We love New York, so one of our objectives on this leg of our trip was to spend a couple of days there. We had both been here several times before, but it had been too long. We took an Amtrak train from Poughkeepsie, only a few miles from our RV Park in to Penn Station.
The E train brought us from Penn Station to Broadway only a few blocks from Central Park, and a block from our hotel, the Mariott Courtyard to the right of this photo. Thank you Erin!!
Our first stop was the New York Museum of Modern Art. Just off the fifth floor escalator, this couple seems to have found their own quiet spot in the middle of the crowded Museum.
The building, itself provided many photographic opportunities. Ted liked the image of these, largely unused stairs between the fourth and fifth floors.
This crowd is gathered tightly around Van Gogh's "Starry Night" to take photographs, largely ignoring the wonderful works of Boudin, Gaugin, Cezanne, and many others surrounding them. We wondered why they felt they needed photograph the paintings, easily available online, instead of just enjoying the pleasure of seeing them first hand.
From MOMA, it was a short walk to Rockefeller Center.
It is impossible to look in any direction without seeing some iconic image such as Atlas here.
No visit to New York can possibly complete without a visit to the Top of the Rock. Here, the Empire State Building dominates the foreground while the Trade Center One rises in the background.
In the other direction, we looked down at Times Square.
This lovely lady was just off to the side.
From Rockefeller Center, we went looking for lunch. It was Friday evening, and many of the places we wanted to eat, like the Carnegie Deli, were packed.
A bit further, the Stardust Diner was no better, so we walked back toward the hotel and dined on a hamburger at the Steak-n-Shake next door to the CBS theater before repairing to our comfortable room and planning our next day's adventure.
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