anyway, despite the chaos [...]]]> I do most of my grocery shopping at fairway market, this huge grocery store just past 125th that offers a gigantic selection of organic, non-organic, and otherwise edible produce–and all at high prices. (to be fair, everywhere in new york has high prices so this is not a distinguishing factor in itself.)

anyway, despite the chaos of going to fairway, one nice thing about it is that it’s right next to the hudson riverside, at west harlem piers park.

and of course there’s the wicked overpass from the westside/henry hudson highway that’s impossible to miss:

some avid speed chess players in St. Nicholas Park:

a man painting (and smoking) outside the Harlem School of the Arts:

an entrance to River Bank State Park:

city university of [...]]]> I went for a stroll in search of Sugar Hill (where many wealthy black people lived during the harlem renaissance), and found many other sights on the way…

some avid speed chess players in St. Nicholas Park:

a man painting (and smoking) outside the Harlem School of the Arts:

an entrance to River Bank State Park:

city university of new york‘s main campus:

and finally, some streets in sugar hill: