Hello again! I can't believe I have already written three articles about my New York trip and I still have so many things to share! Hopefully I can wrap it up with this one, but if not, I may have to write yet another one. We'll see.
This time I'll be taking you to the other places I visited, and it will not come in any particular order or day. I'll just share something about the picture and the place in particular so that you will have some information about it.
Again I ask for your understanding with my pictures as they were not taken by a real camera, instead they were taken by my iPad, and at times I would ask fellow tourists to take my picture as during some of that time I was already gallivanting on my own.
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| The Flatiron. |
This is the Flatiron building. The distinctive triangular shape building is located at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Broadway. At 22 stories and 307 feet, it was never the city's tallest building, but always one of the most-dramatic looking, and its popularity with photographers and artists has made it an enduring symbol of New York City for more than a century because it was built in 1902. The building mainly houses publishing businesses in addition to a few shops on the ground floor.
Right across the Flatiron is shop called Eataly- a play on words for the country and the word eat, as they are a store that sells all kinds of food. The picture above is a display of all kinds of ham, parma, prosciutto, smoked and smoked, and I don't know what other kind of cured meats there are, but it was fun to see such a kind of display. Below the cured meats are cheeses, and you could choose your pick! I just walked around the shop, looking, smelling, and soaking my eyes with the sight as I can only see such when I am abroad. Of course we also have some of it in the Philippines but not perhaps like this. :-)
Ever wonder what these are? These are blocks of Parmiggiano cheese. On top of them was a sign that read ' we know they look fun, but please don't lean on them as they are greasy.
Can you imagine someone buying such a huge chunk of cheese? It's as big as a kid's bike wheel. :-) Eataly is the largest Italian marketplace/food hall in the world, comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage counters, bakery, retail items, and a cooking school.
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Times Square
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This is the famous Times Square and I took the picture with the Hard Rock cafe behind. Here Broadway is located, where you can watch all the musicals you've been hearing about. Here you see flashing neon lights and digital billboards. Times Square was formerly known as Longacre Square, but was renamed Times Square in 1904 when the New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, now One Times Square, which is the site for the annual New Year's Eve ball drop which began on December 31,1907, a tradition that continues today, attracting over a million visitors to Times Square every year.
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Times Square
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Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and 7th Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.One of the world's busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist destinations, and I was fortunate enough to have stood on that intersection a number of times. :-)
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| World Trade Center Memorial |
A few blocks away from Broadway is the 9/11 Memorial. It is a sprawling complex, and where the Twin towers were located are now pools just like the picture above. The pools or pits are 192 feet by 192 feet and 30 feet deep, and are lined with black granite- black as death. The water cascades into a square hole in the center.
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Memorial
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The names of the people who perished in the attacks, firemen, office workers who were in the building, rescuers who got trapped themselves, those whose lives were senselessly destroyed by one act of hatred, are engraved on the walls of the twin pools. People who visit, whether they are tourists, or even locals, sometimes put flowers to pay their respects and reflect on the sanctity of life.
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The Freedom Tower
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This is the Freedom Tower. Also known as One World Trade Center, it is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex. I first went to the World Trade Center two years after the attacks happened and what stood there then was a cross, and it was just surrounded by barbed wire. Now it is a sprawling complex, with a mini-forest, because numerous trees have been planted, a museum has been opened as well, and of course, the twin pools.
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Fulton St Station
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This is the Fulton St Station. This subway station is right next to the 9/11 memorial. So if you're planning to visit, you can take any of the following train lines, A, C, J, and 2, 3, 4 or 5 and get off at this station. The station is the seventh busiest station in the New York subway system.
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| New York Stock Exchange Building |
A couple of blocks away from the 9/11 Memorial is Wall St. where the New York Stock Exchange is headquartered. The NYSE is the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies.
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Battery Park Cruises
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For more than 200 years, Battery Park has been an invaluable part of New York City's history. In 1855, castle Garden, situated inside the park, became world's first immigrant depot. Decades before Ellis Island was built where the Statue of Liberty looks down on the immigrants, millions of newcomers arrived at the Battery from Europe and elsewhere. It is located a few blocks from Wall St and is just across the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Statue of Liberty
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I wanted to revisit the Statue of Liberty, not knowing that on the day I wanted to go, it was a public holiday and the lines were snaking this way and that, so there was no way I was gonna wait that long. And besides, I have already been there before so I thought it was not worth the effort to wait for more than a couple of hours, and hence, I just took a picture of it from the harbor. See you next time Lady Liberty! :-)
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The Empire State Building
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The world-famous Empire State building is located in the center of Manhattan. Whether you're in town for a week or a day, no visit to New York City is complete without visiting the top of the Empire State Building. I went to the top the very first time I visited New York, and I remember I braved waiting in line for a couple of hours to buy the ticket, take the elevator up to the 86th floor observation deck to enjoy the view of the city below. Cars looked like matchboxes, and I remember that it was very windy the day I went. So this time around, I just took a picture of it and enjoyed walking around.
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| The Empire State Building from a distance |
I took this picture from the Flatiron building and the building with the spire is the Empire State building.Nearby tourist attractions to the Empire State includes the Flatiron Building, Times Square, Madison Square, and more. The Empire State building is currently the fifth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States and the 35th tallest in the world. It is located on 5th Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets.
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St Patrick's Cathedral
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This is the St. Patrick's Cathedral, which is decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic church and a prominent landmark of New York City. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York, located on 5th Avenue, between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan. Here I asked a couple to take a picture of me, the lady was a Filipino like me, the guy was an American and they were in the city because the lady had to renew her passport. Small world, eh? Of course I also took their picture as they were from the countryside.
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Rockefeller Center
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Right across the street from St Patrick's is the Rockefeller Center. During Christmas time, a huge Christmas tree is set up here and a lot of people visit the place. There is also a seasonal skating rink where people can enjoy skating in an intimate setting, because it only accommodates 150 skaters at any given time.
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The High Line
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I also went to a place called The High Line. The High Line is a public park on a historic freight rail line elevated above the streets of Manhattan's West Side. It runs from Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District to West 34th St, between 10th and 12th Avenues.
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Halloween display at Gansevoort St
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This was the first time ever that I ventured to the West side of Manhattan. :-) I usually stayed on the East side, because Manhattan is divided into the East and West side in connection to Central Park. From 96th St., I took the cross-side bus on 96th St, got off at the first bus stop after crossing Central Park, and took the C train and got off at 14th St Station on 7th Avenue, and I just walked leisurely to 10th Avenue to get to the High Line.
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Chelsea Market
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On the way I passed Chelsea Market, and here I browsed all their goods, from teas, to spices, to chocolates, olives, ahh. If only I could bring home everything with me.
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Romanesco
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This is a vegetable called Romanesco broccoli, which is also known as Roman cauliflower. I loved seeing the brightly colored florets, and it is an edible flower bud. When compared to a traditional cauliflower, its texture as a vegetable is far more crunchy, and its flavor not as assertive, being delicate and nutty. The Romanesco have been grown in Italy apparently since the 16th century.
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Life size statue
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Along the High Line are various attractions, flower beds, benches, plants, a mini-stream, some restaurants where you can get snacks, and when you get tired you just sit and relax on the many benches scattered around the park. Some tourists got on the statue above like he was carrying her in his arms. Good thing the statue did not break! Oh, to take a picture.
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Hudson River
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Near the end of the High Line, and it is 2.33 km long, is a view of the Hudson River. The Hudson River is a 507 km river that flows from north to south primarily through Eastern New York. It originates from the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York, flows through the Hudson Valley, and eventually drains into the Atlantic Ocean, between New York City and Jersey City. The river serves as a political boundary between the states of New Jersey and and New York.
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West Side Yard
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The West Side Yard train depot is located at the north end of the High Line. This train depot was built to store commuter rail trains operated by the Long Island Rail Road. Before the yard opened in 1987, trains arriving at the Penn Station during the morning rush hour had to deadhead back to Long Island for midday storage. The West Side Yard increased the peak period capacity at the Penn Station.
I can only read about these places or see them in movies before, and I am very fortunate to have seen them in person. May I say though, that the best adventures are often unplanned, taken on foot, because then you see more, especially in the alleyways, something like this.
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Pretzel
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When you walk around, you always see some stalls selling the famous pretzel, hotdogs, there are also fruit and flower stands in places, so you never know what you see when you walk around. And that's what makes it more fun sometimes.
Well, we are at the end of my New York adventure. I also went to the countryside, and here are some pictures.
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Rolling hills
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We went to a town called Ancramdale, New York, which is a two-hour drive away from the city. Here the weather was much colder, and the leaves of the trees already started changing colors.
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Fall foliage
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It was so much fun going for a walk early in the morning, and being in the countryside, there were very few cars, so it was very quiet and peaceful, and the air was crisp and cold- perfect autumn weather.
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Sunflower field
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I came across a sunflower field. The flowers have already dried up, they must have looked beautiful when they were still in bloom. They are waiting to be harvested for the seeds, to be made into oil, or just into snacks.
All in all, it was a fun filled two week adventure, and I was able to see so many things, get to places that I missed, and ate the foods that I don't find easily here in the Philippines.
Stay tuned for more adventures!
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