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Title: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: Aloysius J. Gleek on February 04, 2009, 02:11:01 am

New York

More Snow!

A short
Central Park Meander;
Fifth Avenue and 66th Street
to the Arsenal at 64th.

Tuesday,
February 3, 2009
4:55 - 5:25 PM

32 F degrees

17 images



1    Fifth Avenue at 66th Street (looking South)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP1.jpg)



2    Fifth Avenue at 66th Street (looking North)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP2.jpg)



3    The Central Park 'Summerhouse' (seen between the trees)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP5.jpg)



4    The 107th Infantry Memorial (WW I) by Karl Illava, 1927, at Fifth Avenue and 67th Street - the sculptor
      himself was a sergeant with the 107th; he called it "the doughboys chasing each other out of Central Park."
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP7.jpg)



5    Fifth Avenue Entry between 66th and 67th Streets (looking West), and---
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP8.jpg)



6    ---Lights On! at 5:00 o'clock
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP9.jpg)



7
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP10.jpg)



8
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP11.jpg)



9   The Central Park 'Dene' (Valley)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP12.jpg)



10   The 'Dene' (turning South)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP13.jpg)



11
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP14.jpg)



12
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP15.jpg)



13
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP16.jpg)



14    The Delacorte Clock (the 'Dancing Bear' by Frederick George Richard Roth, 1937, at right)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP19.jpg)



15    The Delacorte Clock
         (animated bronze carousel animals holding musical instruments
          by Andrea Spadini, 1965)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP20.jpg)



16    The Arsenal (hidden) looking East to Fifth Avenue
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP17.jpg)



17    The Arsenal (hidden) looking East to Fifth Avenue (detail)
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j174/jmmgallagher/CP18.jpg)

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: Brokeback_Dev on February 04, 2009, 06:56:12 am

Beautiful, Beautiful photos of the snow and Central Park.  I feel liked Ive had an up close and personal tour! Thanks so much for posting.   :-*

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: Meryl on February 04, 2009, 05:17:06 pm

New York plus snow plus John equals sheer poetry!  8)

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: Mikaela on February 04, 2009, 06:12:21 pm

I've always thought NYC is quite magical, but these photos makes it seem doubly so. Beautiful snowy impressions with a quiet blue mood all of their own. I almost expect to see Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis in period costume walking by, lost in mutual reverie.

Thank you for posting these. :)

(And incidentally, my hometown has also had snow today and looks about the same right now, - everything covered in pristine white. But we haven't got anything to match Central Park, of course)

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: louisev on February 04, 2009, 06:30:40 pm

these are so great!  Eerily, however, the views from central park look SOOOO familiar.  And I don't know why.  I was last in that area about 28 years ago and I am sure I don't remember from THEN! 

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: serious crayons on February 04, 2009, 06:36:02 pm

Beautiful photos, John. I love the little splashes of color amid the blacks, whites and grays. The lamp, the umbrella ...

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: retropian on February 04, 2009, 06:52:54 pm

Great shots! I've walked that stretch of CP a few times when in NYC. Not in winter though! Sure is beautiful.

Title: Re: iPHOTOS: More Snow! Fifth Avenue and Central Park, February 3, 2009
Post by: Ellemeno on February 18, 2009, 01:19:07 am

Quote from: Meryl on February 04, 2009, 05:17:06 pm

New York plus snow plus John equals sheer poetry!  8)

What the eloquent Merly said.  These are amazing.  And amazing that these views haven't changed in 45 years.