Central Park is my favorite go-to location whenever I’m in New York City, and tthe spring weather last week made it especially tempting. Starting from a point at 67th Street and Central Park West I wandered in a generally eastward direction and then south. No real plan except to end up at 5th Avenue and Central Park South. The pictures below are roughly in the sequence they were taken.
Looking Northwest toward Terrace Drive
The tulips were at their peak
This classic scene may dsappear if the NYC Mayor has his way
Virginia Bluebells in Central Park? Who Knew?
The Carousel Building
Slow Piitch Softball Game
Looking Southeast from the Wollman Rink
There was a lot of this going on
Looking North toward the Capstow Bridge
“Desire Lines” by Tatiana Trouvé
Now you may be asking, what do these racks of spools have to do with a walk in Central Park? As it turns out, quite a lot. Click here to find out more.
And if you are interested in finding out what flowers are blooming where (and when) in Central Park you can go to this link here.
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Looks like you had a lovely day Robin – Great images. Next time let me know when you come to town and we can go shoot together. 🙂
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That would be terriffic, Susan. I know I’ll be up there in September right after the Iceland trip, possibly sooner. I’ll touch base once I know.
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Iceland! I’m so jealous. Can’t wait to see pics.
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I know, I’m pretty excited about it. Which makes me nervous because I worry that things won’t go well.
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As it turns out, several of my favorite blogger/photographers have been in NYC in the past two weeks. As luck would have it, my husband and I are here now. I hope the carriages don’t go away. We had a lovely ride yesterday.
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Wow, what a coincidence. If I had timed my wandering better, that carriage shot could have been you guys;-) If you get a chance, check out the High Line. But no worries if you miss it; I’ll be doing a post on it later this week.
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We are here for the B&H OPTIC trade show and seminar We’ve been on the go since we got here. We just ducked out yesterday for a few hours. Two more seminars tomorrow the beat feet back to NH for Wed. morning meetings. Can’t wait to come back and have time to wzplorw
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B&H!!! My favorite store in NYC. We walked by it on Saturday morning but of course they were closed as is their custom.
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It looks like you chose the perfect day for a stroll around Central Park. When I was there at the end of March it was drab, biting cold and snowing. It’s amazing how quickly Spring arrives and makes everything bloom into colour and light.
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Hi, Laura. Thanks for the comments. Yes, it was a great day when we were there. March, not so great. I think they had snow there early in the month and I know it was pretty cold and dreary down here in DC.
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Beautiful pictures Robin! My favorite one is the second one from the bottom. It looks surreal, like being painted by someone rather than being taken by a photographer. And I love how you wander without any plan. That’s what I often do to bump into great places too.
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Thanks very much, I’m glad you liked the image. That bridge was in a very well known photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt although he was on the other side, it was winter, and it was black and white plus most of the buildings you see today had not been built yet. Here is a link to the image: https://www.photographersgallery.com/photo.asp?id=3562
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Thanks so much for sharing Robin. I actually want to ask you why this picture is famous. A quick Wikipedia search tells me much about Alfred Eisenstaedt, but I haven’t fully understood the value of this well known photo.
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it was simply amazing.
I wanted to see firsthand the beauty of nature that exist in this world.
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It is very nice.
hmm let alone fit while fishing.
haha kidding, where the location was.
it can make the mind calm down.
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Central Park is the great place for walking and photographing.
Сarriages with horses near the Park is like a landmark of NY. It is pity if they disappear.
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Thanks, Alexander. I agree, and hopefully it won’t happen. They have been talking about this for years so we will see what happens.
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What a great “walkabout” you had, Robin! And you certainly covered a lot of ground. It’s nice to now be familiar with some of these areas since having spent a short bit of time walking the paths myself. Now on my bucket list – revisit next spring! As for the art installation, I read the article and wish I had run across it in the park to see the whole thing. Is there any kind of explanatory piece with the installation? I ask, because without it, one can only guess its meaning.
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Thanks, Stacy. The photo of the installation was a detail shot, but the rest of it was more spools of varying sizes. The idea, in brief is that the artist walked, measured, traced, etc. about 400 possible different walks that one might take in Cenrtral Park. Each spool represents one of those walks, a so-called “Desire Line, “some of which are quite long, others fairly short. You route through the park, whatever it might have been, is your own personal “Desire Line” and because it was not recorded in detail, was/is something ephemeral. At least, that’s my take on it.
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I so love the form creativity takes for different people! Amazing undertaking. I’m looking forward to creating my own Desire Line 🙂
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