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A building in the East shows traces of its history, in faded white.
"Griffon" Shears
Nail files tweezers nippers manicure sets
offices of "Griffon" cutlery [something]
I like the inverted commas around "Griffon" to make clear they aren't literally shears for, made by or from griffons.

A fire truck sounds more like a ghost train.

BARBER SHOP
WE BUY GOLD

A girl strikes a pose standing in the road hailing a taxi. There's another orange steam chimney here.

Tiles tied to a chain-link fence commemorate 9/11 with trite heartfelt messages.

Faded blue, brown, pink tenements.

Another memorial here, this time to WW2. A square pedestal with a flagpole on, holding several mystery flags. The pole also has an owl tied to it ( Read more... )

The lawns in this park are fenced off. Some you can get on to, but it's like you're in a special enclosure and the farmer might close the gate and trap you in ( Read more... )

You know times are hard when you see a sign:
We are liquidating over 2000 rugs
BANK REPOSSESSES RUGS
Your rugs may be at risk if you do not keep up repayments on this loan.

Yes, I've found New York City's rug district on Madison Avenue. In the final season of Mad Men they all give up advertising and move into rugs.

After leaving it a little late to head off from Central Park, I've discovered that it is possible to go 20 blocks North-South in 25 minutes, even if the crossings limit your speed. Now getting about like a New York native. Hopefully. At least, I haven't been run over yet ( Read more... )

Morse - famous detective who solved a series of murders in Central Park.
Shakespeare - New York's most famous playwright.

More Famous Statues of Central Park will probably not follow later.

Sponsored by the New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled. I'm not sure which sounds worse ( Read more... )

The East river is a sparkling green-blue. Cars stream by below me. Over the river are parks and stepped apartment blocks. The river rolls gently ( Read more... )