In an effort to pass this time more easily, we've been doing a bit of sight-seeing. Last Thursday and Friday we took a 48-hour on/off bus tour, getting a chance to see several places of interest. Enjoy the pictures!
First, the classic Empire State Building (deliberately taken behind some branches for effect)...
Then, a building mural that looked pretty neat!
The Flatiron Building (so named because of its shape).
A sculpture to honor garment workers...
A typical picture of traffic during the day!
Next, the Wall Street Bull! (I'm surprised he could be found right now!)
The first public bathrooms in the downtown area...
I want some ornaments like this, but I'll need a bigger tree!!
A view of Central Park, or one small piece of it...
Some of Times Square, from the upper deck of our bus.
Inside the church near ground zero, the one that got a lot of attention right after the event because it remained standing, there are a lot of memorial tributes. It's quite touching, even over seven years later! This flag has the names of all who perished in the attacks.
This is self-explanatory, I think...
And here's the site itself. I had to go into a two-story Burger King and go upstairs to get this picture out of their window. There is a 15-foot-high covered fence all around the area, since they're doing construction to get ready for the Freedom Tower. What amazes me is the perspective of size - look at the backhoes in the pit for a true sense of how large a space this is!
We also did a night "holiday lights" tour, and it was tough to get good pictures because of my older camera. Here are a few, though. This one was a pretty lighted design that was in one section of town.
I took this picture to verify how stupid we were, riding on the top level of an open-air double decker bus with inadequate winter clothing!
This was the Macy's building, if I recall correctly. One side was just solid lights, but I liked the effect of the stripes.
There was a beautiful (and huge) crystal star that we drove right under, so I got a decent shot with detail!
Wrapping up a building with a lighted ribbon seemed like a neat idea! I wonder how much it costs??
And here it is, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree! It's gorgeous!!
3 comments:
Nice pictures! Glad to hear that you are both surviving and enjoying the sight seeing. We have been thinking and praying for you both. Sharon
Great pics! Thanks for sharing. Nice that you can get in a little sight-seeing in your spare time. With a look at that traffic, I KNOW I don't care to go to NYC!!:-)
Now back to doing Christmas cards..love to both, Aunt Mern
Came to your blog through Larry/Sharon link. Though I do not believe that I know you very well - we know some of the same people. I also concluded that you are a much better photographer than I. Nice job. ~ Jim Brewer
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