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| Hotel Bellclaire |
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| A market just around the corner on Broadway |
We stayed at the Hotel Belleclaire near 77th Street and Broadway during our Easter weekend getaway. It is a cozy boutique style hotel with smallish but comfortable rooms. It is well situated near a subway station and a great jumping off point to just about anywhere in the city.
If you preferred not to venture into the downtown area you could shop to your hearts content in the immediate area as well as take walks in Central Park, just three blocks from where we stayed in this Upper West Side hotel.
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| Main lobby of the Empire State Building |
One of my personal favorite stops was the Empire State Building. Waiting time was less than 20 minutes and the trip to the 80, then the 86th floor was no more than a few minutes. A great way to see grand vistas of the city. The rain that day did not dampen our spirits but made for so-so photography.
Apparently the new World Trade Center will have an observation area on the 102th floor but I don't think anything will touch the awe of the stately skyscraper from the 1930s.
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| Closer view of the Statue |
I suppose every tourist has to see the Statue of Liberty but honestly having been to Liberty Island once, I have no desire to return.
Unless you can get into the statue itself, all you can do is wander around the pedestal.The fact there is no interpretation center for the casual visitor to the island blows me away.
Sure there is a museum in the pedestal but it takes a six months wait to get inside.
I think I captured the beauty of the statue on this fine spring day.
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| Statue of Liberty |
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| Top view of the World Trade Center |
I tried not to get all the standard shots of New York and think this variety of shots illustrates our stay.
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| Wall Street area |
I have to say that the 9/11 Museum was worth the three hour wait time. It is spell-binding and truly captures the event on that tragic day in just the right way. The photo below shows a set of steps from the original WTC building that were preserved for time immemorial.
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| 9/11 Museum |
New York has a large variety of restaurants with no shortage of places to eat at anytime of the day or night. The Chipolte is an example of the many chains but the food is good and the price is right.
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| Good eats at a decent price |
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| The Dakota |
We were literally five minutes from the Dakota the famed spot where singer John Lennon was killed.
An iconic view of the downtown area showing the new World Trade Center taken from Liberty Island
A church curiously sandwiched between two skyscrapers. I wonder what happened here.
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| Times Square at about 11pm |
Times Square does not disappointed. It is a real experience day or night. Of course at night it is lit up in a spectacular fashion..
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| Another shot of Times Square |
It is in Times Square that you can meet 20,000 of your friends at just about any time of the day.
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| Interesting fact about Tesla |
Nikola Tesla no doubt Inspired the luxury Tesla automobile.
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| Performing in a subway station |
Lots of performers in the subway stations. This fellow was very good. I left him some money.
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| Scary parking rates. Exotic car; $1000 a month to park it. |
My guess is that having a car in New York is a luxury. Parking would be problematic.
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| NYSE |
We walked through Wall Street and visited Tiffany's. Finally another short of the recently completed World Trade Center. All in all a great time. The weather was very good and springlike but for one day of drizzle. Worth another trip. Hell yes! But we would see it differently next time. We never did go on the carriage ride in Central park for example.
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| World Trade Centre |
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