The pic is on campus at the U of U.
The lawn on the left side of the picture borders where Fort Douglas was built and site of the Olympic Village for 2002.
I usually took a bus to the Port Authority Bus Terminal or a train to Penn Station, then I got on the 2/3 express train down to 14th street, and switched to the 1/9 local train down to South Ferry when I went to work-related meetings in a building down at Bowling Green a few years ago.
The Lexington Av. Lines 4, 5, and 6 are so crowded that I'd sure like to see the MTA build the Second Avenue subway.