CENTRAL PARK AFTER THE BLIZZARD OF 2011
Fifteen years ago, New York City experienced a blizzard that compared with the one we had this year. I took a number of photos in 2011 of its after-effects on Central Park, the best of which are contained in this portfolio.
Here’s a well-known statue on the Fifth Avenue perimeter of the Park that commemorates our participation in World War I.
The limbs of the trees were loaded with snow. That blue backdrop is a side view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Here are some glimpses of Temple Emanuel (on 5th Avenue) through the snowy Central Park limbs.
Kids were thrilled at the sledding possibilities offered in the Park
by the blizzard . . . .
. . . . although some of them went a little overboard.
Here are two other views of the Gapstow Bridge
(previously featured in this portfolio’s lead picture).
And here are the countless ducks that help make this bridge
so memorable. The bottom shot faces south away from the bridge
toward the Plaza Hotel and other 59th Street buildings.
Along with the colorful ducks, here are some handsome birds . . . .
. . . . and an ambitious squirrel.
This is a principal north-south thoroughfare of the Park.
And here are three shots of the musical mainstay on that thoroughfare.
At the thoroughfare’s southern end, there are a number
of individual memorial statues.
The blizzard make it a little tough to guess who this guy is.
This is the Park’s tribute to the dog (Balto) who delivered the serum that saved the city of Nome, Alaska back in 1925.
Some more shots I enjoyed. Those towers belong to the
San Remo apartment building on Central Park West.
Three views of the Dairy Visitor Center & Gift Shop.
This attractive structure (named Summerhouse in the Ramble)
adorns a hill in the Park near Fifth Avenue.
Four shots of self-explanatory Park sights.
One of the Park’s prime photo opportunities is Bethesda Terrace, with the Bethesda Fountain at its core. Here’s what it looks like when you first approach the scene.
This is a good view of the entire Bethesda complex.
And here’s the lovely angel who presides over the fountain.
This final view is of the southeastern corner of the Park
looking south toward The Plaza Hotel.