"(more)" links go to essays in the album.
(The essays don't generally include more information about the physical facts
of things.)
"(about)" links go to pages with a little more information, along with
the photo of the link next to it.
![[fence around carrousel]](images/catcher2.jpg)
A Catcher in the Rye
Photo Tour
Mainly New York City in December 1999: 50 years after the
story
This tour covers a subset of the album.
Holden's circle of acquaintances included people who went to these
prestigious schools:
Andover
(p. 127-8, 151)
www.andover.edu
Choate
(p. 135)
www.choate.edu
Columbia
(p. 136, 144)
www.columbia.edu (located N.W. of Central Park)
Harvard
(p. 106)
www.harvard.edu
Princeton
(p. 63-4, 85)
www.princeton.edu
West Point
(p. 106)
www.usma.edu
Yale
(p. 85)
www.yale.edu
He and the Antolinis used to frequently play tennis at the West Side Tennis Club (http://www.foresthillstennis.com), in Forest Hills, Long Island (p. 180-1).
Holden and Phoebe liked some movies, such as (p. 67-8, 162-3):
(links are imdb entries)
Steps, The 39
The Baker's Wife
The Doctor
D.B. and Allie liked
Emily
Dickinson (p. 140) (offsite link: http://www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/edisindex.html)
Holden remembered playing checkers with Jane. (p. 31-2)
He had Gladstone bags (p. 53). They
are like carpet bags, only made of leather.
He took a a NY-PN train to New York (p. 53-8). This one
was at Penn Station.
Penn Station (p. 59)
The New Yorker Hotel
(Greenwich Village is way south. I didn't get any photos. Pages 80-7.)
Sidewalk Charity Collectors are plentiful during the holiday season.
(p. 109-110,114.)
Central Park www.centralparknyc.org
American Museum of Natural History (p. 119-122)
http://www.amnh.org
Holden and Sally went to a matinee on Broadway (p. 106, 123-8),
but I didn't take any photos of Broadway.
Then they went skating at
Rockefeller Center
(p. 128-134).
Sally said "at Radio City," which is very near by
(more).
Holden went to a terrible movie at Radio City Music Hall,
which is at 51st street and Avenue of the Americas.
(p. 75, 137-40).
http://www.radiocity.com
A Madison Avenue bus, in midtown.
(p. 130, 133, 153)
Ducks in the Central Park South Pond
(p. 13, 60, 81, 153)
The Apartment (p. 156-180)
(Swanky Madison Avenue is just one block east of the apartment building, but
I didn't get any photos.)
Grand Central Station (p. 107, 194, 208)
http://www.grandcentralterminal.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (p. 200, 202-5)
http://www.metmuseum.org
Central Park Zoo (p. 209-210)
The Carrousel in Central Park South (p. 210-3)
This map is based on a 1990 National Geographic map of New York City. However,
the locations
of the band shell and carrousel are based on a
map at
www.centralpark.com (now a broken link).
Penn station was demolished in the 1960's. It was classical, with
high Roman arches. It is now a plain place. It is located between Seventh and
Eighth avenues, between 31st and 33rd streets, under Madison Square Garden.
(more)
Photo from the demolition
The present main area
The old departures board (about)
The taxi tunnel (about)
This was the sort of hotel that Holden
looked for (p. 60-1).
It is at 481 Eighth Ave, at 34th St. and has a public, 1950's themed, restaurant.
As far as I know, there is no
Edmont Hotel, where Holden stayed in the book, but the New Yorker does
have a number of windows looking out at other parts of it, like the Edmont
did.
A postcard of east Central Park
The band shell,
is in the park, almost directly west of his home. (p. 118)
Benches (p. 118, 154):
groovy, prevalent benches
benches along Fifth Avenue
(http://www.centralparknyc.org/kids/playgroundlisting)
(for more Central Park stops, see
ducks,
zoo, and
carrousel)
It is just west of the park, on Eighth Avenue, between 77th and 81st streets.
Map and description of
Rockefeller Center
There were quite a few ducks there.
(more):
Ducks, from the path on the north
of the pond in central park
Ducks and pond,
closer
(Not mentioned in the book, but there are quite a few fat, gray squirrels in the park as well.)
The Caulfields lived in an apartment on the 12th or 13th floor on 71st Street,
with at least one view of Fifth Avenue (pg. 67, 88, and 118).
Three East Seventy First Street fits the bill excellently.
(more)
The 12th and 13th floors
The entrance
Located east of Madison Avenue, on 42nd street (barely on the map here,
unfortunately).
It has been beautifully restored, the photos don't do it justice.
The old waiting room is
now used for artisans and special events. The benches
from it are scattered around the station. Many can be found down stairs in cafés.
I happened on an excellent tour and joined it. Payment was at the conclusion,
and it was voluntary.
Exterior, on 42nd street
Inside the main terminal, a view from a side balcony. Notice the wreaths.
A bench.
Drawing of the old waiting room.
(about)
Entrance is on Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street.
Suggested donation at entry: ten dollars.
It is a giant museum full of an amazing art collection.
View of Fifth Avenue
from the stone steps
(about)
relevant map
The zoo is in Central Park south, on the east side.
(There is a marked entrance on Fifth Avenue,
at 64th, but that isn't the only way to get there.)
Entrance: $3.50. Sea lion feeding times: 11:30 A.M.,
2 P.M., and 4 P.M.
relevant map
Sea Lion area (no sea lions in sight, unfortunately)
Polar Bear, from the top of the hill
Located about along the line that 64th street would cut across Central
Park South, about half the way across the park.
The current carrousel replaced the previous one,
which would be the one in the book, because it burned down in 1950.
The current carrousel was originally built in 1908. It has no gold ring.
Rides cost one dollar. (more)
The carrousel is housed in
its own little building
Decorative fence on the building
Carrousel horses
Some odd, amusing decorations around the top
Links on the map go to the other maps.
Suzanne Morine
Last Update: 17 August 2001
