NY'09 Day 8, wednesday august 19 + Sight seeing

Today we went to Manhattan again. We went to SoHo and Chinatown.


The oldest Chinatown of NY @ Mott St. Manhattan

Some Chinese architecture building.

After we ate some Chinese (Wonton Soup was real good ^^), we took the subway to Central Park.


The park is huge and you got a lot of things that you can do over there besides just hanging out. For example, there was a carnival.


You might remember this place from the movie "Home alone 2"...



It's Bethesda Terrace with the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park.
DID YOU KNOW: The fountain sculpture was designed by Emma Stebbins in 1868 and unveiled in 1873. Mrs. Stebbins was the first woman to receive a public commission for a major work of art in New York City.


Youngman husslin' bubbles, he was cool tough, just listenin' to his music and playin' with the kids.


People having fun on the water.


Street artists under the terrace. Crazy performance!





Mr. Squirrel


There were a lot of these riksja's

And a lot of these horses with lil' carriage's


Pigeons chillin' at the traffic light with the infamous Plaza Hotel on the right (also from "Home Alone 2")


Golden statue next to Central Park and the Plaza Hotel


LEFT WORLDWIDE ! (www.left.nl) @ SoHo NY


Penguins @ Subway
Talkin' about penguins:


John Lennon R.I.P. (he was an English rock musician, singer, songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles)
DID YOU KNOW:
That he was murdered on the night of 8 December 1980, at around 10:50 pm. Mark David Chapman (who had been stalking Lennon since October) shot Lennon in the back four times in the entrance of the Dakota apartment building. Earlier that evening, Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy (one of Lennon's books) for Chapman.


Jerry Levitan interviewed John Lennon in 1969 when he was 14. Director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack...