This afternoon I went for a mooch around Greenpoint and Long Island City, I'd set out to go the art book fair at PS1 but I never quite made it because I got distracted by the beautiful Gantry Plaza State Park down on the river front...
The park is right across the river from the U.N. Building and has amazing views of the Manhattan Skyline - it was particularly beautiful today because I was there in that afternoon/evening sunshine time when the sun's just beginning to set...
The last time I was down in that area the park was still being built, there were lots of metal fences up and you couldn't really walk around, but now everything's open, the trees and plants are beautiful and the grass is luscious and green.
There were lots of benches and sun-loungery type things for people to sit or lie and enjoy the view, there were little hidden seating areas in the bushes, little play areas for children, walkways along the river and piers for fishing off.
Now that the park's open, you can get right up close to the huge Pepsi sign that's there too.
The area was obviously an old boat dock, and they've managed to keep some of the old bits, like these fantastic cabins on top of some old crane type things...
It was lovely and quiet too, there weren't many people around. It was the perfect place for a sunny Sunday late afternoon, it'll be lovely to go back there soon - we were thinking we might try and get the East River Ferry there instead of the subway, we'll get some great views from that!
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