From my roof, I can see all the way from the George Washington Bridge down to Battery Park. It is a view to take your breath away. You step out onto the roof, and can feel the vistas billowing off to your left. It’s amazing.<\/p>\n
If you actually live on the island of Manhattan, the only way to get any perspective on it is to get up really high – skyscrapers, Empire State Building … from there you can see the shape of the island, you can get an idea of where you are in space. (It’s very hard in Manhattan to know where you are. I don’t mean within the city. The city itself is very easy to navigate – if you know how to count, that is – but in terms of Manhattan fitting into the surrounding landscape … I find it very difficult to picture. Even when I look at it on a map, it doesn’t seem right.)<\/p>\n
So to live in a spot where I can gain this island-length perspective … I feel truly grateful.<\/p>\n
When I was basically BEGGING the woman who lived there that I WAS THE ONE to take over the apartment – she took me up onto the roof, and that was that. I knew I had to live there.<\/p>\n
I’ll take some pictures so you all can see. I still never get over it. I never get accustomed to the view.<\/p>\n
My street, on the cliffs in Jersey, is directly across from the Empire State Building. It looks so close you feel like you can touch it.<\/p>\n
I haven’t been able to go up there all this long and brutal winter. Too windy. Snow drifts, etc.<\/p>\n
I’m excited to spend some of my early mornings up there. And sunsets as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From my roof, I can see all the way from the George Washington Bridge down to Battery Park. It is a view to take your breath away. You step out onto the roof, and can feel the vistas billowing off … Continue reading