Washington Square Hotel, Washington Square, and dinner at Carmine's
And my final NYC picture post... (I think... unless I find more...)
Here is our Hotel, pictures of Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village across from our hotel, and a bit more.
VERY INTERESTING HISTORY:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Park
*OUR* HOTEL
http://www.washingtonsquarehotel.com/
It rained off and on the whole time we were there, but I think I lucked out on the photos.
Please click on the thumbnails. I think you will find some fun stuff... :^)
This is where we stayed this trip. It's the Washington Park Hotel in Greenwich Village near New York University.
I have a picture I took of the information about it's history. It's very old but has been recently remodeled and is just great! The room was not huge but it was really nice and beautifully decorated... and very CLEAN. (for those who knew I was worried about you know what?)
This is a long shot from the restaurant associated with the hotel down to the entrance.
The hotel is full of wonderful artwork, photographs of old movie stars, and so on. The restaurant had GREAT food. Our breakfast was part of the price.
Everyone was super friendly, and especially the doorman who was sooooo helpful to us.
Here is a view of the etched window of the restaurant. It had roses and vines... very pretty!
Here you can read about The Washington Square Hotel.
Lots of famous people have stayed there... besides us... *cough*
I do recommend the place! It's not as expensive as many others... but it's really, really nice.
These may still be partly private residences... but a lot of these lovely Brownstones are now offices of various kinds, including ones for NYU.
I really love the look of them.
This is the centerpiece of Washington Park which is located right across the street from the hotel.
This arch was built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the presidency of George Washington. The park is VERY old and has some interesting history to it.
Just a closer view of the various George statues.
In the background is a building made of Core 10 steel. That's the same material used to make the Picasso Sculpture in Chicago and is manufactured at US Steel in Gary.
Here is one of the walkways through the park. It has a dog park, children's playground, a beautiful fountain, and more.
Two parts are under renovation right now.
Here is a big planting in the park. Anyone know the names of those plants?
I loved the area where the chess players were *hard at play*!
Here is the back of that big archway and some of the benches around the huge fountain.
Along the way we also found this interesting gentleman hand-feeding the squirrels and birds.
He was calling them all by name! Do you see that the pigeons are sitting on his shoulders and arm?
Hello there Kind Sir!
He has no shortage of friends!
Happy friends!
And a little way down from the first *Birdman* was another friend of the wildlife. He was feeding them bread.
The first man had bread and peanuts too.
His coat is stained from what is probably his daily routine.
See all of the *Washington Park Birdman's* friends?
When Robert went walking by himself the pigeons approached him with hope...
but without luck.
Here are some more of the pretty plantings in the park.
The fountain is at the end of that flowerbed but unfortunately by the time I came to take pictures the fountain was turned off!!!
It was pretty when it was on...
These people are sitting around the fountain area. It's all so *New York* there.
That Core 10 building is very obvious in this photo.
Lots of people were out walking their dogs. I was amused by this man in his cute yellow slicker walking his little dog.
The church in the background was rather cool too.
Here is one of the streets that radiate out from the park. I think you will all know that is the Empire State Building up the street?
Just a tad busy...
Also visible from the park is one of MANY roof gardens.
Monday evening after we arrived in NYC we were lucky enough to get to go out to eat with our family!
This is at Carmine's Italian Restaurant. It's very famous and has WONDERFUL FOOD... but way too much of it!
Sean was working on the Seafood Pasta - red.
Here they all are, slightly annoyed by me taking the picture.
I wish I had some of that food right now!
It was the second time at the restaurant for all of us but Sean. It was his first experience at the place.
I'm not sure what christinA and Sean did with the leftovers, but hopefully they gave it to some homeless person.
Here is our Hotel, pictures of Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village across from our hotel, and a bit more.
VERY INTERESTING HISTORY:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Park
*OUR* HOTEL
http://www.washingtonsquarehotel.com/
It rained off and on the whole time we were there, but I think I lucked out on the photos.
Please click on the thumbnails. I think you will find some fun stuff... :^)
This is where we stayed this trip. It's the Washington Park Hotel in Greenwich Village near New York University.
I have a picture I took of the information about it's history. It's very old but has been recently remodeled and is just great! The room was not huge but it was really nice and beautifully decorated... and very CLEAN. (for those who knew I was worried about you know what?)
This is a long shot from the restaurant associated with the hotel down to the entrance.
The hotel is full of wonderful artwork, photographs of old movie stars, and so on. The restaurant had GREAT food. Our breakfast was part of the price.
Everyone was super friendly, and especially the doorman who was sooooo helpful to us.
Here is a view of the etched window of the restaurant. It had roses and vines... very pretty!
Here you can read about The Washington Square Hotel.
Lots of famous people have stayed there... besides us... *cough*
I do recommend the place! It's not as expensive as many others... but it's really, really nice.
These may still be partly private residences... but a lot of these lovely Brownstones are now offices of various kinds, including ones for NYU.
I really love the look of them.
This is the centerpiece of Washington Park which is located right across the street from the hotel.
This arch was built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the presidency of George Washington. The park is VERY old and has some interesting history to it.
Just a closer view of the various George statues.
In the background is a building made of Core 10 steel. That's the same material used to make the Picasso Sculpture in Chicago and is manufactured at US Steel in Gary.
Here is one of the walkways through the park. It has a dog park, children's playground, a beautiful fountain, and more.
Two parts are under renovation right now.
Here is a big planting in the park. Anyone know the names of those plants?
I loved the area where the chess players were *hard at play*!
Here is the back of that big archway and some of the benches around the huge fountain.
Along the way we also found this interesting gentleman hand-feeding the squirrels and birds.
He was calling them all by name! Do you see that the pigeons are sitting on his shoulders and arm?
Hello there Kind Sir!
He has no shortage of friends!
Happy friends!
And a little way down from the first *Birdman* was another friend of the wildlife. He was feeding them bread.
The first man had bread and peanuts too.
His coat is stained from what is probably his daily routine.
See all of the *Washington Park Birdman's* friends?
When Robert went walking by himself the pigeons approached him with hope...
but without luck.
Here are some more of the pretty plantings in the park.
The fountain is at the end of that flowerbed but unfortunately by the time I came to take pictures the fountain was turned off!!!
It was pretty when it was on...
These people are sitting around the fountain area. It's all so *New York* there.
That Core 10 building is very obvious in this photo.
Lots of people were out walking their dogs. I was amused by this man in his cute yellow slicker walking his little dog.
The church in the background was rather cool too.
Here is one of the streets that radiate out from the park. I think you will all know that is the Empire State Building up the street?
Just a tad busy...
Also visible from the park is one of MANY roof gardens.
Monday evening after we arrived in NYC we were lucky enough to get to go out to eat with our family!
This is at Carmine's Italian Restaurant. It's very famous and has WONDERFUL FOOD... but way too much of it!
Sean was working on the Seafood Pasta - red.
Here they all are, slightly annoyed by me taking the picture.
I wish I had some of that food right now!
It was the second time at the restaurant for all of us but Sean. It was his first experience at the place.
I'm not sure what christinA and Sean did with the leftovers, but hopefully they gave it to some homeless person.