1/ A thread nobody cares about but . . .
I live in a part of Manhattan, on the top of the Upper West Side, on an avenue called West End Ave.
It's a beautiful long drive all the way down to Midtown. I was looking at old photos (here's one below by @joelmeyerowitz, 1968)
I live in a part of Manhattan, on the top of the Upper West Side, on an avenue called West End Ave.
It's a beautiful long drive all the way down to Midtown. I was looking at old photos (here's one below by @joelmeyerowitz, 1968)
2/ What's remarkable in looking at these old photos how much West End hasn't changed in all these years. So much of the city is different (especially in the Upper West Side). But West End Ave is a stretch of about 50 blocks that feels almost unchanged and untouched.
3/ I walk down this avenue daily (it's between Riverside Park and Broadway Ave) and it's remarkable how comforting, especially in this season, to experience a long stretch of NYC that feels the same.
4/ My favorite is walking down this avenue in the thick snow (like the picture above). The snow has this strange effect of quieting the city and taking away all the echo, so that the crunch of your shoes over the snow feels like the only sound.
5/ West End has these leading lines that take your eyes all the way down to the tall towers of Midtown and in the evening, the sun sets (or at least the brightest part of the color) towards that end. It's remarkable.
NYC really is a remarkable place.
NYC really is a remarkable place.
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