tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64168517919292420852024-03-06T02:49:39.341-05:00Walking Off the Big AppleA strolling guide to New York City by Teri Tynes
Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-68266308160655420942023-03-15T16:10:00.001-04:002024-01-24T19:25:29.096-05:00Introducing Birds of InwoodIntroducing a New WebsiteIt's been a moment since I posted last. Please forgive me. I have been in the forest down the street.After spending many of my leisure hours taking photographs of birds in my local neighborhood of Inwood, I am introducing to you a new website featuring these beautiful and often enigmatic creatures.It's called Birds of Inwood.As I write there, "Inwood is my Amherst." Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-8766917934166361142021-04-17T09:13:00.002-04:002021-06-25T10:28:56.812-04:00At the New Moynihan Train Hall, and the Zen of Going NowhereAfter slowly wandering around the Moynihan Train Hall, opened earlier this year in the James A. Farley Post Office Building across from Penn Station, an Amtrak worker approached me and asked if he could help with directions. “No,” I replied, “I’m just here to look at the station.” Moynihan Train Hall, between Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue, 31st Street, and 33rd Street in Midtown Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-10150166823354431742021-04-10T07:51:00.007-04:002021-04-10T10:43:32.919-04:00Circling the Met: A Springtime Visit to Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of ArtFor a double feature of art and nature, the Metropolitan Museum of Art happens to be conveniently situated in Central Park. The front of the museum faces Fifth Avenue, its monumental wings stretching the blocks between E. 80th and E. 84th. The sides and the back of the museum are within easy walking distance of several prominent landmarks within the park. Cedar Hill in Central ParkBefore a Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-58269697352237546782021-04-03T09:09:00.000-04:002021-04-03T09:09:11.712-04:00Traversing Manhattan: An Afternoon Trip to the Battery and Back Again Wherein the vaccinated sightseer from Northern Manhattan travels to the southern end of the island by means of the express bus, the MTA subway, and the NYC ferry, with a little sauntering on footIn Battery Park, during the first blushes of spring in New York.View of One World Trade CenterResidents of the far north and far south of Manhattan are the ones most keenly aware that they live on Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-65996152598543352082021-03-24T07:46:00.003-04:002021-03-24T17:15:00.835-04:00Visiting New York City Again on the First Day of Spring The first weekend of spring in New York City coincided with bright and pleasing weather. Blue skies and Blue Jays, Bald Eagles and brightened crowds greeted the new season, at least in my world. It may be a cliché to say something like “Hope is in the air,” but contrast this spring of 2021 with the one a year ago, the new mood is palpable. Last year during early spring, the city shut down, Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-15482820667678850852021-02-15T13:15:00.012-05:002021-02-15T16:11:46.547-05:00Walking on Snow❄ ❄ ❄ ❄For the better part of this new year, snow has been either on the ground or in the forecast. In the city landscape, the streets look enchanting for a day or so and then devolve into a dirty mess. This sort of snow is unappealing for an invigorating walk.A snowy path in Inwood Hill ParkThe forest, on the other hand, has managed to stay enchanting throughout each bout of winter weather. The Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-62266456295192507102021-01-11T15:09:00.003-05:002021-01-13T09:37:47.845-05:00The Season of Owls A walk in Inwood Hill Park.The days following the holidays and the first of the year make a good time to check in on life in the winter forest. I have a forest just down the street from me in Inwood Hill Park in Northern Manhattan. There, a vast old growth forest still stands.A Barred Owl faces the setting sun in Inwood Hill Park in Northern Manhattan.A few weeks ago, someone on a local Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-38376225653596749332020-11-23T11:39:00.001-05:002020-11-23T12:32:13.016-05:00Walking It Off: Coping with Holiday Stress During the PandemicWhen I began this series, “Pandemic Posts from the Pause: New York City in the Age of Coronavirus” in March of 2020, I could see the first young greens of spring from my window. New Yorkers were told to stay home then and away from others. As someone who enjoys walking in the city, I knew that I would need to sacrifice many things this year. I was not going to give up walking.I quickly figured Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-30440920731419318742020-10-26T17:19:00.008-04:002020-10-28T11:38:32.460-04:00Early Voting in Washington Heights, and A WalkEarly voting for the 2020 federal election in New York began on Saturday, October 24 and continues through Sunday, November 1. The weekend was overcast and autumnal, with the bright yellows of fall on display. In New York City, thousands of New Yorkers turned out at the 88 early voting locations and waited in long lines, many stretching around the block. A line to vote in Washington Heights.Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-62762892034868492942020-10-11T13:56:00.003-04:002020-10-27T06:51:16.309-04:00A Daytime Walk on Broadway and the Theater in the Dark On October 9, the Broadway League announced that the theater season has been postponed through May 2021, leaving Broadway dark for the winter and into the spring of next year. According to the press release, “Broadway performances were initially suspended due to COVID 19 on March 12, 2020. At that time, 31 productions were running, including 8 new shows in previews. Additionally, 8 productions Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-35803849482580866582020-10-07T11:35:00.010-04:002020-10-16T09:52:45.023-04:00North Towards Autumn: A Day Trip on the Metro-North Hudson Line The peak of autumn colors in New York City tends to fall sometime in the days following Halloween, but those anxiously waiting leaf change can simply travel north. Near Beacon, a view of autumn colors from the Metro-North Hudson lineOne way to speed the fall season is to take the Hudson line of Metro-North north of the city and watch the greens fade to oranges and yellows and the occasional Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-26795604857649982512020-09-28T15:50:00.002-04:002020-10-27T06:51:44.073-04:00An Early Autumn Walk in Central Park: 2020 EditionThis week, the singer Diana Krall released a cover of “Autumn in New York,” the standard by Vernon Duke. An accompanying video, filmed in New York by Davis McCutcheon and directed by Mark Seliger, portrays the city in moody yet beautiful black and white tones. Beyond the lack of autumn colors, the film shows the empty streets of the pandemic city. The mood riffs on the underlying melancholy of Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0Central Park, New York, NY, USA40.7812199 -73.9665138-0.85484502557136466 -144.2790138 82.417284825571372 -3.6540138000000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-18417029099463663282020-09-13T15:49:00.003-04:002020-10-27T06:52:07.589-04:00MoMA in MasksUpdate. Beginning September 28, MoMA will require all members to reserve tickets in advance.*Walking into the gallery devoted to Claude Monet’s Water Lilies (c 1920) at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on Saturday afternoon, I saw a woman seated on a bench. She was looking at the artist’s dreamy depiction of his garden at Giverny, and I thought for a moment she might be dreaming as well. As she Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-58654208966155978742020-08-21T16:33:00.002-04:002020-10-27T06:52:17.197-04:00In Washington Irving Country: A Walk Between Irvington and Tarrytown on the Old Croton Aqueduct TrailA stroll in the countryside may be slow and rhythmic, accompanied by a soft breeze among the trees, but walking in this sleepy fashion doesn’t mean the brain is not alert. This pace is especially true for a walk in Washington Irving country about thirty miles north of New York City along the Hudson River. Rip Van Winkle sculpture (detail) by Richard Masloski. Main Street, Irvington, NewTeri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-84432705754897101862020-08-05T14:05:00.002-04:002020-10-27T06:52:25.455-04:00The Company of Nature: Walking With Butterflies in Fort Tryon ParkIf wandering the empty urban canyons feels a little lonely and depressing, a better idea would be to head to the nearest park. This past Saturday, a day that was sunny but not too hot, Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan turned out to be the perfect place to not only satisfy wanderlust but to rediscover the company of nature.Butterflies were there. Hundreds of butterflies - Tiger Swallowtails, Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-1264193002241122202020-07-24T09:10:00.003-04:002020-10-27T06:52:35.818-04:00The Lonesome Metropolis: A Walk from Grand Central Terminal to Rockefeller CenterAs New York City reopens, why do the attractions of the great metropolis still look mostly deserted on a summer morning? A morning walk from Grand Central Terminal to Rockefeller Center sought to address this question. As it turns out, there are several adequate explanations. But for what happens next, there are no right answers.Grand Central Terminal, 9:40 am. Wednesday, July 22, 2020.Many Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-23014099630173365862020-07-17T15:09:00.004-04:002020-10-27T06:52:47.695-04:00The City Turned Inside Out: A Walk from Battery Park to Fulton StreetWhile the cast of HAMILTON sings “The World Turned Upside Down,” New Yorkers could easily hum along to “The City Turned Inside Out” this summer. (not a real song) Where once a city’s important work took place indoors - within the soaring office buildings, famous restaurants, legendary museums, and storied performance halls, the COVID-19 epidemic has literally turned the residents outdoors. Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-38363105161959962172020-07-08T10:50:00.008-04:002020-10-15T07:15:45.011-04:00A Morning Walk from Penn Station to Times SquarePenn Station to Times SquareNew York City entered a new phase of the reopening on Monday, but you would never know it from a morning walk in Midtown on the day after. At 34th Street and 8th Avenue, an outsize reminder of the public health crisis from Montefiore Medical CenterAfter running an errand near Penn Station, I decided to take a walk up to Times Square and Broadway before heading Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-11062195731724166892020-06-28T12:03:00.077-04:002020-10-10T09:56:31.266-04:00NYC Re-openings and Travel AdviceWhat will open, and how will you get there? This list will be updated following official announcements.UPDATED October 10, 2020. Many favorite local destinations have now reopened. Hand sanitizer dispenser at the Marble Hill station of Metro-North's Hudson lineOpenings - General Information and Popular Destinations • Restaurants: Consult this NYC Department of Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-23578272981005496172020-06-23T15:22:00.003-04:002020-10-27T06:53:20.735-04:00The Most Beautiful Bridge in the WorldSwiss-born architect Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), the leading proponent of the International Style of modern architecture, visited NYC on several occasions in the 1930s and 1940s, and he made much to say about the skyscraper city. He didn’t think much of the faux tops of the tall buildings nor did he care about the haphazard city planning, but he did fall madly in love with one particular bridge:&Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0George Washington Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA40.8516964 -73.952715940.825723581250585 -73.987048175390626 40.877669218749418 -73.918383624609376tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-41888289293413617912020-06-15T09:50:00.009-04:002020-10-16T07:53:06.405-04:00Facing the Dark Ages A close look at The Met CloistersUpdate: The Met Cloisters reopened on September 12, 2020. See the museum's website for ticket information.The Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 82-year-old home for its medieval collection in Fort Tryon Park (known as The Met Cloisters in recent years, the result of rebranding), dominates Northern Manhattan like a mystical fortress, like some object of aTeri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com099 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY 10040, USA40.8648628 -73.931727412.554628963821152 -109.0879774 69.175096636178836 -38.7754774tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-66288450324003408932020-06-06T15:22:00.003-04:002021-04-21T19:44:26.826-04:00DyckmanThe meaning of “Dyckman” has come to stand for much more than the Northern Manhattan street after which it is named. When called out, “Dyckman” often stands for the pride of place for many of the Dominican residents of the surrounding neighborhood. Sometimes, narrowly, Dyckman refers to the vibrant nightlife along the street, especially west of Broadway. Before the current public health crisis, Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com0Dyckman St, New York, NY, USA40.8645387 -73.926635812.554304863821152 -109.0828858 69.174772536178835 -38.7703858tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-7613226609855928002020-05-19T07:47:00.001-04:002020-05-26T11:51:02.667-04:00A Walk in the Forest PrimevalContemplating the fall of civilizations in Inwood Hill Park
At times, it feels like we’re living at the end of civilization. With the arrival of the global pandemic, many governing structures are teetering at a breaking point, one measured in graphs, curves, and waves. Whole systems like mass transit and global trade are fractured as well.
Steps leading to a high ridge trail in Inwood Hill Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.comInwood Hill Park, Payson Ave. &, Seaman Ave, New York, NY 10034, USA40.8722007 -73.925554922.166241184046456 -109.08180489999998 59.578160215953545 -38.7693049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-3908349754147960352020-05-01T14:35:00.001-04:002020-05-16T07:19:55.751-04:00Purposeful Pastimes in a PandemicThe disruption of everyday life in this pandemic can lead to confusion, immobility, or a lack of concentration. I know this has been true for me. Certain activities that in normal times would be effortless and fun now seem suddenly too hard or irrelevant. For me, this includes writing anything longer than a paragraph. I also painted a small scene of the streetscape out my window but it took me Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-9601540751625816782020-04-11T13:00:00.001-04:002020-04-29T16:18:40.417-04:00Still Photographs from a City on PauseStill here. That's the best thing to say in a city at a standstill. The city has become a still photograph. In a city known as a center for television and motion pictures, there's little motion.
Looking out the window, there's often little movement of humans on the street. The birds are active. They fly from nests to windowsills and from trees to other trees. Yes, occasionally there's a Teri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.com