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Central Park, south end – 089

These pictures were taken during a 3-hour Labor Day stroll through Central Park — starting on the west side of the park at 96th Street, and walking around the south end, and back up the east side to 72nd Street.

It was a warm, sunny day, and there were people everywhere — bicycling, skating, walking, picnicking, sunbathing, frisbee-throwing … and even getting married. It appears that everyone was enjoying themselves, on this final day of the summer season in New York City…

Note: this photo was published in a Jul 2009 blog entry to illustrate the word "picnic," in the "P" section of the "Children’s Online Photographic Dictionary." It was also published in a Sep 5, 2009 Gadling blog titled "Labor Day picnics: Make yours memorable. Tips and where to go suggestions." And it was published in an Oct 23, 2009 blog titled "Legea picnicului, o lege a bunului sim."

Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Feb 13, 2010 "Stuff Hipsters Hate" blog titled "Don’t Fuck with Love Week." And it was published in a Feb 24, 2010 blog titled "The Memory Lapse Proposal." It was also published in a Mar 3, 2010 blog titled "10 Romantic Date Ideas That Don’t Cost A Dime." And it was published in an Apr 17, 2010 blog titled "Love Volcanic Ash, Hate Picnics." It was also published in a June 1, 2010 blog titled "Planes anti-crisis." And it was published in a Jul 19, 2010 blog titled "Cómo prevenir las intoxicaciones alimentarias en verano." It was also published in an Aug 3, 2010 August Picnic Planner blog for the city of Austin, TX, as well as a Sep 4, 2010 IdeasForADate blog, with the same title as the stunningly creative caption that I used on this Flickr page, and a Sep 4, 2010 blog titled "Workers’ Center Plans Labor Day Picnic." And it was published in a Nov 8, 2010 blog titled Online Dating Tips. Help?, as well as a Nov 13, 2010 blog titled "Counting Down The Top Ten Online Dating Tips." It was also published in a Nov 17, 2010 blog titled "10 a must “what to do” in New York."

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in an Apr 20, 2011 blog titled "Guest Writer #72: “Make this Easter a romantic one”." It was also published in a Jun 25, 2011 blog titled "Cultural Dating Divides." And it was published in a Jun 29, 2011 blog titled "Best Outdoor Activities Around Bloomington-Normal – Our Top Five."

Summertime lunch in Bryant Park, Aug 2009 – 52


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Note: this photo was published in a Dec 31, 2009 blog titled "Study Profiles Mobile Dating."

Moving into 2011, it was also published in a Nov 16, 2010 blog titled "Indiana Do Not Call deadline today; South Bend/Elkhart second highest in participation." It was also published in a Jan 2, 2011 blog titled "Writing a Great Online Dating Profile – A Woman’s Guide." And it was published in a Jan 8, 2011 blog titled 4 Online Dating Tips For Having Good Results." It was also published in a Jan 9, 2011 blog titled "I’m interested in starting an online dating site or adult networking site and have a few questions?" And it was published in a Feb 9, 2011 blog titled "Tips and Tricks for Your New Laptop." It was also published in a Feb 13, 2011 First Date Conversation blog, with the same caption and detailed description that I had written on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Feb 22, 2011 the Atlantic Wire blog titled "Cell Phone Usage Increases Brain Activity." It was also published in a Mar 30, 2011 blog titled "Find Dates at Online Dating Sites, Not In Bars." And it was published in a Jun 3, 2011 blog titled "Cancer expert plays down mobile phone link with brain tumours." It was also published in an Aug 24, 2011 Fast Company blog titled "Why Customer-Driven Culture Will Stall Your Company’s Growth."

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I had a lunchtime dentist appointment in midtown Manhattan the other day, and when it was over, I decided to walk a couple blocks over to Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library. It was a sunny day, and I thought I might see some gorgeous babes sunbathing on the park lawn in their bikinis (even being an amateur photographer is a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it). If not, I thought perhaps I’d find some photogenic tourists or oddball New Yorkers that I could photograph.

As it turns out, almost all of the central lawn was being covered over with some kind of wooden platform — presumably for an upcoming concert performance of some kind — so nobody was sunbathing out on the grass. But since that area was unavailable, and since it was still the lunchtime period, the periphery around the central lawn was chock-a-block with people. There’s now a cafe immediately behind (i.e., to the west) of the library itself, and it was doing a land-office business. And all along the north and south sides of the park, as well as the broader western side, there were tables and chairs and benches where people could enjoy their lunch with whatever food or entertainment they had brought along.

I was already aware of the pentanque court on the western side of the park, and knew that I’d find one or two good pictures there. But I didn’t realize that the Parks Department had set up two ping-pong tables, as well as several tables for chess-players. In addition, there were a few card games underway, and there was also a section set aside for people who wanted to borrow local newspapers to read.

As for the people: I had to remind myself that because Bryant Park is smack in the middle of mid-town Manhattan (a block away from Times Square, filling the square block between 41st/42nd street, and 5th/6th Avenue), most of the people enjoying their lunch were office workers. So the men typically wore slacks and dress shirts, and a surprising number of them were also wearing suits and ties. The women wore dresses and skirts, and generally looked quite fashionable and presentable. Of course, there were also tourists and students and miscellaneous others; but overall, it was a much more "upscale" bunch of people than I’m accustomed to seeing in my own residential area on the Upper West Side.

I was surprised by how many people were sitting alone — eating alone, reading alone, listening to music alone, dozing alone, or just staring into space alone. You’ll see some of them in this album, though I didn’t want to over-emphasize their presence; equally important, many of the loners just weren’t all that interesting from a photogenic perspective. So you’ll also see lots of couples, some children, a couple of families, and occasionally larger groups of people who were eating and chatting and enjoying the warm summer day.

Three activities dominated the scene, all of which were fairly predictable, under the circumstances: eating, reading, and talking on cellphones. You would expect people to be eating at lunch-time, of course; and you wouldn’t be surprised at the notion of people reading a book as they sat behind the New York Public Library on a warm, sunny day. But the pervasiveness of the cellphones was quite astonishing … oh, yeah, there were a few laptops, too, but fewer than I might have imagined.

I’ve photographed Bryant Park several times over the past 40 years, going back to some photos of 1969 Vietnam War protest marches that you can see in this album. I was here in the summer of 2008 to take these photos; I came back in January 2009 to take these photos of the winter scene; and I returned again for these pictures in March 2009 and these these pictures in the late spring of 2009; all of these have been collected into a Flickr "collection" of albums that you can find here. But if you want to see what New York City’s midtown office workers are doing at lunch, take a look at what’s in this album.

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