A beautiful sunny day ...we headed up to the upper east side...starting at the Frick Collection...then continued to walk around the area ( it's where Carrie lived!) and admired all the gorgeous apartments , trees and flower boxes.

South Street Seaport and Wall Street.

Soho...famous for its cast iron buildings, they are so attractive. Down on street levels they are occupied by the top brand retailers...very swish.

Walking down Broadway to 45th street to see the musical "Once". This part of the world at night is quite amazing.

Monday October 7

An overcast day in New York this morning, ideal for walking the High Line , now a public space but previously a railway line down in Chelsea. I loved these stained glass windows in an old factory and the unusual perspective that the raised platform provided of the city streets below.

Tenement building in the Lower East Side...we visited the Tenement Museum,which was excellent and then wandered the streets and had lunch at a rather trendy little cafe ( there were plenty of them)... The area really reminded us of Brunswick St in Melbourne.

Dark clouds....in Chinatown as we headed for the subway after our walk around the lower east side, a very interesting and lively place.