Bethesda Terrace, Golden Hour

Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Central Park .... (Continued)

Angel of the Waters, Bethesda Fountain and Terrace, plus the new Central Park South Skyline (mid-town Manhattan)

Bathed in Golden Hour as the sun sets in Central Park, after the Blizzard of 2022 - on Chinese Lunar New Year.

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Bow Bridge - February 2022

One is looking at it in profile its South-facing arched bridge walls. The sun is setting behind me, over Strawberry Fields. 🍓
The sun is setting quickly. These are taken in natural light, but low light. That's why it's dark. Lamps have not yet lit.
This is how it looked/looks.

The other image is from ON the bridge, facing West, where the sun is waiting to set. Straight ahead, center: The Dakota.

Where John & Yoko enjoyed this view and park so dearly. One other triviata (or not) - This bridge is one of the most filmed places (along with Tivoli Fountain) , as in Hollywood movies and weddings and photo-shoots. Anyway, today was a snow day.

Here is a vintage photograph of a lesser known bridge,

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The Mall, Central Park, New York
Benches and Bandshell

Lovely day to sit in the park and imagine....

Straight of head is the "Literary Walk" down to Central Park South, with many historical statues. Directly behind me are the steps down to Bethesda Terrace, with Angel Tunnel, Angel of the Waters, etc.
(With luck, maybe an erhu too)

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Heading West from Central Park, into the sunset...

I'll Follow the Sun

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My Central Park Spot

Here is an image from a few days ago, following our "cyclone bomb"/blizzard snow storm in New York.
This little covered bench on the water - I guess technically a pergola - has been my 'power spot' nearly forever.

Now a bit desolate-looking covered in snow, you cannot see it but under the snow at its edge is the Central Park Lake, and when I first came across this sight it was summer, and a couple had stopped there with their rowboat. I took a photo in 1980 (before 'social media') but eventually it got seen by someone who wanted it as a book cover. That is this same spot, in spring:

The book is titled "One Day's Perfect Weather: More Twice Told Tales" - short stories by Daniel Stern (SMU Press). And it was.

I walk often in Central Park and this is but one little alcove in a huge expanse of trails and lake, castles, playgrounds, zoo & more.
But this spot always brings me a smile. So, thirty-five years later, graduating from Kodachrome to digital, I revisited the same spot, in autumn this time:

Finally, another 7 years and another season later... this winter visit. Photo is from this week (Feb 2022), but for post's sake, let's say it's

Sometime(s) in Winter

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A nice day for a white wedding....

i Ching time once again....

A confluence of events this past week, including (in NYC) a "bomb cyclone blizzard", and an anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

In the midst of it (after the snow stopped) I decided it was the perfect time, still pristine, to visit Central Park.

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_Sun Set over 'Angel of the Snow'

Another sample from today's outing to Central Park, following the weekend's "Blizzard of 2022".
This is ordinarily "Angel of the Waters", and the Bethesda Fountain. But today is clearly a snow day.

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Sun Set over Midtown Manhattan

A sample from today's outing to Central Park, following the weekend's "Blizzard of 2022".
Pretty, actually, and fairly deserted. One wedding & photoshoot, ice & geese, and a man with an exotic instrument playing Paul Simon.

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Central Park, NYC - Imagine. - Strawberry Fields
The day after our "bomb cyclone" snow storm - "Blizzard of 2022"

A sampling of some favorites caught on my phone. Camera contents await, as I thaw out.
Guess where that man is sitting, what he is playing, and the song (unfair I know: It is Simon & Garfunkel)

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O.K. Now for ... Something not completely different, but different.

Bow Bridge (Central Park NYC) in Autumn

One last visit to Bow Bridge to check its colors before turning my sights to Shakespeare Gardens and Belvedere Castle.

This one I like because it captures all of the flower planters now atop the bridge and many of the nearby trees are in full bloom.

The inspiration for the top line is a favorite John Lennon quip as he guest DJ'd and did the weather forecast: https://bit.ly/LennonWx

Cool man, the 50's! And tomorrow it will be...

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John Lennon: "And Now the Weather..."

Here's a time-machine visit back almost 45 years from the time of this post, September 28, 1974. It's a Saturday afternoon, and surprise, surprise, John Len...

Into Shakespeare Garden (in the Shadow of Belvedere Castle)

A few images from November in Central Park - these from Shakespeare's garden, flowers and "Stairway to Shakespeare".

"What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
  - Romeo and Juliet, ii, 2

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Forsooth, the castle cannot be far...

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Where was I? Oh yes....

Bow Bridge with Flowers, Balloons & Tourists

The colors are still turning in Central Park, and the flowers on Bow Bridge are lovely, and rowboats are being rowed again.
On this day, I returned to a favorite and deservedly well-known spot, and found balloons amid the colors. And tourists! All good.

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New York Squirrel

These are not shy - in Central Park.

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Flowers on Bow Bridge (Central Park, NY)

Some more daisy-looking flowers in violet, and more... One of the huge flower displays along the edges of Bow Bridge, looking autumnal now.

Not yet in full blaze, the Park as a whole, but you can see some of my favorites from Autumns past at http://www.fenichel.com/bowbridge.shtml

(Click/tap on images or links to take a self-guided tour)

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Searching For Autumn - Pt. 2

Here's some bright sky from the perspective of flowers on Bow Bridge's planters this fine November day.

I'm not sure, but they look like daisies to me.
There's a great guide to the endless variety of plants in Central Park, but this one isn't named specific to Bow Bridge. Maybe it comes from the Shakespeare garden -seems quite possible, as it's autumn and the Park Conservancy might have picked some for the lovely Bow Bridge displays. https://www.centralparknyc.org/plants ]

A "normality" sign! Mobs of people, some smiling faces, some masks. Another non-normal year ending ... soon. 😉 (2 months?)

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Bloom & Tree Guide

Bloom & Tree Guide

Gearing up for the NYC Marathon

This year the NYC Marathon resumes its long tradition. And on Nov 1 the work began, amid the slowly-turning autumn colors of Central Park. Here are a few images of how the phoenix, is re-emerging: Press center, reviewing stands, and also: the Finish Line.
Here goes. (These are straight from the camera; Please let me know if any particular image stands out!)

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Sheep Meadow

Still green more than autumnal-red. And behind this fabled field (many historic events, concerts, etc.), is "the new" and garish Central Park South skyline, now featuring these tall, ugly, intrusive "needle towers".

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Bow Bridge - November 1, 2021

NYC is still just beginning to cool down and turn autumn-red and orange. In the past few years it's usually taken until mid-November.

Today the park was busier than I've seen since 2020, more people speaking more languages, and many pro photographers doing shoots on Bow Bridge and Bethesda Terrace. Best of all, the rowboats are back on the lake. And crews are busy building the finish line bleachers and viewing stands for the NYC Marathon. So, I'm happy to have gone today before all the barricades are up...

A nice sunny day. This is straight from smartphone; more to come from camera...

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Bethesda Fountain and Angel of the Waters
A good day for waters... and geese, turtles, fish, and fish.

Angel of the Waters - Central Park - After the Hurricane (Ida)

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Bethesda Fountain - Day After (Ida)

Here is the iconic Bethesda Fountain and Angel of the Waters.The day after the remnants of Hurricane Ida set records for Central Park rainfall, the lake and ...