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I made a couple trips to Manhattan during my time in NY and CT this fall. The first set is from September and the second is from an evening in October, just 3 or 4 days before Sandy hit.

 

 

September

 

Started out in Brooklyn at the NY Transit Museum. This place was pretty cool. For those that haven't been, it's housed in an out of service subway station.

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Brooklyn Borough Hall (old City Hall)

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On to Manhattan...

 

I had long been fascinated by the old City Hall Station of the NY Subway. It closed decades ago and is rarely shown to public. My friend and I wanted to check it out, so we got on the 6 train downtown and stayed on the train after its final stop (Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall). The train looped back around and passed through the old City Hall Station. It was dark, so the pictures didn't turn out well, but it was still neat to see.

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Battery Park

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Great way to get some cool views--take the Staten Island Ferry across the harbor and back

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The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History

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I love the grittiness of the NY Subway

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Couldn't come to NYC without getting this shot

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The largest cathedral in the US-- St. John the Divine (a.k.a. St. John's the Unfinished). Unfortunately it was closed for the day so I couldn't get inside.

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Quite a mix of architectural styles.

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Columbia

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I forget the name of this church.

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Grant's Tomb

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Randomly stumbled upon the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy. Think the Feast in LI Cleveland, except x 20.

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Back in Brooklyn. Some new street scaping on some street downtown.

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First ever trip to Citi.

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I was amazed to see that Citi Field is surrounded by nothing but parking lots and junkyards. Apparently Bloomberg has been making a push to clean this up and develop it, but the area lacks any kind of sewer or plumbing infrastructure.

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Too much going on in the outfield with the two huge scoreboards.

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October

 

St. Patrick's Cathedral

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I hate Times Square, but for some reason I'm always drawn here.

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The grand opening of the new Windows Store.

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How do you know you're in a tourist trap? When you see this:

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Plaque outside Federal Hall Nat'l Memorial

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GW

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The Brooklyn Bridge

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City Hall

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I had to check out the High Line Park. This was pretty awesome. I definitely recommend checking it out if in NYC.

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And to end, some shots of downtown Scarsdale. I love all of the NY suburbs along the Metro North Harlem Line, but I think Scarsdale is my favorite.

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Very nice!  I was in NYC for the first time this past November, I should share some of my photos.

^ yes you should!

 

good work -- you got around very well.

thanks, nice tour. The church whose name you forgot is Riverside. I was just about to suggest you missed an opportunity for some good shots by not going up in the tower which houses the carillon, so I Googled for more info, and lo and behold I found out it's now closed to the public due to "security & safety concerns" or some such nonsense. That's too bad. The views from the top were amazing. You could see all of that upper part of Manhattan and the Bronx, all the way down to the WTC (to say nothing of the experience of walking up several levels after getting out of the elevator, passing--up close & personal!--the large bells on the way to observation deck)

thanks, nice tour. The church whose name you forgot is Riverside. I was just about to suggest you missed an opportunity for some good shots by not going up in the tower which houses the carillon, so I Googled for more info, and lo and behold I found out it's now closed to the public due to "security & safety concerns" or some such nonsense. That's too bad. The views from the top were amazing. You could see all of that upper part of Manhattan and the Bronx, all the way down to the WTC (to say nothing of the experience of walking up several levels after getting out of the elevator, passing--up close & personal!--the large bells on the way to observation deck)

 

Ah yes, that's it! That's too bad it's closed, would have been awesome to go up there. I wanted to go inside the church but unfortunately there was a wedding going on at the time.

Nice stuff!!

Scarsdale and Bronxville are two of the best up there beyond The Bronx.  Nice shots.

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

well alright for visiting my former hood (Brooklyn Hts.) and my current hood (Harlem).

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