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After getting off the bus in Chinatown near here: |
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We started to walk, not really knowing where to, but just walking.
We ended up walking down to the Brooklyn Bridge: |
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After that we ended up hitting the .gov section of NYC on our way back
up. The building on the left (taken in two shots) was one of many
buildings done in a style that you just can't find anyone building
anymore. Too bad.
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From there it was up all the way up to the south western corner of
Central Park where we camped for a few minutes after having walked 9
miles right after a 8 hour bus trip. Right: SW end of Central Park.
It was "Central Park in
fall".
It was time to find our hostel and put down our stuff. We
finally hit the subway and went to the upper west side in search of
the hostel we had reservations at. Just one problem. We never
bothered to write down the address.
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The Guggenheim:
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A building probably better know by more Americans than any of its contents.
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We did not get a chance to see the Statue Of Liberty. Even if we had
gone it wasn't open at the time. But here is one made of Lego. All
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New York Court House
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I love finding things in transition. Tens of Millions of people have
seen the New York Court House but only a comparative few have seen
it without its front steps.
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Remember this. Commit it to memory. The guy who allowed this "art"
on the side of this Virgin record store is the same guy who will soon
be taking civilians into space on Virgin Galactic.
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This building isn't old. It is brand new. So new they are still
finishing it up. It is sad that we don't see great buildings like
this going up more often. Instead we see giant slabs of concrete.
The high-rise in the background is the rest of the building.
This part was made to fit right in at street level with the stuff
surrounding it.
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Wall St aka St Money.
This is an odd area. The whole island is covered in tall buildings.
But the buildings in this area are taller.
If you look at these photos carefully you will note that some elements
in the photos (the closer part of the flag, the church, etc) are at a
90 deg angle but other things that should be parallel to those are
not. It is very odd.
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Few buildings inspire geeks that grew up in the 80's like the famous
"Atari" building. Even though that isn't the right name and the
building has nothing to do with games.
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Some unsorted pics:
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