21 August 2004 A nifty looking church tower
21 August 2004 It was threatening rain
21 August 2004 Archways over a driveway
21 August 2004 Nyc is full of nifty looking churches
21 August 2004 Barney GreenGrass IS the Sturgeon King
21 August 2004 The Mannes College of Music
21 August 2004 Pretty brownstone
21 August 2004 Stained glass window in a lobby
21 August 2004 Jess in Central Park
21 August 2004 Dragon over castle door in Central Park
21 August 2004 Picturesque Luncheonette
21 August 2004 Mari or somebody told me to take a picture of Jess powdering her nose
21 August 2004 Inside a pizza place. I can't tell if the sausage has just coughed up a meatball from the heimlich maneuver or is unhappy that the broccoli loooves it.
21 August 2004 Jess looks at the summer shoe sale
21 August 2004 The Wedding Library . . or just an expensive wedding dress shop?
21 August 2004 The is the home of the Iraq embassy (consulate?) to the UN. Right by Central Park
21 August 2004 The Iraq consulate (embassy?) to the UN is still flying the old flag.
21 August 2004 The Met
21 August 2004 Me at the Met
21 August 2004 The helmet on the upper right is said to have been worn by Joan of Arc. Looking for French armor from the Hundred Years War? Go to NYC!
21 August 2004 A valved Bombardon. This instrument isn't widely played anymore. It's parts are now covered by the tuba.
21 August 2004 Now I've forgotten whether this is a bombardon or and ophecleide!! arg.
21 August 2004 I think this is an Ophecleide. If you see a wooden instrument like this with a brass bell, it's now sometimes called a Russian Bassoon, but it's really a very old type of instrument. Apparently still played by some bands until pretty recently tho, but the display case at the Met didn't mention that.
21 August 2004 A coffee shop called The Hungarian, in Morningside Heights, next to Columbia, has the only free refil in Manhattan. Too bad the coffee is vile. However the pastries aren't bad and the bathroom grafitti is appropriately pretentious, given it's proximity to the ivy league.
21 August 2004 Some Columbia-owned housing buildings have figures on them
21 August 2004 Some Columbia-owned housing buildings have figures on them
21 August 2004 Some Columbia-owned housing buildings have figures on them
22 August 2004 That drinking fountain was "erected by the women's health association of new york city to commemorate its twenty fifth year of activity in behalf of the public health 1884 - 1909" in Riverside Park
22 August 2004 Who is buried there?
22 August 2004 Mosaic Gaudi-esque benches and chess table outside of Grant's Tomb