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this was from an early sunday morning a couple weeks ago. the rule was "below chambers street."

 

up and out outta that hole in the ground

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wtc7

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hey look -- its leed certified

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a fav shot of the whole morning -- the light was kinda freaky

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next door to wtc7, not talked about, but bmcc's fiterman hall is getting its post 9/11 rebuild

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another view of it, it's a wreck on the rebound

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the temporary path train station, calatrava's station will be here someday

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as you all know, the old deustche bank building is coming down soon

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meanwhile this is going up nearby, life goes on around the wtc site

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more interesting fall/early morning light

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some crazy old footbridge up there between buildings, this is below the wtc

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amex history dates to colonial days: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Stock_Exchange

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we are off the beaten path in no mans land -- this is on the westside below the wtc

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looking south is the deco brooklyn battery tunnel entrance

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and looking north is the tunnel's cool companion deco parking garage

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the main bb tunnel front view

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many streets around here are metal padded, due to hellish amounts of underground wtc work

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the native american museum is in there

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some detail

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around the bowling green, nyc's 1st park

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there you are, you sneaky little subway!

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hello toledo...on steroids

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the battery towers are two of manhattan's unheralded 'other' twin towers

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skipping battery park & moving on to the eastside waterfront

this is the recently rebuilt new ferry terminal

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the awesome front of the old ferry terminal, still in use

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detail

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the crane in the background is over the bay in brooklyn

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hype

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buncha suits work in these

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i will stay within the rule -- which is: one allowable artsy shot per thread

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ahh now thats better

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***i hope you are enjoying your quiet sunday morning lower manhattan foot tour --

      coming up, moving around to wall st, stone st, seaport, etc***

 

 

Nice Pics, enjoyed the tour.

DOWNTAHN!!!

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

Can't get them to load...but the ones I can see are interesting.

I have to give you credit for getting out an enjoying NYC while you are living there.  There's probably lots of people that live there and take that city for granted.  Great work!  I hope to eventually do similar thing with my new hometown.

I have to give you credit for getting out an enjoying NYC while you are living there.  There's probably lots of people that live there and take that city for granted.  Great work!  I hope to eventually do similar thing with my new hometown.

 

Goldie you are so right.  I know people from Harlem, ENY, Carroll Garden's or various other neighborhoods, that have not been out of their area.

 

One of the guys that works for me, his mom had NEVER travelled out of Washington Hts., unless it's to go to the airport.  Granted, she doesn't speak a lick of english, but that is another issue. 

 

Living in Manhattan, I myself find that I rarely go to the outer boros, NJ (ewww), CT (too many bad suburban flashbacks) or Long Eyelin', since almost everything I do is right in the Midtown Manhattan.  I went to an Studio

Trent - tell that woman from the NYT that 20 of our 33 TWC Divisions are operating ALL DIGITAL networks and to next time check her facts!Museum of Harlem event at Cipriani on Wall St., that is the first time i've been below Soho all year.

Inspiring! The density of big buildings in that area has always blown me away.

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