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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Midtown East, FDR Drive Between 38th and 37th Streets

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I thought it was a good idea to insert a little mundane everyday bleakness at this time. A kind of palate cleanser to refresh and brace ourselves as we look forward to welcoming in the New Year with more celebrating and excess.

There. Feel better?

This was taken two years ago on December 28 during a lunch break when I was working in Midtown. I haven't been able to discover the name of this street, but I just ordered an expensive detailed map of Midtown Manhattan from Identify Map Co., 3 feet high, 4 feet wide. Talk about excess. They better have that street identified. The other maps I've looked at have just ignored it. You can probably tell that it's between First Avenue and the FDR Drive, some entrance, I guess.

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