NY apartment

New York New York what a wonderful town!!!  

Our apartment 'The Beacon', was in upper west side on Broadway and a short walk to Central Park and the Natural History Museum via the brown stone terraced streets.  From here we explored NY and ticked off my extensive list of things to do and see in our week there.  The apartment was great it enabled us to do our washing and cook and live like New Yorkers for a bit anyway.  We couldn't believe the iconic views and liked being able to do our shopping at The Fairway grocery store across the road  - which has the reputation for having everything.

The view from our apartment of Broadway and 72nd street Upper West Side

The Ansonia Apartment 1899 - opposite ours was built by the eccentric W. Stokes he designed the first a/c apartment in NY with a farm on the roof housing chickens, ducks, goats, a bear and cattle.  He had the utopian vision of creating a self sufficient apartment allowing residents to enjoy fresh eggs daily however the Dept of Health shut down the farm in the sky in 1907.  It is a beautiful Beaux Arts style  building decorated with corner towers - very Parisian.

The kids inspired by the trip to the Met dressing up as Egyptian's.