In April, I visited New York City for the first time. I traveled with an older friend, a former mentor/professor who lived in Manhattan as a young man and had returned to the city for visits many times over the years. In the five days I had available, I chose to tour museums and skyscrapers, experience cuisines of various ethnicities, observe the architecture of different neighborhoods, attend a concert, seek out nature/green spaces, and spend part of a day with a good friend of mine from Memphis who is currently living in Brooklyn.
The different categories of things I listed resulted in many enjoyable experiences. Of these, I’ve decided to share photographs I took of the natural/green spaces. I replenish my mental energies in green spaces, and thus I feel a close affinity to them. In all of the hustle and bustle of the big city, as much as I enjoyed experiencing it for the week, I felt most connected to the natural spaces. Of course, I could only see a sampling of them, given that I had one week. But I managed to visit Central Park, the largest of them, twice, and wish I could have explored it every day.
I include in this category of experience not only real-life green spaces, but also many of the pieces of art I viewed at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was excited to see many impressionist works, such as one of the large, 3-panel canvases by Monet of water lilies.
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| Green Acre Park: a delightful, tiny park in the Upper East Side within walking distance of my place of lodging |
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| Sunset viewed across the Conservatory Water in Central Park |
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| Twilight at Conservatory Water |
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| Morning somewhere near the south end of Central Park |
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| Chess and Checkers House in Central Park |
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| Trees showing early green along streets in the Meatpacking District |
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| Appealing array of flowering plants, with tulips as the centerpiece, outside of a little tea/sandwich shop called Little Prince |
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| Madison Square Park |
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| Washington Square Park [photo 1] |
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| Washington Square Park [photo 2] |
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| Greenwich Village |
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| Cemetery at St. Paul’s Chapel |
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| City Hall Park |
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| Painting by Monet |
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| Painting by Van Gogh |
| Copyright © 2017 by André Duvall |
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