Whilst in New York, I bought the kids This is New York by Miroslav Sasek – we’ve a small collection of his books from other places.

Whilst reading it, I noticed a small illustration about New York as a port:

Sasek wrote his books in the 1960s, and so alongside being fine storybooks they act as nice reflections on a world past.  I *think* I visited the same pier whilst there:

Pier 40 seemed to be an eclectic mix of car park, community space/units and a sports field!  A non-profit organisation runs and programmes activities there.

I took a peak inside and found a football game in progress:

The players on one team all had Manchester City kits on.  Sometimes, you can’t make it up.