Walking Every Street in Manhattan

In October 2013 I had an idea (it turned out not to be an original idea, but hey, what are you gonna do?). I thought it would be fun to walk every street on the island of Manhattan and take some pictures along the way. A quick Google consultation tells me that this is a 508 mile proposition, which actually doesn't seem that daunting. Here it goes.

Madison AvenUE

2015/04/11

Start of walk

Madison Ave. at 138th St.

Basketball court

Madison Ave. btw 138th St. and 135th St.

Taj Mahal

Madison Ave. btw 135th St. and 132nd St.

View up Madison Ave.

Madison Ave. btw 135th St. and 132nd St.

Laundromat

Madison Ave. btw 135th St. and 132nd St.

Corner deli

Madison Ave. btw 132nd St. and 131st St.

Church windows

Madison Ave. btw 130th St. and 129th St.

Purple house

Madison Ave. btw 128th St. and 127th St.

Brownstones

Madison Ave. btw 127th St. and 126th St.

Cool building

Madison Ave. btw 125th St. and 124th St.

Pharmacy

Madison Ave. btw 125th St. and 124th St.

Marcus Garvey Park

Madison Ave. btw 123rd St. and 122nd St.

Fine Fare

Madison Ave. btw 115th St. and 112th St.

PURGE

Madison Ave. btw 111th St. and 110th St.

Empty parking lot

Madison Ave. btw 105th St. and 104th St.

Madison Avenue corner

Madison Ave. btw 98th St. and 97th St.

Mt. Sinai Hospital

Madison Ave. btw 98th St. and 97th St.

UES Castle

Madison Ave. btw 95th St. and 94th St.

Madison Ave. apartments and rowhomes

Madison Ave. btw 94th St. and 93rd St.

View down Madison Ave.

Madison Ave. btw 91st St. and 90th St.

Moving Sale

Madison Ave. btw 88th St. and 87th St.

I thought the brickwork on this one was cool

Madison Ave. btw 85th St. and 84th St.

$63 Million

Madison Ave. btw 83rd St. and 82nd St.

Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home: Famous People Die Here

Madison Ave. btw 82nd St. and 81st St.

Madison and 79th

Madison Ave. at 79th St.

Madison Avenue mansions

Madison Ave. btw 79th St. and 78th St.

Naked Silver People

Madison Ave. btw 77th St. and 76th St.

Whitney Museum

Madison Ave. btw 75th St. and 74th St.

Antiquities store

Madison Ave. btw 75th St. and 74th St.

Rhinelander Mansion (b. 1898)

Madison Ave. btw 73rd St. and 72nd St.

Rhinelander Mansion - it's the Ralph Lauren flagship store now

Madison Ave. btw 72nd St. and 71st St.

View up Madison Avenue

Madison Ave. btw 69th St. and 68th St.

View down Madison Avenue

Madison Ave. btw 69th St. and 68th St.

Boris Karloff lived here for a bit

Madison Ave. btw 66th St. and 65th St.

Those scarves cost like $400 each

Madison Ave. btw 62nd St. and 61st St.

Bonham's Auction House display

Madison Ave. btw 57th St. and 56th St.

WWII Bomber Jacket for auction

Madison Ave. btw 57th St. and 56th St.

Or if an authentic bomber jacket isn't cool enough, how about an actual space suit?

Madison Ave. btw 57th St. and 56th St.

View up Madison Avenue

Madison Ave. btw 55th St. and 54th St.

I used to work here

Madison Ave. btw 50th St. and 49th St.

Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame

Madison Ave. btw 50th St. and 49th St.

Characters that you might not have realized were invented for advertising campaigns!

Madison Ave. btw 50th St. and 49th St.

Where's the beef?

Madison Ave. btw 50th St. and 49th St.

View up Madison Avenue

Madison Ave. btw 49th St. and 48th St.

Former Bear Stearns building

Madison Ave. btw 49th St. and 48th St.

Odd angle

Madison Ave. btw 40th St. and 39th St.

Morgan Library & Museum (J. P. Morgan's stuff)

Madison Ave. btw 37th St. and 36th St.

Remsen Building

Madison Ave. btw 31st St. and 30th St.

View down Madison Avenue

Madison Ave. btw 31st St. and 30th St.

Cool building

Madison Ave. btw 30th St. and 29th St.

I think it's awesome that someone went to the trouble of making these things so ornate, even though a lot of the detail can't be seen from the street

Madison Ave. btw 30th St. and 29th St.

Statues

Madison Ave. btw 25th St. and 24th St.

Towers along Madison Square Park

Madison Ave. btw 25th St. and 24th St.

Clock

Madison Ave. btw 24th St. and 23rd St.