We flew right over Manhattan yesterday, and I got to see all my stomping grounds! At left is all of Manhattan north of Houston - you might notice the Met sticking into Central Park midway up on the right, the illumination of the Empire State Building in the lower middle, and Union Square and Washington Square Park (our school neighborhood) below. And then it was Brooklyn, its peaks still gilded by the red light of sunset. To get to our place: from Grand Army Plaza (the oval where the park ends) take the road which heads off to the left and take the fourth right - it's where you hit clouds again. How do they fit
together? Here's a picture from the flight out, which shows the rest of Manhattan (the Empire State Building and Midtown are at the right edge), and much of the rest of Brooklyn. Prospect Park is the dark area on the right; if you can see it as a squat arrow pointing up, we're just at the tip. None of that ineffable wonder of the views I fumbled to evoke yesterday, but it's home (at least for now). [Click pics for very detailed views.]
We flew right over Manhattan yesterday, and I got to see all my stomping grounds! At left is all of Manhattan north of Houston - you might notice the Met sticking into Central Park midway up on the right, the illumination of the Empire State Building in the lower middle, and Union Square and Washington Square Park (our school neighborhood) below. And then it was Brooklyn, its peaks still gilded by the red light of sunset. To get to our place: from Grand Army Plaza (the oval where the park ends) take the road which heads off to the left and take the fourth right - it's where you hit clouds again. How do they fit 
together? Here's a picture from the flight out, which shows the rest of Manhattan (the Empire State Building and Midtown are at the right edge), and much of the rest of Brooklyn. Prospect Park is the dark area on the right; if you can see it as a squat arrow pointing up, we're just at the tip. None of that ineffable wonder of the views I fumbled to evoke yesterday, but it's home (at least for now). [Click pics for very detailed views.]
