Cityscape. Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther
From: "Larry Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: "Bruce Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Oy! Looking for natural stuff in NYC is like going to the Grand Canyon to > > take pictures of kids playing stick ball in the gutter... > > Here goes: There's Cental Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn, > > along with the Brooklyn and Bronx Botanic Gardens anda patch of grass in > my > > back yard. The closest thing to a mountain in NYC is the garbage dump in > the > > Great Kills section of Staten Island. All the bodies of water are either > man > > made, or have funny stuff floating in them. I think that you really want > to > > go to New Jersey. > > > > BR > > > REPLY > > If you really want natural, the second largest waterfall in Northeastern > North America is Patterson Falls on the Pasaic River. You'll probably be the > only one there. > > There's the national seagull refuge along the Belt Parkway. It's just not > very scenic. > > There are some wonderfully isolated areas in the various parks that are > truly unlike NYC. Unfortunately, most of them are remote and require guides > to find. (Hmm, this sounds like a trip in a rain forest.) The parks are > reasonably safe during daylight and,in Central Park, it's hard to get > totally lost -you can always find a road. > > But if you are not looking for classic NYC shots, try Brighton Beach. It's > different from anywhere else in the city and very easy to get around if you > speak and read Russian. Like Atlantic City, there is a working boardwalk, > but no legalized gambling. > > Of course, Monopoly isn't set in NYC, so it would be hard to find the > locations. You'd have to go to Atlantic City.
