A view of the Empire State Building from Midtown East (I took this on my way back from seeing a film at the Tribeca Film Festival)
This was a Sunday in Central Park one of the first weekends in May. The church is only a block from the park and I decided to on this beautiful Sunday to walk home via the park. This is Sheep Meadow. You can see how full the park gets on a nice weekend day!
the Bethesda Angel fountain
View of the upper west side from across the Onassis Reservoir
Midtown from across the Onassis Reservoir
The following weekend I took a day and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I sure did a lot of walking that day! The following picture is at the branch of the Met called "The Cloisters." It's located clear North on Manhattan Island - at about 195th St. A bit far seeing as my apartment was on 100th St. But the Cloisters was a beautiful little museum dedicated to 14th-16th century churches and cloisters, hence the name, from Europe. What was really impressive was the museum was built with actual remnants of cloisters. So take the following picture: some of the columns are originals and the rest are replicas. Together they create the original. Quite fascinating, and very beautiful. I felt like I was back in some of the English cathedrals and churches. I thought it was very well built.
These next few are from the actual Met Museum itself. This is a Temple in their Egyptian section.
This bust seemed very interesting to me. I wonder what made the sculptor carve him that way..
Section of a temple from the Ancient Near East section
I also spent some time walking around the old city and various neighborhoods downtown.This is near City Hall.
This is the county court house (I think it's the one they always walk out of on Law and Order)
Statue of Confucious in Chinatown
Large street in Chinatown
Mulberry St. in Little Italy (every Sat. was a street fair/summer festival)
Monument at Washington Square park
I also spent a day around Brooklyn. The next few pictures are from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. It was absolutely beautiful there!
I walked past this fire station as I was making my way from the Brooklyn Promenade to the Brooklyn Bridge. I had already walked across it before, but I wanted to once more before I left.I just love the mural on the door.
I walked past this church everyday on my way to work...
...and went past this statue the days I walked or rode the bus.
St. James Church, also on the way to work
This statue is next to the Columbia Law school, which is next to the building that housed the library I worked in. I never quite figured out what it was supposed to be... 
And not far from Columbia University was this building: Grant's tomb. Do you know who's buried there??
The outside of my apartment building. My apt. was on the top floor a couple windows left of center (the center being the balconies)
My last weekend in the city, Christine came down from Connecticut and we had a fabulous afternoon and evening. She brought me to this place, the Shake Shack, and then we went and saw "Chicago" on Broadway.
And these final ones were taken my last day in Manhattan. This is the Low Library at Columbia.
And this is me. Behind me is the Butler Library. The librarians I worked with at Columbia all had their offices in this building.
And the view from my apartment shortly before I said goodbye...Quite a contrast from the way it looked in January. I love the city in bloom (who wouldn't like green over the barrenness of winter!)
I've been back in Utah for nearly a month now - how quickly time flies. I miss being able to walk around and explore the city on the weekends. There's not much around me in walking distance now except pastures and housing developments, but having said that, I love the beauty of the mountains. So you could say it's a bit bittersweet...
