24 hours in Manhattan

Posted on February 18, 2023

When we traveled to Ireland, we booked our outbound flights from JFK Airport because my wife had a job in Manhattan for a few days. To avoid any problems making a connection, I took an Amtrak to meet her the day before our departure even though she would be working right until it was time to head out. New York is, and has been since I was a kid, one of my favorite cities to visit.

Shallow depth of field from inside a train, looking out the window. Streaks of rain are in focus while everthing else outside the window is blurred. — A dreary ride from DC

I don’t mean for this to sound like a knock on DC, but New York has so much of what DC doesn’t. It’s one of the few cities that I can visit without any agenda. There’s nothing that I absolutely must see. I can meet with friends or I can hang solo. No matter what, there is always something to do or somewhere to go.

The weather was cold and windy, but I managed to walk around 15 miles between the afternoon when I arrived and the following morning, sticking to Manhattan’s west side. I stuck to the vicinity our hotel being that Mirna’s work schedule was less than predictable. These are the photos I took during those walks in no particular order.

Two people walking, looking expressionless at the ground. One is a woman with a worn-down fur coat.

A couple with long, oversized and puffy coats walking alone on a path in Central Park

A woman crossing the street with her dog. Both of them are looking at a parked truck, as if it might start moving.

Woman walking a baby in a stroller across the street.

Abstract image of The Vessel in Hudson Yards

Sharp angle of light hitting the entrance to The Shed in Hudson Yards

Abstract of an apartment building along the High Line

Plastic skeleton on a roofdeck, waving at passers-by on the High Line

Leading lines of the High Line path with a woman standing eerily at the end

Dog getting a portrait taken from the High Line