August 27, 2004
Hyde Park
I spent a few hours meandering around Hyde Park today. It's a very interesting neighborhood with a mix of academia, commercial and various types of residential housing. The commercial ventures seem to be struggling. A number of restaurants were recently closed and vacant (sometimes unrenovated) space is noticable.
I happened to pass a closed-up building listed on the map as "old 10th Church of Christ Scientist." It would make a great theater or private home - on Blackstone just north of 57th St. :) Update: I heard that this building is going to be torn down. Very sad...
Finally, two new pictures from campus. The first is a small outdoor 'preachers pulpit' on the northwest side of the Rockefeller Chapel. The second is a shot of the winter garden section of the new building. They've sodded the entire area surrounding the new building and it looks great.
Posted by Jeremy Showalter at August 27, 2004 05:50 PM