On my first day in New York my father was off doing some historical research in New Jersey, so I took the liberty of setting out to explore the city on my own. I ended up, among a number of places that day, at Grand Central Station, the New York Public Library (which happened to be right down the street from our apartment), the Chrysler Building, and Central Park (where I had a lovely several-hour-long walk, encountered some unusual street performers, and explored several little fingers of the park’s surprisingly large lake). I hope you enjoy these snap shots of my first day in the city.