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Revisiting Central Park With Literature in MInd

Destination: Central Park, New York City

Book: Central Park (1912), edited by Andrew Blauner

 

I’ve been seeing pictures of Central Park in the snow–and boy, howdy, has New York had a lot of snow this winter–but I prefer this spring time look.

Central Park
Literature in the park. Shakespeare statue in Central Park

 

I thought of how I love to visit New York City when I got a press release about new tours of Central Park that will be launched in March.  They promise information on nature, architecture, history or anything else you are interested in. Continue reading Revisiting Central Park With Literature in MInd

Travel to NYC for Travel Photo Thursday

Over at Ancestors in Aprons, I’m trying to track down houses in New York where my Great Uncle lived during the Gilded Age. That got me thinking about my own trips to NYC, and I thought I’d devote Travel Photo Thursday to a few shots of New York. Some of these are repeats that I have used in other articles, but I can’t help it. I like them. So there.

 

Liberty from Ellis Island Museum
Liberty from Ellis Island Museum, New York City
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NY Hotel Served as Millionaire’s Guest House

Travel Tuesday: NYC

Warwick Night View
Warwick Night View

Destination: Manhattan

Hotel: The Warwick

William Randolph Hearst, the Donald Trump of his day, made money in the early twentieth century as a media king and a property developer. He collected glamorous friends and stirred up equal parts of envy and admiration. Continue reading NY Hotel Served as Millionaire’s Guest House