Upper East Side, East River Walk at 71st Street; FDR Drive Between 71st and 73rd Streets

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This is the East River? I mean, this is the East River. Doesn't it look tempting?





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Here's a longer view to help you figure out what you were looking at in the closeup.







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And now looking south is the Queensboro Bridge. Or if you're feeling groovy, the 59th Street Bridge.

These were all shot from the overpass I mentioned last night.





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Right about here I ran out of, I started to say film, but what I ran out of was space on my card. But here is one last shot of where I walked after I crossed back over.  There's a very narrow sidewalk alongside those buildings over there and I walked it from 71st to 73rd (because you couldn't get through on 72nd).  It's not that concrete by the red car which looks wide enough, but if you really look hard (or enlarge), you can see a blue car on the other side, and the sidewalk is on the other side of that.  Narrow.

Tomorrow starts a new walk - and tales of Grand Jury Service!  Well, not too many, since we're sworn to secrecy.


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Upper East Side, FDR Drive at 71st Street

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At the end of this last block is an overpass to the walkway beside the East River.

I was going to end this walk tonight with four photographs, but I really need to get to bed early tonight, so tomorrow I'll end it with three photographs. Just so you know.


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East River

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Okay, now are you going on a boat ride? I mean those of you who have access, of course. If you're in some landlocked place, far from bodies of water, find yourself a plashing fountain and sit there and watch the sky grow dark. That's good, too. A glass of wine would only add to it.

That's the lovely Chrysler Building on the right, and the manly Empire State building on the left, of course.

This is the last shot of the boat ride. I hope I get out tomorrow for a photowalk. I hope it doesn't storm.

East River

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And now, finally the waterfalls. The first two photos are shot at the Brooklyn Bridge and the third one at Pier 35 on the east side of Manhattan. The other two waterfalls are at Governors Island and the Brooklyn Piers.

You must imagine being on a boat on a balmy summer evening.

East River at South Street

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And now for something completely different. Not a walk at all. Saturday evening, nine days ago, Barbara and I set out to see the waterfalls of Olafur Eliasson – we had tickets to the 8:30 thirty minute waterfall boat trip from pier 16 at the South Street Seaport. It's so nice to be on a boat on a summer night, leaning against the railing, watching the sky gradually darken, feeling the breezes.

After a while it began to dawn on us that we weren't seeing any waterfalls and we'd already been out at least 30 minutes and, uh, we were probably on the wrong boat. But they took our tickets and let us on! Well, what could you do? We just leaned on the railing and enjoyed the ride and, after about an hour we did tour the waterfalls.

This is at the beginning, when the boat had started south down the East River (not a river), and this is the Staten Island Ferry. The last time I took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry was in the olden days when the fare was 50¢ and now it's free! Unbelievable. You should go. I should go.

Financial District, East River between Wall and Pine Streets

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Financial District, East River at Wall Street

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There's something so relaxing about staring at water.





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Upper East Side, East River at 78th Street

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Now I’m at the end of 78th street on the overpass, looking down. Of all the down shots I took--of traffic, of a guy lying on a bench, of a guy walking his dog, this is the one I’m showing. Water. Staring at water. Tension releasing from body.

I could easily have made this water look bluer, but, you know, it just wouldn’t be the East River, would it.