In Part II we got as far as the Cafe Carlyle at 76th and Madison Ave, the penultimate epicenter of New York sophistication where Bobby Short played and sang for 30 years or more and Woody Allen plays clarinet with his dixieland band on Monday nights. 
We recall George Russell's record, "New York, New York", a "city so nice they had to name it twice," Jon Hendricks' poetic lyrics in between the instrumentals. By the way, you can click on any picture to make it larger. We are exploring the Upper East Side -"no one would call it the beauty and the beast side - not the east side" - with our destination at Carl Schurz Park where the Mayor's home Gracie Mansion is located. However, Mayor Bloomberg doesn'y live there perhaps because it's a hole compared to where the real money in Manhattan lives and Bloomberg doesn't lack for real money. Our next goal is a visit to Elaine's Restaurant on 2nd Ave. Elaine's is where Paul Desmond, who was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet used to hang out. Paul wrote a jazz hit, Take 5, and lived off the royalties in his later life during which he hung out at Elaine's and didn't perform much. For a review of Paul's biography, Take 5, see the right hand column of this blog. 
Going to Elaine's is sort of a pilgimage to a shrine made famous by Paul Desmond's hanging out there.
We proceed up Madison Ave to 82nd St where we turn right and go over to 2nd Ave where we turn left. Elaine's is at 2nd and 88th. After we reconnoiter Elaine's for awhile, we walk back to 86th St and turn left. There are some colorful shops and restaurants around here.
This is called the Yorkville section of New York. 
It's only a few more blocks to Carl Schurz Park.
We pass a shop that advertises "Appetizing Smoked Fish." I guess that's as opposed to your unappetizing smoked fish. Here's a cool place to live near which I bought a banana from a stand on the corner: 
On East 86th Street and East End Avenue is the Henderson Place Historic District (pictured above) right across the street from the entrance to Carl Schurz Park. As we enter Carl Schurz Park, the first thing we notice is its dog-friendliness. A lot of people use the park to walk their pooches. There are big pooches, little pooches, all kinds of pooches who all seem to get along on a more or less friendly basis. After all going to the park is a social outing for them.
There are people just sitting and enjoying the view of the East River, people strolling along the sidewalk, people strolling little ones in strollers, people reading, people talking on cell phones:
There are runners, joggers, kibbitzers, people getting a breath of fresh air, people seeking solitude, squirrels...
The bridge in the above photo is the Queensboro Bridge connecting to Manhattan at 59th St. Below is a view looking south to Roosevelt Island and one looking north to the Triboro Bridge:
Finally, I walk back to 86th and Lexington to catch the subway back to Times Square. Here are evening pictures of Times Square:
Walking from Times Square to Port Authority, I catch the Park Ride bus back to the North Bergen Park Ride lot. On the bus, just having emerged from the Lincoln Tunnel, I snap one final picture of New York City. Worldwide Plaza, the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings are visible.
At the Park Ride lot I pick up my car and head for Springfield, NJ to have dinner with Morty and Renee Geist having walked more than 60 blocks on a beautiful fall day in Manhattan!
