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It may no longer be the largest, but it is the one we
all want to see. Even King Kong couldn't escape the lure of the
Empire State Building.
Built during the depression at an amazing rate of
speed, the girders were still warm when they arrived and were hoisted
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At the very top of the Empire State Building in the spire. This
is above the observation deck. Freaky. You can feel the
movement.
We had stopped at Rockefeller Center and visited the NBC Store. Many souvenirs
for friends at home came from there. That is also the bag Austin
thought he had left at 30 Rock. He actually had left it at the
Sharper Image Store. Once more New York surprised us. The
bag was there an hour later when we returned.
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Looking downtown toward Battery Park. Even now the Empire State Building is very much the lone skyscraper in
midtown. |
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Looking uptown toward Central Park and Harlem. |
The water in the East River is now so clean you
can eat fish out of the rivers, although it
is not recommended you eat more than one a month! That's New Jersey
on the other side. |
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The last day we were in New York we walked from our midtown hotel down
Fifth Avenue to a flea market at Washington Square. This is
Jordan and Austin feeding pigeons in the square.
We then continued on through SoHo, the Greenwich Village, and all the way to
the World Trade Center. |
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This photo was taken just before ascending to the
observation deck of the World Trade Center.
Our train left Penn Station at 4:55pm. At 4:00 we
were still on the roof of the tower. A quick cabbie got us to our
hotel to pick up our luggage and to the train on time. |
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Now we are at the World Trade building looking down on the Brooklyn
Bridge. The bridge had just been finished when our homesteading
family arrived in 1887. They immediately headed to South
Dakota. I think if they had waited too long they probably would
have fallen in love in New York. How different we would all be if
that had happened. |
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That point in the center is the Empire State Building
towering in midtown. Just behind is Central Park where we rented a
row boat and paddled about..
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Queens and Brooklyn. The winds were not too high so we were able
to go all the way to the roof. Lucky us! Dad had to keep
looking at his feet. |
Staten Island side. The two islands are Liberty
Island with the statue and Ellis Island. |
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Notice how you can see the
curvature of the earth. |
Looking straight down. See those thin white
lines. Those are city busses! |
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Another view looking down. Those are great big ships in the water. |
