international pillow fight day 2010

today in union square, thousands of people gathered for a massive pillow fight.  it started at 3pm and lasted until almost 6pm.  there were even people providing pillows to those who wanted to fight but didn't have pillows.  the part of the park the fight was in was so littered with feathers by the end, it was pretty disgusting.

Chrysler building

yes, I took this picture.  nbd.

this is easily my favorite building in new york.  i love catching glimpses of it from places you wouldn't normally expect to (the top of kimmel for example).  an interesting fact about the chrysler building is that nobody died while building it during the late 1920s.  when it was completed, it was the tallest building in the world for 11 months, until it was eventually surpassed by the empire state building.    

looking forward to the return of the green

Central Park, New York

Photo courtesy of Flickr user kw~ny

walking the brooklyn bridge

spending my spring break in new york has allowed me the time to do the things in the city i've been wanting to do but haven't had the time to.  for months i've wanted to walk across the brooklyn bridge but i've always been too busy or too scared of the cold to do so.  since it was 70 degrees out today, it was the  perfect opportunity to do so.  we planned to eat at grimaldi's pizza, located at the base of the bridge on the brooklyn side, but the line stretched all the way down the block and was too long.  in walking the bridge, it's best to take the subway to brooklyn then walk from there towards manhattan so you can admire the skyline while you walk.  below are a few pictures i took.  

the entourage 

from the ground

skyscraper national park, view of midtown

john lennon memorial

today I visited the john lennon memorial in central park.  it is located near the 72nd street entrance on the west side of the park.  the part of the park the memorial is located in was named strawberry fields and is right across the street from where john lennon and yoko lived. when we were there, there were a few musicians playing old Beatles songs on acoustic guitars in memory.  it was a pretty powerful experience to see so many people still stopping by and paying their respects even after john lennon died 30 years ago.  

the part of central park where the memorial is, near the west 72nd entrance

the dakota, the building john lennon lived in and was shot outside of.

american museum of natural history

what a cool museum !

i finally made it to the natural history museum after wanting to go for quite some time.  they had everything you could ever want out of such a museum.  of course, they had a a huge exhibit of dioramas depicting scenes of ancient life and panoramic landscapes filled with model animals and humans.  that kind of thing didn't really interest me though.  when I go to museums i like to see things you know you can't really see anywhere else.  giant dinosaur skeletons and 

huge tyrannosaurus rex skeleton!

star of india, largest sapphire in the world (golfball-sized)

a huge meteorite, weighing in at 5.5 tons.

life-sized model of a blue whale

a shot of the new planetarium and space center from outside the museum.

central park!

view of midtown from the great lawn

the house where the royal tenenbaums by wes anderson was filmed

located in harlem at 144th street.

momofuku noodle bar

steak, egg, & toast

ramen (what I ordered)

midtown buildings

lombardi's pizza (best in new york) !

a few shots from madison square

shake shack + metlife clock tower

 

flatiron building

metlife clocktower & 1 madison park through the trees

the modern restaurant at the MoMA

 Koushaw, Chris, Michael, Youhana, and I went to The Modern in celebration.  it was the nicest restaurant i've ever been to and the best food i've ever had.  i ordered the fixed meal and chose the lobster, filet mignon, and chocolate cake (pictured below).  NBD.

three musicians by pablo picasso 

tim burton exhibit at the MoMA

the entrance 

downtown buildings

Woolworth building

Bleekman Tower: the new Frank Gehry building which has a curved stainless steel exterior.

City Hall


financial district 

paper cutout of new york

A cool piece of art in the NYU lobby of the woolworth building. Paper cutouts of new york landmarks and students.

Ultraviolet Live: NYU's annual talent show

poi, weinstein, 2nd place

the group from hayden, including my suitemate Christian on saxophone