NYC Photos - Urban Flowers

When I was on my recent vacation to New York City, I took a lot of photos of architecture - but I also (of course!) took perhaps even more photos of flowers. Because we went in late March/early April and because this year's spring has been more winter-like in its weather, there weren't too many things yet in bloom - but I still managed to find several opportunities to take photos.

Below are some of my favorite photos of "urban flowers" - that is, flowers that I just happened to see as we were walking around NYC: flowers in pots and sidewalk/windowsill plantings outside of apartment buildings, cathedrals, hotel entrances, and museums.

A little later on (once I finish organizing them all!) I'll also make blog posts of flowers in larger, organized gardens like the Rockefeller Center Channel Gardens, flowers in Central Park, and flowers at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, where we spent a delightfully sunny (but still chilly) morning.

NYC Photos - Bridges & Overpasses

Manhattan is, of course, an island - surrounded by the Hudson River and East River. By necessity then, there are lots of bridges - bridges of historical significance, bridges for trains and cars, bridges with pedestrian paths. There are also - like any city, big or small - footbridges and overlooks in local parks (Central Park and the High Line, in NYC's case). Over the course of our recent 8 days in NYC, I took several photos of bridges - especially of and on the Brooklyn Bridge, which my husband and I walked across in the driving mist on a gloomy, foggy afternoon. Here are some of my favorites, below.

NYC Photos - Street Views

My last post focused on photos of secular building facades in New York City. Today's post might look very similar - but these pictures are more about the overall street view (i.e. a line of several buildings in a row) rather than focusing on just one building of historical, architectural, or aesthetic significance.

NYC has lots of unique neighborhoods and interesting streets, and we certainly didn't walk down them all! But over the course of our eight days in the city, we ended up walking about 70 miles (according to my health tracker), so we did see several neighborhoods, including Hell's Kitchen/Chelsea, Midtown/Theater District, Chinatown/Little Italy/Lower East Side/SoHo, the Financial District, NoHo/Greenwich Village, and a small bit of Brooklyn.

NYC Photos - Building Facades

A few days ago, I posted some iconic skyscraper photos I took during a recent trip to New York City. But there is so much more architecture in NYC than just skyscrapers - and I also took a lot of great photos of shorter historical buildings and landmarks, churches, bridges, and other architectural details, some of which I share below and many more of which I'll feature in future posts!

Today's blog post focuses on secular building facades - museums, libraries, train stations, historical buildings, tenements and apartments... Buildings I specifically set out to visit (the exteriors and/or interiors), or buildings that just caught my eye as I was walking by!