3 WTC WtrTaxi UN by SpecialK by SpecialK

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3 WTC WtrTaxi UN

By SpecialK
Apr 14, 2013
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New York City 12 New York City 12

3 WTC WtrTaxi UN

Apr 14, 2013
132 Photos

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120507-0289CraneMen (My morning walk from the Port Authority Bus Terminal.)

120507-0290NYTimesbldg (The New York Times building, which give Times Square its name.)

120507-0298BusAndStation (Bus Terminal.)

120507-0300WaterTaxiPeople (The line of the hop-on/hop-off Water Taxi. It makes 4 stops.)

120507-0301WaterTaxiDock (Pulling up.)

120507-0303Buildings (Some buildings near the piers.)

120507-0307Buildings (Under way.)

120507-0310MarineAviation (Marine Aviation.)

120507-0314ChelseaPier (Chelsea Piers.)

120507-0315ChelseaPier (Empire State building.)

120507-0321TaiChiWoman (Tai Chi woman.)

120507-0324BridgeExhaustBldg (This is an exhaust for the Lincoln tunnel. Circulates the air every 90 seconds.)

120507-0328DowntownBldgs (Downtown.)

120507-0336DowntownBldgs (One World Trade will be 1776 feet high with the antenna.)

120507-0347DowntownBldgs (Downtown.)

120507-0349JewishMuseum (Jewish Heritage museum in the center.)

120507-0350KoreanVetSign (Korean War memorial.)

120507-0352KoreanVetMem (Korean War Vet memorial.)

120507-0353CastleClinton (Circular Castle Clinton used to be an old fort, but is now where you can get tickets for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island tour.)

120507-0354JohnEricsonStatue (John Ericson was an inventor, most notably of the Civil War-era iron-clad ship the USS Monitor, a model of which he is holding.)

120507-0357WTCEntrance (9/11 memorial entrance.)

120507-0365WTCFlagBldgs (You need to get a free timed-entrance ticket.)

120507-0366WTCFlagBldgs (The wind died as I was shooting flags, so this is the best of the bunch...)

120507-0369WTCBldgs (Under construction.)

120507-0370WTCFlagBldgs (More flags.)

120507-0371WTCBldgs (Cement trucks.)

120507-0372WTCBldgsCrane (Cranes.)

120507-0373WTCBldgCrane (Cranes.)

120507-0374WTCSign (Locator map. Luckily I had no name to find.)

120507-0375WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0376WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0377WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0378WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0379WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0380WTCNames (First responders.)

120507-0381WTCNames (First responders.)

120507-0382WTCNamesPeople (Visitors.)

120507-0388NewWTC1 (The south tower.)

120507-0392WTCNames (Names.)

120507-0393WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0394WTCNamesPeople (Visitors.)

120507-0396WTCSquare (The south tower.)

120507-0397WTCPeople (The north tower.)

120507-0398WTCSquare (The north tower.)

120507-0400WTCFlag (Base of the new tower.)

120507-0402WTCFlag (Flag trees.)

120507-0403WTCSquare (The north tower.)

120507-0404WTCMuseumPeople (The new museum has glass walls, but is still under construction.)

120507-0405WTCPhotog (Photo op.)

120507-0407MiracleTree (Known as the miracle tree, it was found in the rubble and removed to a nursery for several years, where it was struck by lightning. It has been relocated to where it was found.)

120507-0411WTCGlobeSign (The Sphere sign.)

120507-0412WTCGlobe (The sphere from WTC.)

120507-0413WTCGlobe (The sphere and flame.)

120507-0414NewAmsterdamMon (Historical plaque.)

120507-0416SOLFerryLine (I'm waiting for the Water Taxi but the long line is for the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island tour.)

120507-0423WatsonHsSkyscrapers (Historic house is now part of the church next door.)

120507-0424FDBoatHouse (FDNY boathouse.)

120507-0427BoatHeliBldgs (Boat and helicopter tour.)

120507-0431SouthFerry (Ships at South Ferry.)

120507-0433SouthFerry (Ships at South Ferry.)

120507-0434NYPDBoat (NYPD boat.)

120507-0435SouthFerry (Pier 17.)

120507-0436SouthFerry (Ship at South Ferry.)

120507-0440BrooklynBr (Brooklyn Bridge.)

120507-0446BrooklynBrCrane (Brooklyn Bridge work.)

120507-0448RiverCafeCouple (The River Cafe.)

120507-0453BrooklynHwy (Stacked highway in Brooklyn.)

120507-0454GovernorsIsland (Castle Wilson on mostly-empty Governor's Island.)

120507-0456StatueOfLiberty (Liberty Enlightening the World, aka The Statue of Liberty, is undergoing some remodeling.)

120507-0458StatuePhotogs (Photo op.)

120507-0460StatuePhotogs (More photo ops.)

120507-0462StatuePhotogs (Photo op.)

120507-0463MeOnSOLBoat (Me, there.)

120507-0466StatuePhotogs (Photo op.)

120507-0471StatueOfLiberty (I goofed the white balance, but I'm leaving it.)

120507-0473StatueOfLiberty (I believe it is "cool fluorescent" white balance.)

120507-0475StatueOfLiberty (Adds a nice tinge to the gray sky.)

120507-0479EllisIsBoats (Ellis Island was the center for processing thousands immigrants every day. Now it's a museum.)

120507-0485EllisIs (The Liberty Island Ferry building is not on Liberty Island.)

120507-0487ColgateClock (The 50-foot Colgate clock remains on the New Jersey shore, though the Colgate-Palmolive headquarters left New Jersey years ago. The Goldman-Sachs tower next to it is the tallest in New Jersey, and G-S had to relocate the clock a few hundred yards during the building construction, and maintains it.)

120507-0488NewJerseyBldgs (New Jersey.)

120507-0489BridgeExhaustBldg (Tunnel exhaust-fan building cycles the air every 90 seconds.)

120507-0492Lackawanna (Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and Ferry Terminal.)

120507-0493GarbageBarge (Gar-barge :-))

120507-0494Intrepid (USS Intrepid is a museum.)

120507-0495Intrepid (It also happened to be closed for a special function :-()

120507-0496BusSignage (I wonder how a quality control bus works.)

120507-0501ChryslerBldg (The Chrysler building has features modeled after automobiles.)

120507-0502UNBldg (The famous United Nations building. It's empty for remodeling.)

120507-0503UNBldg (The UN sits on international land. It is not US property.)

120507-0507UNPhotogs (Photo op.)

120507-0509UNSphere (Sphere.)

120507-0510UNPhotog (More photos.)

120507-0511UNGun (A gift from Luxembourg in 1988.)

120507-0513UNLobby (The lobby.)

120507-0515UNStatue (Gift from Sweden.)

120507-0516SlaveRebellion (Some exhibits.)

120507-0517HarrietTubman (Harriet Tubman helped run-away slaves.)

120507-0518Landmines (Landmines are a big problem,)

120507-0520Portraits (Faces.)

120507-0522SecyGens (Current and former secretary-generals of the UN.)

120507-0526TourGroup (The tour starts at the model of the complex. Some buildings are being renovated.)

120507-0532UNChamber (Security council hall.)

120507-0536UNPhotog (Photo op.)

120507-0538UNLobbyBalcony (Balcony view.)

120507-0539UNModel (Model.)

120507-0540UNChamber (General Council hall.)

120507-0544MeAtUN (Me, here.)

120507-0554UNLandmines (Landmines, again.)

120507-0557UNLandmines (Exhibit.)

120507-0558UNDisarmament (Disarmament.)

120507-0560StAgnesStatueFront (St Agnes was found face down in a ruined building in Hiroshima.)

120507-0561StAgnesStatueRear (The out of focus shot does not show the deformed back, which faced the bomb blast, too well :-()

120507-0562Drawings (Art.)

120507-0563Drawings (Art.)

120507-0565HumanRightsPoster (Human rights poster.)

120507-0566Mural (Mural.)

120507-0568BuddhaPeace (World peace stupa.)

120507-0569Peacekeeping (Roles of the UN.)

120507-0573Hunger (End poverty and hunger.)

120507-0574WomensEquality (Women's rights.)

120507-0575Environment (Environmental protection.)

120507-0576RonaldBrownBldg (Ronald Brown Mission to the UN building. Ron Brown was a former Secretary of Commerce and died in a plane crash over Croatia in 1996..)

120507-0578BhutanEmbassy (Bhutan embassy. Some representatives do not live in (expensive) New York year round, but fly in for periods of time.)

120507-0579PlowShares (Swords into plowshares...)

120507-0580WetPaint (Wet paint.)

120507-0582BldgPedestrian (Next to the Chrysler building is the Trylons building.)

120507-0583ChryslerDoor (Chrysler building entrance. It was the world's tallest building for 11 months until passed by the Empire State building.)

120507-0586ChryslerCeiling (I heard they had a nice lobby. Here is the ceiling.)

120507-0587ChryslerCeiling (The building is upside down.)

120507-0590Subway (The subway routine.)

120507-0593HardRockCafe (Just passing by.)

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