Manhattan — away from glamor and glitz

We have lived in the Baltimore/Washington area for almost thirty years, and we have regularly gone up to New York.  But I have to admit that we tend to stick to the rather glamorous area around the Rockefeller Center.  We walk up and down Fifth Avenue; sometimes we slip into St. Patrick’s Cathedral; and quite often we take walks in Central Park.  We visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and occasionally wander over to Times Square.

Now that I have resolved to visit New York once a month until further notice, I have decided I want to get to know New York really well.  So, in the future, I am just going to explore.

On Friday, one of my goals was to walk — and walk a lot.  I also wanted to go away from out usual stomping ground.  So, when my Megabus arrived at Penn Station, I decided to walk west — down 34th Street until I was almost at the water’s edge.  Then I turned left on 11th Avenue — eventually moving back east one block, and I walked down 10th Avenue until I reached the High Line at 20th Street.  After walking along the High Line, I ended in Chelsea Market where I had lunch.

Here are some pictures I took along the way.

Joe's Tavern

Drugs, guns, kids

Light of the World

AVI Taxi Repair