Manhattan on the Hudson has many qualities. I'll try to show you some of them broken down into a few groups.

Boats.

The first Manhattan on the Hudson theme is boats. The Hudson is a river and so it's dominated by boats. Boats of all sizes, shapes and purposes. There are naval vessels, cruise ships, work boats and kayaks. There are also party boats, dinner boats and clubs - as in night clubs.

One of those night club boats is the Frying Pan. One evening as I was riding the river path with the sun setting over the opposite shore in New Jersey I heard the raucous sounds of a boisterous crowd. Loud music accompanied the loud voices. I saw that the party atmosphere was coming from a nearby boat. I thought it was a restaurant boat catering a party but I later learned it was a club. All party all the time.

The boat on the right is probably another party boat rented for short harbor cruises. That's a guess. Here it's lit by the sun setting over Jersey City.

There's irony in this image for me. It reminds me of Canada. It reminds me of "Bluenose," a racing working schooner built in Nova Scotia for a race series inspired by the disdain of the great Grand Banks fishermen when an America's Cup race was canceled due to winds that were considered too strong. Bluenose has been on the Canadian dime since 1937.

And 'speaking' of work boats, what could be more of a work boat than a fireboat? New York City's fireboat with the sun setting behind it.

The 79th Street Boat Basin just after sunset.

Spanish Naval Vessel STS Juan Sebastian de Elcano

Dropping sails prior to docking.

Machine guns fore and aft for the Republican convention in 2004.

The Staten Island Ferry.

Flowers.

Each year there's a beautiful assortment of plants and flowers planted and tended along the Hudson River path.

An Allium explosion of purple.

English Lavender was a favorite of the bees. When these began to bloom the bees seemed to ignore the other flowers. Discerning?

Objects great and small.

The Hudson River edge of Manhattan from the other side. New Jersey. I took this shot on a tour of the Hudson Harbor. That's a bike route described on a web page. It goes up the west side of Manhattan, over the George Washington Bridge, down through New Jersey along the Hudson, over the Bayonne Bridge (blown up in the recent War of the Worlds flick) to Staten Island, through Staten Island to the ferry, and back to lower Manhattan.

An old railroad river terminal relic kept as an objet d'art.

The Henry Hudson Parkway over the path.

A "Trump" building.

A stop sign lit by bike light.

The Pylons, 1995 by Martin Puryear

Pieces from The Real World

by Tom Otterness

12th Avenue under Riverside Drive at about 135th Street.

Pedestrian bridge over West Street at Stuyvesant H.S.

People and cars queuing up for an evening cruise around the harbor on the Circle Line boat.

A close up evening view of the skyline at the start of the path.

South Cove curved deck.

High rise living on the river.

Frank Gehry's "Sails" building.

People.

Sax practice at the old downtown boathouse.

Ghost bike.

A memorial for a killed cyclist. There are two of these along the path even though no auto traffic is allowed and there's minimal cross traffic.

Evening practice for roller derby.

There is once again, a professional women's roller derby league.

Relaxing by the river with a good book.

A ghostly traveler.

Fleet week.

Fishing Liberty's waters.

The other evening I looked at these waters and they were teeming with small fish. I saw jelly fish too. There are often a dozen or more fisherman so the catch is likely good though I'm not sure I'd want to try it.

Old Glory over the passenger ship piers.

Manhattan on the Hudson, U.S.A.

Hope you enjoyed the tour.