Lucy's Autumn Frolicking in NYC

Answer:  Lucy in Central Park with Belevadere Castle in the background.

 

Answer:   Lucy in Poet’s Walk (also called Literary Walk) in Central Park.

 

Answer:   Lucy with the Plaza in the background.

What was Lucy for Halloween?

Answer:  Lucy was a skunk.

Lucy's stroll in midtown Manhattan

Answer:  On 5^th Ave. and 56^th St. with Trump Tower in the Background.

Answer:  At the 21 Club, a restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 W. 52d St. (between 5^th and 6^th Aves).  “Perhaps the most famous feature of 21 is the line of painted cast iron lawn jockey statues which adorns the balcony above the entrance. In the 1930s, some of the affluent customers of the bar began to show their appreciation by presenting 21 with jockeys painted to represent the racing colors of the stables they owned.”  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Club

Answer:  On 42d St. with the new Bank of America Tower (on 6^th Avenue) in the background. 

 

Answer:  On 42 St. with the Chrysler Building in the Background.

 

Lucy in New York City

Answer:  At the Jackie Kennedy Onassis reservoir in Central Park.  The reservoir is 40 feet deep and holds a billion gallons of water. It was built in the 1860s as a temporary water supply for New York City, while the Croton Water system was shut down for repairs two weeks each year.  The reservoir was decommissioned in 1993, deemed obsolete because of the Third Water Tunnel.  http://www.centralparknyc.org/visit/things-to-see/reservoir/reservoir.html

 

Answer:   At the fountain in front of the Alliance Bernstein building (54^th and 6^th Ave).

Answer:  At Tavern on the Green (or what remains of Tavern on the Green) in Central Park.

Answer:  On the plaza at the Trump International Hotel Building (61^st and Broadway).  The sculpture, by David Hostetler, is called the Duo.

Where has Lucy Been?

Lucy was looking for a weekend get-away -- where was she?

Answer:  On the lawns of the Ochre Court in Newport, RI.  This is one of the mansions on the Cliff Walk.

 

Lucy's regular exploring of Manhattan:

Answer:  At the Sony Building, formerly the AT&T Building (Madison Ave between 55^th and 56st Sts.).  The spectacular arched entranceway measures about seven stories in height.  

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Building_(New_York)

Answer:  At the Maine Monument, part of the entrance to Central Park off Columbus Circle.  The monument commemorates the sinking of the battleship Maine in 1898.

Answer:  In the Worldwide Plaza (between 8^th and 9^th Aves and 49^th and 50^th Sts.)  Located on the west side of Eighth Avenue, One Worldwide Plaza is built on the site of New York City's third Madison Square Garden.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Worldwide_Plaza

Where is Lucy in Manhattan?

Answer:  With Bosley, on the rock near Wollman Rink, with a panoramic view of Central Park South.

Answer:  Sitting on the steps outside Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center).

 

Answer:  At the Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza (in front of the Plaza Hotel, 5th Ave and Central Park South).

Answer:  At the gates around the Dakota (between 72d-73d on Central Park West).

Where is Lucy in NYC?

Answer:  In the Ramble with The San Remo in the background (CPW between 74th and 75th streets).

Answer:  At the conservatory water in Central Park where you can sail your model boat.

Answer:  At Lincoln Center with Moore’s Reclining Figure in the background.

Answer:  With “Still Hunt”, the Central Park panther, perched above the East Drive, on the west side, about 76th St.

Where is Lucy in Manhattan?

Answer:  At the Central Park Zoo with the George Delacorte Musical Clock in the background. From 8:00 am — 5:00 pm on the hour and half-hour, one of 26 nursery rhyme tunes plays while a bear with tambourine, a hippopotamus with violin, a goat with pan pipes, a kangaroo and offspring with horns, and a penguin with drum glide around the base of the clock. In addition, on the hour two monkeys on the top of the clock appear to strike a bell. See http://www.centralpark.com/pages/attractions/delacorte-music-clock.html.  

Answer:  At Carnegie Hall (7th Ave and 57th St.), which was built by Andrew Carnegie in 1891.

Answer:  In the fountain at Columbus Circle.

Answer:  In Central Park with the Eaglevale Bridge in the background. (77th Street and Central Park West). The bridge went to what was once Ladies' Pond, reserved for ladies-only ice skating in the 1890s. It was ladies' only because to put skates on, women had to expose their ankles. In 1936, the pond was filled in.

Where's Lucy in NYC?

Answer:  At Grand Central Terminal (42d St. and Park Ave.). Grand Central is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms.

Answer:  At the Lipstick Building (between 53d and 54th Sts. on 3d Ave.). The building receives its name from its shape and color, which resemble a tube of Lipstick.  Bernie Madoff was a former tenant.

Answer:  In front of the Moonbird sculpture, by Joan Miro, on 58th st. behind the Solow Building (Book Building).

 

Answer:  At the fountain at the Conservatory Garden (off 5th Ave and 105th st.).

Where is Lucy in Manhattan?

Answer:  At the American Museum of Natural History on 77th St. between Columbus and CPW.   The Museum actually comprises 25 interconnected buildings.

Answer:  At Bethesda Terrace off 72St in Central Park.

Answer:  In front of the Eleanor Roosevelt Statue (72d st. and Riverside Dr.).  This is the first public monument to an American woman to be commissioned by the City of New York.

Answer:  On the bench with Jeremiah Lanphier outside of the American Bible Society on Broadway between 61st and 62d Sts.

Where is Lucy in New York City?

Answer:  At the Central Park Carousel. The original park carousel opened in 1871 and was powered by a blind mule and a horse who walked a treadmill in an underground pit.

Answer:  At the Guggenheim (5th Ave and 89st.). Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the site was completed in 1959 and was Wright's last major work.

Answer:  At the Grace Building (6th Ave between 42d and 43d St.).  The building was designed by the same architect as that of the Solow Building (9 W. 57th St.) and has a similar concave vertical slope. This is no coincidence, as the architect used the initial, rejected façade design of the Solow Building  for the Grace Building. The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine, which forms a contrast against the black windows and makes the building appear brighter than those surrounding it. The Grace Building in located on the former site of Stern's department stores' flagship location and headquarters.

Answer:  In front of the Manola Valdes Sculpture (Dama II) on Broadway and 63d St.  There are installations of Valdes' work along Broadway, which will appear until January 2011.

Where's Lucy in Manhattan?

Answer:  In front of the Intrepid, an aircraft carrier which was built during World War II.

Answer:  In front of the Dairy/Vistor Center in Central Park.  In the 1870s, one of the critical needs of children was for fresh milk.  A series of scandals and cholera outbreaks placed the city's dairy production under a cloud of suspicion.  The city built the dairy to provide a ready supply of fresh milk when families travelled to the park.

Answer:  In front of the Neue Gallery (5th Ave. and 86th St.).  The building, a designated landmark, was built in 1914, commission by industrialist William Starr Miller.  Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III bought the house in 1944.  Upon her death in 1953, the house was occupied YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.  In the 1990s, after the Institute has moved to a new location, the house stood vacant and in disrepair.  Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky purchased it for the museum in 1994.  In 2006, Lauder bought a famous Klimt painting, the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The press reported the price for the Klimt at US$135 million, which would make it at that time the most expensive painting ever sold.

Answer:  In front of the Romeo and Juliet Statue, located outside of the Delacorte Theater at the edge of the Great Lawn in Central Park.

Where's Lucy in NYC?

Answer:  At Belvedere Castle, which sits atop Vista Rock, the second highest natural elevation in Central Park.  Belvedere Castle acts as a weather station, providing the temperature readings for Central Park.




Answer:  Sitting on the steps of the NY Public Library with Patience, one of two lions, in the background.  The other lion, on the north side of the steps, is called Fortitude.  Theses names came in the 1930s by Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia for the qualities New Yorkers would need to survive the Great Depression.

Answer:  On 5th Avenue and 57th St. with Tiffany's in the background.  The Atlas Clock has adorned Tiffany's facade since 1853, even though the store has moved locations several times.

Answer:  In front of a sculpture that is in front of the Alfred E. Smith School on 97th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam.  Al Smith was governor of New York four times over, elected in 1919, 1922, 1924 and 1926.  He was also instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built at the onset of the Great Depression.

Where's Lucy with a cameo by Cinnamon

Answer: In the Ramble, a 38-acre artificially created "wild" part of Central Park. The Ramble was on of the first parts of Central Park to be built.

Answer: In front of the Plaza, which was originally built in 1900 and then rebuilt in 1907 for $12.5 million. The Beatles stayed at the Plaza during their first visit to the United States in February 1964. The Plaza made it major movie debut in the 1959 film North by Northwest.

Answer: In front of the Dakota, which was designed by the same architects as those for the Plaza. The building was completed in 1884. John Lennon made the Dakota his home starting in 1973. Several movies, including Rosemary's Baby and Vanilla Sky, use the exterior of the building. The interior is off limits.

Answer: The Peace Fountain in the Children's Garden next to St. John the Divine. It depicts the struggle of good and evil.