Winter Scenes in Fort Tryon Park

Fort Tryon Park is one of Manhattan's most beautiful parks. It is a densely forested high ground at the northern tip of Manhattan and it was named after Sir William Tryon, the last British governor of colonial New York. The park was built by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., son of the architect of Central Park, in 1935, and gifted to the city of New York by John D. Rockefeller. The images of the park were made during last Saturday's snowfall.

Zuccotti Park After Dark

Zuccotti Park, formerly known as Liberty Plaza Park, is a 33,000-square-foot public park in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center site. It is a privately-owned-public-space controlled by Brookfield Properties. It is located between Broadway, Trinity Place, Liberty Street and Cedar Street. The park's northwest corner is across the street from Four World Trade Center. The park was heavily damaged in the September 11 attacks and subsequent recovery efforts of 2001. Restoration of the park included the installation of "nearly 500 thin, rectangular, in-ground fluorescent lights, specially designed to be water- and air-tight, as well as easily replaceable." Last year, the plaza became the site of the Occupy Wall Street protest camp. During the demonstration, activists occupied the plaza and used it as a staging ground for their protests.  

Seen From The High Line

A painter on a fire escape platform

Empire State Building

High Line Zoo art by Betten

High Line Zoo art by Betten

"Urban theater" overlooking 10th Avenue

Meatpacking District

14th Street

Charles Mary Kubricht's "Alive-ness: Proposal for Adaptation". The artist painted disruptive patterns over surface of large storage containers, echoing the maritime camouflage technique of using contrasting stripes to make it difficult to determine which direction the ship's bow is pointing.

The High Line, Manhattan's repurposed railway offers park visitors interesting views of architecture, art installation, street scenes, skyline and the  surrounding neighborhoods, in addition to the blooming wildflowers and exposed tracks. These are some of the images made last week from the High Line, the increasingly popular elevated railway that was transformed into an aerial linear park.