Covid may seem far in our past, but it was just five years ago that our lives were rearranged and the future of the city became a big question mark. The East Side, however, persevered.
Here are some memories:
Dining al fresco at the Palace Restaurant coffee shop, East 57th Street.
Inspiration from Tiffany.
Gems gone from the window — and the mobs who gasped at them.
Park Avenue on a work day.
Maggie’s Place, on East 47th Street, showing true grit.
Scary signs everywhere we looked.
A nearly empty Acela car headed to New York from Boston.
Grand Central Terminal at 4:45 on a weekday afternoon.
Can you believe?
Central Park was a quiet wilderness on a perfect summer afternoon.
We still had to eat. The restaurant was always open at the Central Park Zoo.