Saturday 11th July 2009The first thing we did today was a walking photography tour of the Greenwich Village area. We would highly reocmmend this tour - it combines a photography lesson with a history of the area and points out some interesting buildings and photography techniques you can use. Greenwich Village and the West Village are two areas that I wanted to go see because of all the interesting architecture so it was good that we got to see it as part of this tour.
We started out at Father Demo Square with a photography lesson, and then wandered down a couple of side streets where the tour guide pointed out some famous houses like Edgar Allen Poe and the exterior used in the Cosby Show:
A bit further along was a church that had a really nice garden that was really quiet - a real santuary (unusual for New York), and also the oldest off-broadway theatre in New York called Cherry Lane.
This photo shows Cherry Lane - the theatre is on the left where the awning is.
On the same street as the Cherry Lane theatre was the building that was used for the exterior shots in the Friends TV show:
The final stop was a park (more like a paved square) where the gay pride movement started - but we got distracted by a pet shop and a brazilian cafe we found nearby and bought a coffee and really good cupcake instead:
A random flea market/street fair had popped up in Father Demo Square so we spent a good hour or so wandering around here and Mel bought a hat. After a break at the hotel we found a good Italian restaurant on 46th street and then went back to the big M&M's store and took some photos and bought some Strawberry Peanut Butter and some Almond M&M's - very yumma!
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