| The Heckscher playground in Central Park |  | | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Really nice sounding group, at the Bethesda Terrace |  | This lady was making gigantic bubbles, and collecting donations |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | At the model boat pond. We met a guy who made a very accurate model of a boat that he found in an anime cartoon. He let both Peter and Kenny control it. |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | These are some other models built by the same guy |  | At the Alice in Wonderland statue - pretty crowded! |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Sheep Meadow |  | At the FAO Schwartz store |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | The lines, people waiting to get to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. We passed. |  | Instead, we took the Staten Island Ferry. Still had some good views, and it was free! |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | The 9/11 memorial in Staten Island. Lots of firefighters and police officers were from Staten Island. |  | | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | The view on the way back from Staten Island |  | At the 9/11 memorial in Manhatten |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | View from the dining area at our hotel, where they had a little reception every day at 5. Great place to hang out for a while |  | | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | At Grand Central Station |  | At the Rockefeller Center |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | View towards Central Park |  | View towards the Statue of Liberty |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Deliveries were big business at the Turkish restaurant we had lunch at |  | At the New York Public Library, there was a roving art cart for kids, where Peter made lots of things. |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | We walked to the nearest Whole Foods, at Columbus Circle, for some breakfast items. I've never seen a grocery store that crowded. |  | | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | The animal show at the Bronx Zoo |  | | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Walking towards the New York Botanical Garden, where I met Brian Boom, who I worked for 25 years ago. Things looked vaguely familiar. |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | One of the plants I collected at the El Verde Research Station, 25 years ago! |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | This one happened to be out as well - a plant collected on Captain Cook's voyage by Joseph Banks |  | One of the workrooms at the botanical gardens, that I spent a lot of time in |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | At the Metropolitan Museum of Art |  | | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Walked by the Alice in Wonderland statue again...this time it was far less crowded |  | At the Musuem of Natural History. |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | There were far too many exhibits like this one |  | Times Square. We had enough pretty quickly. |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | A street artist, using some special spray paint techniques to create outer-space type images. |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | A beautiful sunny day in Central Park |  | Belvedere Castle |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Peter and Kenny both spent time in emptied fountains, looking for coins. They were usually pretty successful |  | On the Brooklyn Bridge |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | At the United Nations, cross stitch portraits of the various heads |  | 
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 |  |  |  |  |  | At Bryant Park, behind the New York Public LIbrary |  | There were also ping pong tables |  | 
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