterday’s open thread made me snap this pic of Miss Lee’s establishment on East 60th Street near Bloomingdales. Somebody told me yesterday that visiting a psychic was just as satisfying and therapeutic as seeing a professional therapist. I’d buy that. Hey, are there any psychic therapists? “I predict that it’s all your mother’s fault.”

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Morning View – Pigeon Predator

I found this giant Red-Tailed Hawk enjoying a pigeon in Central Park. A nearby photographer mentioned that this particular hawk is the son of the famous Pale Male, the hawk that lives on Mary Tyler Moore’s balcony and has created so much controversy. I say we import another couple of thousand hawks. Kill all dem pigeons! Kill ’em now! Related: …

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Morning View – Fishing Rules

Shortly after taking this photo, I stepped to the water’s edge to look at the ducks and swans. A 4-year old little white girl waved as a swan swam over. “Hello Mr. Swan! What up dawg?”

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Morning View – Subway Inn

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Morning View – Pulitzer Mansion

Joseph Pulitzer, he of the Prize, built his mansion on 73rd Street at Central Park in 1903. After his death, the house was sold to the Astor family, who converted it into a 17-apartment coop in the 1930’s. It was hard to get a decent picture, I had to retreat into the servants entrance of the house across the street, …

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