What we saw as we walked!

We bought subway passes and hopped on them once in awhile but mostly we walked and walked. Every day we walked at least 5 miles and once or twice 7-8 miles.     Here is some of the things we saw.

The Market at Union Square.

Washington Square Park, the heart of the Village and center of NYU

H&M is ALL over the world.  We see it on all our travels. 

Here it is right in the middle of Times Square.!



Magnolia Bakery is the place to go!  Late at night the line up near Rockefeller Center was around the block with customers waiting to get it!  Al tried a cupcake at the shop in Grand Central Station.

The New Whitney

Just a few months ago the Whitney moved downtown to a Renzo Piano designed building nestled between the Highline and the Hudson River. Most of the all American works are very modern and not our most favorites. We did especially enjoy the top floor exhibit of the work of Alexander Motley and the very large sculptures and paintings of Frank Stella.
In an amazing coincidence as we were almost ready to leave the museum we bumped right into Wendy Weiden!  Just one step into an alternative gallery and we would have missed her.


View SW from inside the museum.  The Statue of Liberty can be seen in the distance just beyond the skyscrapers of Jersey City.

This view behind Al is SE with the Empire State Building in the distance.

From the 5th floor patio you cans see the beginning of the Highline.

Katz's Delicatessen

No visit to the lower Eastside would be complete without a visit to this 100 year old delicatessen. For lunch we had hot pastrami of course!

Tenement Museum

According to Wikipedia, a  "tenement is, in most English-speaking areas, a substandard multi-family dwelling in the urban core, usually old and occupied by the poor.  In New York City tenements were first built in the 1840's to accommodate mostly poor immigrants.  Many, many tenements existed on the lower eastside of Manhattan.  This is where my grandfather lived from when he was born until his early teens. 
About 25 years ago on Orchard St, a tenement that had been sealed for about 50 years was discovered. This building which had been unoccupied and essentially untouched for many years became the basis for the Tenement Museum.   https://www.tenement.org/  In this building there are 22 apartments and over the year over 7000 people lived there.  We very much enjoyed the tour and learning about life in a tenement such as this where until the early 20th century there was no running water, no indoor toilets and coal heat. 

The General Slocum Disaster

On a June day, in 1904, at the end of the school season, a local Lutheran church took over 1400 women and children on an outing on the SS General Slocum in the East River. My grandfather, his younger sister and brother, and mother were among the passengers. Midchannel the boat caught fire and quickly burned to the waterline. The life boats were painted stuck and the life jackets did not work. The majority of passengers died from drowning or burns. This was the largest fire disaster in NYC prior to 9-11. Sadly Grandpa's siblings were among those who died from this tragic accident.

The neighborhood of mostly German immigrants never recovered. The church merged with another Lutheran church uptown and the building is now occupied by a Jewish temple.

Day 1 NYC

For a long time I wanted to explore the neighborhood where my maternal grandfather, William Trebing, lived as a young boy. We were staying at the Carlton Hotel on Madison at 28th. We headed down to the lower Eastside, now the Cooper Union neighborhood. Our destination was 106 E 5th Avenue which is where my great-grandfather lived with his family. As we suspected from the map this address no longer exists as the street is part of the Cooper Union complex. This is the view from the next block looking back toward where 106 6th street was. The area is gentrified and no longer has tenements.

Sail up Howe Sound

Don't get to sail ad often as we would like. When we left Gibsons the wind and tides were just right to sail up Howe Sound, it was s glorious day DNS I was at the helm.





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Gibson's Landing

We motored down the Sunshine Coast in 15-18K winds and an incoming tide. A little bumpy! Too 6 hours!
Went to Smittys Oyster House for dinner. No local oysters as weather was too warm but great dinner!





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Madeira Park chamber music Festival

While in Garden Bay we took the dinghy to Madeira Park for groceries. It was the weekend of the annual summer music festival! We attended a lovely afternoon concert.


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Sailing up Howe Sound

We had a lovely sail up Howe Sound today.





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Sunrise over Desolation Sound

Yesterday we awoke early to depart for Pender Harbor (SYC Garden Bay) only to find a strong wind warning in effect. This meant wind vs incoming tide. Not a fun combination. Back to bed!
Tried again today. No wind, outgoing tide and calm seas. The bonus is a spectacular sunrise over Desolation sound. What a send off! We have had a super stay and hope we can return next summer.








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View from Granite Mtn

We climbed up Granite Mtn for one last view before leaving Cortes. The view is spectacular overlooking the SW entrance to Desolation Sound and down south toward Texada and Powell River.



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Logger's Fest

After heavy rain the skis cleared and we went to the Canadian National Logger's Competition in Campbell River. Amazing feats!!! Many women competing.

Al checks out the scene on arrival...the poles are 80'tall!


- first they have to set the spring board and then chop off the top.


The goal is to chop the log in half. Last shot she is near exhaustion but had a great time!








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Visit to Campbell Rivet

Campbell River is a little more than half way up Vancouver Island and is the largest town north of Nanaimo on Vancouver Idland. We came in here Friday as heavy rain was expected. Sat it poured all day. We put on our foul weather gear and walked a mile to the Campbell River Museum, a wonderful museum. It had terrific exhibit on native Indians, logging and the Ripple Mtn explosion.
Ripple Mtn was a HUGE underwater Mtn smack in the middle of Discovery Passage. Many lives and ships were lost by this mid channel obstacle right at the Seymour Narrows. In the 50's the Canadian Govt blew up the Mtn in the largest non nuclear explosion the world has ever known. This made transit by cruise ships and other large vessels possible. Tonite while watching sunset we watched a Princess Cruiseship transit the Discovery Passage--/something not Possible before Ripple Mountain was blown up.
Sunset over Campbell River


princess cruise ship en rte to Vancouver from Alaska on the inside passage.







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The Gorge

The Gorge is a lovely spot on the west side of Cortes Island. The challenge when visiting is to find the narrow passage through which you must pass. It has a good restaurant called The Floating House. The building now up the hill from the marina used to be floating.
The Marina is very good and there is a pool and small store. In the evening there is frequently local entertainment. We always enjoy stopping there.




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Restaurant, once floating is now on the hill with a lovely view of Gorge Harbor.





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Barb the Bakery Gal

At Cortes a local woman comes by with her wonderful home baked items. Al loves her scones which I warm in our oven.





On this day I also bought rosemary focaccia bread, a brownie and a zucchini!


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Cortes Bay Outststion

A little about this lovely spot. The outstation is on Cortes Island which is connected to Quadra Island by ferry and from Quadra to Campbell River. On the island there is limited grocery and none within walking distance so one must be well provisioned upon arrival. The outstation is very comfortable with a small clubhouse, laundry, showers and ice machine. The managers Marv and Heather do a fantastic job keeping everything going.
Clubhouse


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Lochearn Lassie snugly tied up


Marv and Heather have planted a small Pea Patch for Members and a garden for themselves.


Al kibitzing with Fellow sailor Don Simpson!


Kenmore arriving



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Pender Harbor Greenbox

It is the SYC tradition to Gather around 5:30 for drinks and pupus (aka hors d'oeuvres) at the Outstations. Look who is enjoying the food!



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