Central Park, Christmas Day

Central Park, Christmas Day
A wintry Manhattan scene in Central Park on Christmas day.

Central Park, Christmas Day. © Copyright 2020 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A wintry Manhattan scene in Central Park on Christmas day.

When in Manhattan, walk! We learned that lesson on our first serious visit a few decades ago. That was a surprise to these California natives, who live in a world where people drive nearly everywhere. (Things are so spread out here that it is rare to be in a place where everything you generally need can be found in walking distance.) But it quickly became apparent that everyone walks, even if only from the subway station to their local destination, and that you’ll see a lot more if you are on foot, too.

We were in Manhattan again during the last week of 2019. (Funny story — the two times we are most likely to visit are in late December and August. I can hear New Yorkers groaning at that. And they are right.) As always, walking was high on our agenda for the visit, and we were out on foot every day. On this day, relatively “warm” for Manhattan winter, we walked up into Central Park, crossed it, and walked by down along its west side.


G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.

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