Jun 2013 - New York City
Pictures from a series of Saturdays in NYC, while I was working in Westchester for the summer. Central park, the 9/11 memorial, grand central, the met, moma,... so much to see in New York.
Pictures from a series of Saturdays in NYC, while I was working in Westchester for the summer. Central park, the 9/11 memorial, grand central, the met, moma,... so much to see in New York.
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| The monument to one of the twin towers, at the 9/11 memorial | The new freedom tower, built to replace the twin towers. I like the design | At the met. We had free entrance, and so spent a few hours there each weekend |
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| The met has a special feel at night | One of my favorite things at the met is a collection of models discovered in an Egyptian tomb | A model depicting daily life in Egypt, built several thousand years ago |
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| The cloisters museum is a branch of the met, sitting atop a hill in a park in the very upper west side | A cloister, with columns of all different shapes | A chapel in the cloisters. I love medieval art, and had wanted to visit the cloisters museum for years |
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| Someone cleaned their dryer lint out on the floor, and it became an exhibit at the museum of funny jokes (aka the moma) | My favorite museum of funny jokes exhibit, a plank leaned against a wall. Literally. | Central park! |
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| In central park, probably the coolest statue in nyc | Belvedere castle, in central park | Belvedere castle from the lake side |
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| Me in central park! | The new york public library | Inside the public library |
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| A very old grand central terminal surrounded by new skyscrapers | Inside grand central terminal | The main ticket area at grand central |
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| Walking across the Brooklyn bridge | The Brooklyn bridge and downtown from the East river | Times square! |
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| Lego hulk near Times Square | Downtown, the site where George Washington took the first ever American presidential oath | |