This painting was commissioned by friends who had spent their honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel, and ended up by making me fall in love with the area. When I first set up my chair, easel and other equipment across from the hotel near the General Motors building, I was asked to move by security. I was told that selling was not allowed. When I explained that I was commissioned and would not be selling anything, the General Motors Chief Henry and later the manager as well, allowed me to work. Later I also made a signed and numbered limited edition print of the area called "AT THE EDGE OF THE PARK".