New York - my pics
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We went to New York last week and here is a small (honestly – we took more than 1500) selection of pics and some words.
Mmmm parking could be difficult. I think we’ll stick to cabs and the subway.
You see these all over town – little plots of land with car lifts on. And they’re not cheap…
There will be several random shots of tall buildings here. No matter how often you move around NY you never seem to get used to the forest of massive buildings.
This clock is just across from the Flat Iron building
And this is the Flat Iron building. More properly called the Fuller Building it was built in 1902 and is considered to be the first proper skyscraper.
This is a display of vintage radios in the Apple store in the flatiron district (sadly so otherwise I would have been very tempted by a vintage Bakelite unit.) that we found on our way to brunch…
…which we had here. Under $20 for both of us and was fabulous.
I liked the moving sign running in the [s]pavement[/s] sidewalk
We didn’t go to NY for the weather and when it was cloudy it made you realise how tall the buggers are.
Time Square is much (MUCH) safer than it was when I was last in NY and your chances of getting shot were, to be honest, very low indeed. As oppose to 1979 when your chances of getting shot were around 50/50.
We went to Grand Central Station and found a deli underneath the station which was 5 star. Then we ate at the Oyster Bar, having already had Bellinis in Cipriani Dolci Bar upstairs.
Here’s part of the Oyster bar menu showing an almost unbelievably poncy selection of oysters to chose from. However there are two schools of though on oysters and both the missus and me are in camp B. It’s like licking snot off a tortoise. So Fiona had scallops and I had king prawns.
The main clock above the information booth in central station has faces made of opal and is valued at $8,000,000.
Some of the street signs are a little harsh…
I knocked but there was no answer. Clearly they had no idea I was coming.
Then we walked by a fire station. An anonymous building with a fire station set into it. There were memorials to all the firefighters who had died. Not just those on 9/11 although the station had lost many men there too.
Are you still paying attention or am I boring you? ‘Cos there’s a lot more to come.
Some random street scene.
I told you the street signs were harsh.
But we liked this one.
The city buildings downtown (below 14th St) were mighty impressive. This is the court building.
We took the boat ride favoured by cheap tourists for decades – the FREE Staten Island Ferry.
You get to see the Statue of Liberty
And you get the best view ever of downtown as you come back
More tall buildings
New York Stock Exchange
Ground Zero. The main tower is out of the ground now and making almost daily leaps upwards on its’ journey to become the tallest building in the city
At night the view from the Empire State Building is truly spectacular not least because it’s the only place in the city where you can look down on the other buildings.
The next day I awoke to the nightmare scenario of a world populated only by (in)San(i)t(y)a Clauses.
The size of the Christmas Decorations also had me worried…
I needed a beer and a steak.
We visited an aircraft carrier which whilst undeniably big was not, for me, sufficiently big enough to land an aeroplane on. They also have a Concorde there.
Then we went to the Top of the Rock which is better than the top of the Empire State Building if for no other reason than you can see the Empire State Building from the Top of the Rock.
We saw the Peninsula Hotel and I gather I am no longer welcome there.
Another skyscraper
I don’t know why (and I didn’t ask) but I wanted the cop to be called Carmine.
Ice skating in Central Park. We didn’t have a go as neither of us wanted to come back plastered.
And the information centre for Central Park – the Dairy.
And the tribute to John Lennon in the (renamed) Strawberry Fields section of Central Park adjacent to his flat in the Dakota Building (still owned and used by Yoko).
You get very used to this view in New York
Some more street scenes and big buildings
I was
but it was a long time ago.
The village
A game of Film Charades in the [s]taxi[/s]cab
It’s time for a last Empire State Building pic
We were asked to leave this deli
Some photos from around the Rockefeller Centre
Shoe shine shop. I was bitterly disappointed that I had my Timberlands on and couldn’t make use of the facility.
Finally, another big building shot to end with.
Mmmm parking could be difficult. I think we’ll stick to cabs and the subway.
You see these all over town – little plots of land with car lifts on. And they’re not cheap…
There will be several random shots of tall buildings here. No matter how often you move around NY you never seem to get used to the forest of massive buildings.
This clock is just across from the Flat Iron building
And this is the Flat Iron building. More properly called the Fuller Building it was built in 1902 and is considered to be the first proper skyscraper.
This is a display of vintage radios in the Apple store in the flatiron district (sadly so otherwise I would have been very tempted by a vintage Bakelite unit.) that we found on our way to brunch…
…which we had here. Under $20 for both of us and was fabulous.
I liked the moving sign running in the [s]pavement[/s] sidewalk
We didn’t go to NY for the weather and when it was cloudy it made you realise how tall the buggers are.
Time Square is much (MUCH) safer than it was when I was last in NY and your chances of getting shot were, to be honest, very low indeed. As oppose to 1979 when your chances of getting shot were around 50/50.
We went to Grand Central Station and found a deli underneath the station which was 5 star. Then we ate at the Oyster Bar, having already had Bellinis in Cipriani Dolci Bar upstairs.
Here’s part of the Oyster bar menu showing an almost unbelievably poncy selection of oysters to chose from. However there are two schools of though on oysters and both the missus and me are in camp B. It’s like licking snot off a tortoise. So Fiona had scallops and I had king prawns.
The main clock above the information booth in central station has faces made of opal and is valued at $8,000,000.
Some of the street signs are a little harsh…
I knocked but there was no answer. Clearly they had no idea I was coming.
Then we walked by a fire station. An anonymous building with a fire station set into it. There were memorials to all the firefighters who had died. Not just those on 9/11 although the station had lost many men there too.
Are you still paying attention or am I boring you? ‘Cos there’s a lot more to come.
Some random street scene.
I told you the street signs were harsh.
But we liked this one.
The city buildings downtown (below 14th St) were mighty impressive. This is the court building.
We took the boat ride favoured by cheap tourists for decades – the FREE Staten Island Ferry.
You get to see the Statue of Liberty
And you get the best view ever of downtown as you come back
More tall buildings
New York Stock Exchange
Ground Zero. The main tower is out of the ground now and making almost daily leaps upwards on its’ journey to become the tallest building in the city
At night the view from the Empire State Building is truly spectacular not least because it’s the only place in the city where you can look down on the other buildings.
The next day I awoke to the nightmare scenario of a world populated only by (in)San(i)t(y)a Clauses.
The size of the Christmas Decorations also had me worried…
I needed a beer and a steak.
We visited an aircraft carrier which whilst undeniably big was not, for me, sufficiently big enough to land an aeroplane on. They also have a Concorde there.
Then we went to the Top of the Rock which is better than the top of the Empire State Building if for no other reason than you can see the Empire State Building from the Top of the Rock.
We saw the Peninsula Hotel and I gather I am no longer welcome there.
Another skyscraper
I don’t know why (and I didn’t ask) but I wanted the cop to be called Carmine.
Ice skating in Central Park. We didn’t have a go as neither of us wanted to come back plastered.
And the information centre for Central Park – the Dairy.
And the tribute to John Lennon in the (renamed) Strawberry Fields section of Central Park adjacent to his flat in the Dakota Building (still owned and used by Yoko).
You get very used to this view in New York
Some more street scenes and big buildings
I was
but it was a long time ago.
The village
A game of Film Charades in the [s]taxi[/s]cab
It’s time for a last Empire State Building pic
We were asked to leave this deli
Some photos from around the Rockefeller Centre
Shoe shine shop. I was bitterly disappointed that I had my Timberlands on and couldn’t make use of the facility.
Finally, another big building shot to end with.
Louis. said:
LOVE the photos and some of you caption's made me laugh quite a bit !! Well done and thanks for sharing!
New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
I thought it was supposdly very safe now after crack-downs from the last mayor or two?New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
Louis. said:
LOVE the photos and some of you caption's made me laugh quite a bit !! Well done and thanks for sharing!
New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
I went end of August for my 40th, stayed near the empire state building (affinia dumont) and walked every where, up through central park, down to twin towers site and then ferry to liberty island, walked to where the aircraft carrier was including walking back at night after a water boat tour at night, I felt safe as there are so many people around. might upload some pics later on. New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
Great photos! Looks like you packed a lot in.
I first went to NY for new year's eve in '95/96, and although with 7 lads we all felt very safe. Many of the lads were carrying their cameras around their necks and we were told one day that we shouldn't be walking around with cameras on show, so perhaps we were just naive and lucky. I certainly didn't feel threatened.
I first went to NY for new year's eve in '95/96, and although with 7 lads we all felt very safe. Many of the lads were carrying their cameras around their necks and we were told one day that we shouldn't be walking around with cameras on show, so perhaps we were just naive and lucky. I certainly didn't feel threatened.
Louis. said:
LOVE the photos and some of you caption's made me laugh quite a bit !! Well done and thanks for sharing!
New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
I spent a week there last month, had a bit better weather I think, and only rained one day.New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
In terms of safety, it felt a lot safer than central london/leicester square.
No drunks, few beggars and no idiots asking if you were looking at their 'burd'...
In fact I felt totally safe the whole time, including late nights in time square, and taking the metro back from greenwich vilage, and the seaport areas.
Overall, it felt substantially safer than when I was there 6 years ago, and as safe as anywhere I've been in the UK.
Oh, and people were actually friendly too ! Don't get that in London !
I went a couple of years ago and felt safe the whole time.
Used the underground a fair bit, the trains were quite old and a bit tatty but seemed to be safe and run on time.
Crime was very bad in the 70,80s and early 90s but Giuliani did a lot to bring the rate down from the mid 90s onwards.
Used the underground a fair bit, the trains were quite old and a bit tatty but seemed to be safe and run on time.
Crime was very bad in the 70,80s and early 90s but Giuliani did a lot to bring the rate down from the mid 90s onwards.
pokethepope said:
Louis. said:
LOVE the photos and some of you caption's made me laugh quite a bit !! Well done and thanks for sharing!
New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
I thought it was supposdly very safe now after crack-downs from the last mayor or two?New Yorkisstill on my TO-DO list. One of the main factors of myself never going over is the hype of how dangerous it is there ! Did you get that feeling when you were there ?
These days I feel more apprehensive about a night out in Norwich when back in the UK.
Just got back today, and can re-iterate what everyone else has said. It's as safe as anywhere can be. We stayed in Greenwich Village, and wandering around the streets after the bars kicked out at 04.00, you feel as safe as houses. People are so friendly it feels as if you've known them for ages. Even in some of the rougher places (guy with a cylinder of nitrous oxide blowing up balloons and handing them out to anyone for a 'sniff') it didn't feel intimidating. Can't wait to go back again. Where else can you buy a Xmas tree at 03.00 and carry it home?
The US is very safe, in fact. I think I've said it before but I seldom lock my front door, and people leave their cars in car parks with windows open, etc, and very little happens. Most of these sort of issues are in the deep, deep ghetto areas. New York is great, but like London too damn busy!. I love driving in new York, though, for some reason.
(wee time lapse of trip from my place, to NY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtAF0Rrmsp8 )
I personally like to take pics of the graffiti, but I'm never there often enough, (especially to wander round), to get many.
(wee time lapse of trip from my place, to NY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtAF0Rrmsp8 )
I personally like to take pics of the graffiti, but I'm never there often enough, (especially to wander round), to get many.
Scottyb28 said:
great pics, just made me more excited, going next friday for ten days, any advice on places to go and most importantly places to eat? 
If you like cheesecake and the likes...this place is a must 
http://www.juniorscheesecake.com/our_restaurants/t...
Scottyb28 said:
great pics, just made me more excited, going next friday for ten days, any advice on places to go and most importantly places to eat?
Personal recommendations are always best. After that we used http://www.menupages.com/ a lot and didn't get a bad meal all the time we were there.I went in '94. Used the subway all the time. Was so inexpensive $21 for a weekly ticket. Also walked loads even at night. Everyone was really friendly and generous. They love a bit of cheeky banter and it normally ended up with free stuff. Free drinks in St Andrews Bar off Times Square because I was Scottish, free keyrings etc. in Quiksilver shop as we said we spent so much we should of received a discount, etc. Get to know the concierge at your hotel. Ours was fab and gave us loads of hints and tips. There was 5 of us and a limo was cheaper from JFK than 2 taxis and only slightly more expensive than a minibus, much more fun, roof open down broadway. If you can go!
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