Strolling yesterday on Manhattan's Upper East Side after dropping Amalia at preschool, I discovered the truly terrifying lengths some New Yorkers will go to decorate their brownstones and apartment entrances for Halloween. (Is that an Obama ghoul on the lower right above?)
Walking on 74th Street from Lexington toward Fifth, I noticed a low-flying witch had been crushed by a giant pumpkin.
This brownstone included life-sized figures that could sing and/or move.
While this man's dog was investigating the singing skeleton and he was admiring the moving witch, he told us to go over to 72nd Street between Madison and Park to see another spooky brownstone.
A female zombie welcomed us.
A skull-lined staircase with an old woman at the top, flanked by a witch...
...and a zombie bride.
Four floors of ghouls beckoned us to come in.
The front courtyard hosted a dragon and a lot of spooky folks...
....including this head in a glass globe.
Someone told us that this house becomes a haunted house open to visitors at night, but I think we'll skip that on Halloween, and go trick-or-treating instead with Amalia on 76th Street, which will be closed to traffic for the little costumed ghouls who come in droves to each brownstone, including the home of former Mayor Bloomberg.
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