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The Times Square. Shortly after getting out of the subway. On our
way to buy the Broadway show tickets.
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The Apple Tour buses. Tourists can take these tours to go around
the city - they allow you to get down at any point, and get up any time,
anywhere to anywhere in a defined route through the city. The tours come
on packages of 24 hours and 48 hours.
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Standing in the lobby of the Empire State Building. From the left,
Kanishka Lahiri and Pankaj Kumar Chauhan. We squeezed in the trip to this
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View from the gallery of the Empire State - 82nd floor. The
very top was not open to the public. The tallest structure with the metalled
spire is the Chrysler building. The day was hot, humid and hazy - so the
horizon is faded out.
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Another view from the Empire State. Downtown Manhattan with
it's abundant skyscrapers and perpendicular network of Roads and Avenues.
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View from the Empire State towards the Twin Towers (World
Trade Center).
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From the Empire State, towards uptown. The huge green area
(seen faded out) that comes after the array of skyscrapers is the Central
Park.
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One of the corridors inside the Empire State. The building
was made in the 30's, and looks like it - devoid of the modernizations
one expects in a skyscraper of that size.
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Macy's of New York is supposed to be the world's biggest
store - covering one entire block. Did not have time to check it out.
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A funny snap - of how distortions can make a new skyscraper
look old and about to fall off. The reflection is of a building on the
other side o the street - and a pretty new one, too.
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A vertical shot of the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Straight up to a hundred and ten floors above ground - unlike the Empire
State with it's tapered top. Much more modern in looks and in construction.
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View from the top floor of the WTC towards the southern end
of Manhattan. The island on the right end is Governor's island. The one
on the left is ??
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Sunset from the open-air rooftop of the WTC. Have fun trying
to figure out which building is casting the long shadow. The view is of
Newark, New Jersey.
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New York at night (well, not quite - but it was 9pm already,
and the sky does not get totally dark for quite some time more). The streaks
of bright light are the avenues (north-south). The tall structure with
a lighted spire is the Empire State.
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Broadway / Times Square at night. Roughly the same spot as
the first snap. Note the increasing crowd - New York is as crowded as Calcutta
during the Durga Pujas - after 11pm every day, as all the clubs open at
11pm and close at 9am. This was around 10pm - after 12, it was tough walking
on the streets - with pedestrian traffic jams.
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