It really isn't all that lonely. When I was out there taking photos a few years ago, there were too many people around to work comfortably. It wasn't Grand Central Station, but even a few passers-by get in the way. Besides the walkers on the footpath, there was another photographer who started out in the stream where he wasn't a problem, but then he went up on the bridge right in the center of my frame and stayed there so long that I was running out of time. I finally took my photo regardless and cloned him out later.
I've had the same thought about having my ashes scattered there, but the logistics of getting them and someone to scatter them there from the States have eluded me so far. Ideas, anyone?
Marianna