A few friends and I decided to organize our own little trip into NYC recently. We headed down to Pell Street in Chinatown. It was busy, but the view on Pell Street couldn't be beat...lots of people, Chinese lanterns and umbrellas...with a few NYC water towers thrown in.
While we were walking we saw the view down Pell Street in Chinatown. I knew this would be a great place to sketch. It was a pedestrian-free zone but crammed full of fun things. Suzala, Leslie and I took over a small spot on the sidewalk in the center of a wild assortment of signs, hanging lanterns, people, tables and chairs, fire escapes and all kinds of craziness. I loved it! There was a constant flow of people passing by and looking at what we were doing. A passing storm as we were finishing made us scurry to pack up and head for a little bit of shelter from an overhang, but we all captured the energy of the location.
