Category: New York City

• An Ice Queen and Prometheus on a New York City Night

  A month ago I wouldn’t be able to stand where I’m standing tonight.  Impossible.  Unless I was willing to share the same physical space with seven other people. I’m looking down at the skating rink at Rockefeller Center.  Four weeks ago, thousands of tourists and locals were cramped in and around the small park that…

  patrickjegan

  January 15, 2015

  Blogging, Creativity, Everyday Events, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Real Personal History, Uncategorized

  1980’s, 30 Rock Plaza, 5th Ave., daughters, god of fire, ice skating, New York City, Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Ice rink, self-confidence, zamboni machine

• Park Avenue on a Rainy Day

  I am standing in the rain at the intersection of the Mythical Avenue and Ordinary Life Street in New York City.  If there’s a map at your side, look for where E. 92nd Street crosses Park Avenue.  That’s where I am standing, safely protected from the speeding traffic, on the landscaped Mall that separates the…

  patrickjegan

  January 13, 2015

  Blogging, Everyday Events, History, Holding onto the Past, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Real Personal History, Travels, Uncategorized

  class society, East River, Grand Central Station, holiday lights, Mount Sinai, movie stars of the ’30’s and ’40’s, New York City, old movies, Park Avenue, Park Avenue Mall, Police cars, private schools, snowy streets, Spanish Harlem, tulips, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, yellow taxis