New York New York!

[Bia]

Have a safe trip Delster...and the loveliest time ever!!! The weather here is wonderful right now (w/ the occasional crazy thunderstorm)...last week the heat was unbearable

You''re in for some fun times!! Can''t wait to see your beautiful Leon!

 

[ladypirate]

I''m a bit late to the game, but have a great time in New York, Delster!

Also, if you are in Central Park, it''s really fun to rent a rowboat and go rowing on the lake and it''s not too expensive. I did it with a friend of mine and had a blast.

 

[Ninama]

Oh, NYC.... I get all verklempt.

I miss it so... I lived there for almost 17 years and I think the Circle Line boat tour is really interesting. I'd lived there a LONG time before I actually did it and still found it fascinating.

www.circleline42.com


I know it's changed a lot since I left, but other things that come to mind:


Dean & DeLuca, if you're foodies (http://www.deandeluca.com/)

Fraunces Tavern for drinks and history - George Washington hung out there. (http://www.frauncestavern.com/index2.htm

An architectural walking tour of The Village. (http://www.nyc-architecture.com/walks-GV1.htm)

 

[Po10472]

Sooooooooo, how was the Grande Pomme?

po
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[Delster]

So who wants to some see NY photos?

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 7/10/2008 8:03:01 AM
Author: Delster
So who wants to some see NY photos?

where?????

 

[Delster]

Aw, my favourite Brit is first off the mark! Stand by for piccies darlin...

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 7/10/2008 8:14:47 AM
Author: Delster
Aw, my favourite Brit is first off the mark! Stand by for piccies darlin...

hehehe!!

Standin'' by.....

 

[Delster]

IIRC, this is the Queensboro Bridge...

ETA - nope, it's the Brooklyn Bridge!

 

[Delster]

And that one in the background is the Brooklyn Bridge

ETA - nope, I think that one is actually the Manhattan Bridge? Help me out here please, native New Yorkers!!! I'm so ashamed of myself...

 

[Delster]

OK without a doubt, this is Grand Central Station

 

[Delster]

My favourite skyscraper, the Chrysler building. Photo taken from on top of the Empire State (which was waaaay too crowded, even at 11:30pm

)

(photo's a little blurry, but I'm posting it anyway because I just love that building so much

)

 

[Delster]

That bright patch down there? That would be Times Square! So beautiful to look at from way up on high. So miserable to try and walk through!

 

[Delster]

Lady Liberty herself...

 

[Delster]

The processing hall on Ellis Island... average waiting time was 6 hours, and on an average day they cleared something like 6,000 people

 

[jcrow]

wow. that last night shot - beautiful!!

 

[Delster]

Beautiful, beautiful ceiling...

 

[Delster]

The audio guide accompanying this part of the Ellis Island tour was very poignant. After processing, the immigrants went through one of those doors - one door led to more processing; one door let to a waiting area and someone would have to come and claim you (all women and children had to be claimed); and the last door led to the ferry terminal, for travel straight over to Manhattan (for all single men, and women and children who had their with menfolk with them). The audio had an account by an elderly Italian lady, talking about how she went through those doors as a child, to be collected by the father she had never met before. She completely broke down telling the story. It was incredibly moving.

 

[Delster]

I also found this moving, it was in one of the cases displaying items the immigrants brought with them. This is an Irish language prayerbook, written in the old Irish alphabet, and it''s opened at the Creed. My parents would have learned their Irish in this alphabet but I can only read it with difficulty.

 

[Delster]

Date: 7/10/2008 8:33:02 AM
Author: jcrow
wow. that last night shot - beautiful!!

Thank you! Those are sure hard to take!

 

[Lorelei]

I really enjoyed the pics, thanks Del!

 

[LAJennifer]

Love the pics, Del. I too was in NY last week. I miss it already. I love the pic of the Chrysler Building - I had a close view from one of the windows in my suite at the Waldorf Towers. I would gaze every morning and night.

 

[Bia]

Chrysler Building...definitely my fav.

Love the pics! But glad you''re back

 

[scarlet16]

Delster - your photos are AMAZING! And I''m so glad you had a good time. Ellis Island is one of my favorite NYC places and unfortunately so many people miss it - so much history!

Do you mind sharing what camera you used? TIA!

 

[Linda W]

Delster, LOVE the photos, they are wonderful. My grandpa came through Ellis Island when he was 7 years old. He came from Germany. DH and I loved visiting there also. We LOVED New York. We can''t wait to go back again.

I am so glad you had such a great time. Isn''t it exciting there?


Linda

 

[jcrow]

i love new york and have been itchin'' to go back! i am thinking we''ll go next year.
i loved that ceiling shot. it''s gorgeous. and i loved your recap of the audio tour. i don''t remember doing that when went. nor do i remember them even offering it, but i will definitely put it on our to-do list!

 

[Skippy123]

Oh wow, awesome pics!!! I loved Grand Central Station and the Empire State building when I was there; you guys look like you had a blast! Beautiful pics and congrats on the engagement sweetheart

 

[Bliss]

You know, Delster -- you have a really good eye for proportion, color and texture!

Nice photos!

And NIIIIIIIICE LEON! Congrats, girlfriend!

 

[katebar]

Lovely photos Delster your really whetting my appetite. We will be in New York in 10 days time