In a recent post I noted the Guggen­heim Museum’s 50th anniver­sary and the exten­sive Kandin­sky exhibit cre­ated in its honor. It all looked so cool on the museum’s web­site and I couldn’t stop think­ing about catch­ing the tail end of autumn in Man­hat­tan. Throw­ing care to the wind, I booked a trip. Four glo­ri­ous days … away from work, my com­puter, and Seattle’s rainy season.

The Guggenheim’s recently restored facade is lovely and the exhibit is noth­ing short of amaz­ing. Wright’s cel­e­brated design, floors spi­ral­ing up and up, walls cov­ered with Kandinsky’s life­long work.… It is the per­fect pair­ing of archi­tec­ture and art.

The Met and MoMA fol­lowed, pro­vid­ing fur­ther art­ful joy. And, in between, Cen­tral Park. Whether siz­zling with sum­mer heat or crack­ling with win­ter frost, it is my idea of per­fec­tion. And fall? Stun­ning. I missed the lush­est time of chang­ing leaves but plenty remained, com­bined with newly naked branches. Up before dawn, tot­ing cam­era bag and tri­pod, I explored as much of the park as I could within each morning’s win­dow of pre­cious light. And I salute the dog walk­ers. They are ded­i­cated; they are legion; and I melted in the pres­ence of a clear yet undoc­u­mented puppy epidemic.

Here are a few images of my most favorite place in the world.

Images avail­able with a RF license: Cen­tral Park Betheseda Angel, Betheseda Cen­tral Arcade, Boathouse Lake, Cen­tral Park Reser­voir, Traf­fic, Gap­stow Bridge on the Pond, Upper West Side

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