Today I walked 9th Avenue, about 7 miles.

9th Avenue (or the corridor I'll call 9th Avenue for convenience) begins as Hudson St. at Chambers St. in Tribeca and merges into 9th Avenue at 14th St. Like the other west side Avenues, 9th Avenue changes names and becomes Columbus Avenue between 59th St. and 110th St. and then turns into Morningside Avenue between 110th St. and 122nd St., where it runs along the bluff overlooking Morningside Park.

While 9th Avenue isn't loaded with famous landmarks or an abnormal number sites of historical interest, it makes a nice cross-section of the city. Also, the sets used for Upper West Side street scenes in Seinfeld were supposedly modeled after Columbus Avenue.

Start of walk

Morningside Dr. at Amsterdam Ave.

Morningside Park

Morningside Dr. btw Amsterdam Ave. and 121st St.

Morningside Drive

Morningside Dr. btw 120th St. and 119th St.

View from Morningside Heights into Harlem

Morningside Dr. btw 118th St. and 116th St.

Church of Notre Dame

Morningside Dr. btw 115th St. and 114th St.

Morningside Park

Morningside Dr. btw 115th St. and 114th St.

Back of St. John's Cathedral

Morningside Dr. btw 114th St. and 113th St.

View down Columbus Ave.

Morningside Dr. btw 113th St. and 110th St.

Half of an old mural

Columbus Ave. btw 108th St. and 107th St.

Columbus Square

Columbus Ave. btw 97th St. and 96th St.

Weird reliefs

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

Upper West Side corner

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

Building

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

Cool building

Columbus Ave. btw 81st St. and 80th St.

Columbus Ave. buildings

Columbus Ave. btw 76th St. and 75th St.

The J. M. Horton Ice Cream Company

Columbus Ave. btw 76th St. and 75th St.

Purple Building

Columbus Ave. btw 74th St. and 73rd St.

Purple Building

Columbus Ave. btw 74th St. and 73rd St.

Columbus Ave. corner

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

Lincoln Center

Columbus Ave. btw 65th St. and 64th St.

Church of St. Paul the Apostle

Columbus Ave. btw 60th St. and 59th St.

Another awesome gay bar name

9th Ave. btw 53rd St. and 52nd St.

View up 9th Ave.

9th Ave. btw 48th St. and 47th St.

Hell's Kitchen restaurants

9th Ave. btw 45th St. and 44th St.

Another Papaya Dog stand

9th Ave. btw 43rd St. and 42nd St.

Esposito Pork Shop

9th Ave. btw 39th St. and 38th St.

Park fast, fools.

9th Ave. btw 36th St. and 35th St.

Faces

9th Ave. btw 35th St. and 34th St.

View up 9th Ave.

9th Ave. btw 35th St. and 34th St.

Tall steeple

9th Ave. btw 28th St. and 26th St.

Cool old wood rowhomes

9th Ave. btw 22nd St. and 21st St.

Chelsea apartments

9th Ave. btw 20th St. and 19th St.

Cool old house

9th Ave. btw 18th St. and 17th St.

Portholes

9th Ave. btw 17th St. and 16th St.

Chelsea Market

9th Ave. btw 15th St. and 14th St.

Homestead Steakhouse (est. 1868)

9th Ave. btw 15th St. and 14th St.

Playground

Hudson St. btw Gansevoort St. and Horatio St.

West Village Brunch

Hudson St. btw Bank St. and W 11th St.

White Horse Tavern (Dylan Thomas got too drunk here and went gentle into that good night)

Hudson St. btw W 11th St. and Perry St.

Public School #3

Hudson St. btw Christopher St. and Grove St.

The Marquis de Lafayette visited it in 1824

Hudson St. btw Christopher St. and Grove St.

West Village corner

Hudson St. btw Morton St. and Leroy St.

Man in a sheet

Hudson St. btw Spring St. and Dominick St.

View down Hudson St.

Hudson St. btw Dominick St. and Broome St.

Tribeca buildings

Hudson St. btw Hubert St. and Beach St.

Beach St. Marker

Hudson St. btw Beach St. and N Moore St.

Bendheim Building

Hudson St. btw Beach St. and N Moore St.

Powell Building

Hudson St. btw N Moore St. and Franklin St.

Construction

Hudson St. btw N Leonard St. and Worth St.

Tribeca

Hudson St. btw Thomas St. and Duane St.

Paste, Paint, Paper, and Push

Hudson St. btw Duane St. and Reade St.

View up Hudson St.

Hudson St. btw Duane St. and Reade St.