Briar Rose 7457
Proud of my Princesses
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so i work in lower Manhattan again, after a year-long hiatus, and I'm revisiting my old haunts. and on the boat ride yesterday I realize it's been TWO YEARS!!! since I walked through Battery Park.
so today I walked down Water Street, past the NYC Vietnam Vets Memorial and the pier for the Staten Island Ferry, to the Battery. I entered the park at the State Street side, and walked past the WWII Memorial. I found a bench and watched the boats of NY Harbor as I ate my lunch. after I ate I continued through the park, and saw lots of kids gathered for a Police Athletic League activity (looked like fun!) next I walked over to Castle Cliinton, where the tickets to the Statue of Liberty are sold. major difference here -- in the old days, after you bought your tickets, you stood on line by the dock, and street performers would entertain; now you stand inside a huge white tent, where you have to go through security screening before you board the boat to Liberty Island or Ellis Island.
no, wait -- the street performers are still here, just relocated to the other side of Castle Clinton! there's a lady dressed up as the Statue!
I continued along the shoreline, all the way to the end of the park, near the Holocaust Museum. (can you believe I've never been to the museum?)
I had one more place to go before I left the park. had to look up an old friend. my friend is relocated now, and battered and brused, but definitely still with us.
I'm referring, of course, to Koenig's "The Sphere", the sculpture that sat in the fountain of WTC Plaza, and now sits at the Broadway entrance to Battery Park. I thought I was done with my crying. but seeing that sculpture up close, I was transported back to that Plaza and all the lunchtimes I spent there.
Koenig designed it as a symbol of peace. peace has taken a beating lately. but it endures.
so today I walked down Water Street, past the NYC Vietnam Vets Memorial and the pier for the Staten Island Ferry, to the Battery. I entered the park at the State Street side, and walked past the WWII Memorial. I found a bench and watched the boats of NY Harbor as I ate my lunch. after I ate I continued through the park, and saw lots of kids gathered for a Police Athletic League activity (looked like fun!) next I walked over to Castle Cliinton, where the tickets to the Statue of Liberty are sold. major difference here -- in the old days, after you bought your tickets, you stood on line by the dock, and street performers would entertain; now you stand inside a huge white tent, where you have to go through security screening before you board the boat to Liberty Island or Ellis Island.
no, wait -- the street performers are still here, just relocated to the other side of Castle Clinton! there's a lady dressed up as the Statue!
I continued along the shoreline, all the way to the end of the park, near the Holocaust Museum. (can you believe I've never been to the museum?)
I had one more place to go before I left the park. had to look up an old friend. my friend is relocated now, and battered and brused, but definitely still with us.
I'm referring, of course, to Koenig's "The Sphere", the sculpture that sat in the fountain of WTC Plaza, and now sits at the Broadway entrance to Battery Park. I thought I was done with my crying. but seeing that sculpture up close, I was transported back to that Plaza and all the lunchtimes I spent there.
Koenig designed it as a symbol of peace. peace has taken a beating lately. but it endures.
