Today was a lazy day. We spent the morning doing nothing until we finally decided to stop being lazy and tired and do something worthwhile and interesting.
Washington Square Park, another stop along the ‘mum-fuelled tour of famous places in films’. There was actually a small film shoot happening right next to the arch. Seriously, just walking through Chelsea on our first day, there was at least 3 photo and film shoots going on in the streets.
NYU is right next to Washington Square Park, in particular TISCH School of the Arts and the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. We tried to visit, but security is so tight here.
After that, we visited Grenich Village. The streets are small, lovely and green. Almost suburbia but more boutique-esque.
The building below is the narrowest building in New York. Apparently the guy who owned the building next door was sick of people using the lane way next to him for ‘inappropriate activities’ so he bought the laneway and built on it.
Originally a worker’s courtyard, designed to be adjacent from the main street, it is now one of the most expensive places to live in Grenich.
After the Village we went to TJ Max for some cheap, good quality shopping, and it just happened to be right next to the New York stock exchange – the home of the evil capitalism monster. Just kidding…
For dinner we went down to Chelsea Piers, which is some of the best use of space I’ve seen. It uses multiple piers to both host boats and create various sporting grounds for golf (there is seriously a huge driving range), basketball courts and a gymnastics area as well as food.
We wound up going out for Italian though and I had a giant calzone (and I mean giant).
After dinner we walked along the Highline, a park made from an old railway line, with the amazing views still intact.
They even had some unique artworks commissioned for the umique view of the park.
And, the Empire State looked gorgeous as usual at night.
The views and parks in New York are incredible, surprising for such a big city.