September 18th 2014- New York
The New York skyline with the Freedom Tower rising tall behind all others.
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One World Trade Center or colloquially known as Freedom Tower - a monolithic structure standing at 1,776 feet is the tallest building in the western hemisphere as at July 2013. Construction began April 2006 and is not complete. Costs as at April 2012 is US$3.9 billion.
Ground zero...one of two empty spaces where one of the Twin Towers stood before 9/11. Starkly beautiful, this black square "hole" commemorates the sad, tragic day where many lives both Americans and Internationals, were lost and are now remembered by the inscriptions along the 4 sides of this water feature. The water from the sides of the walls drains into a single black hole in the centre....one can't help but get emotional here.
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Getting lunch from one of the many street vendors at corner of Liberty and Broadway. For $6, I got a delicious helping of Chicken Bryani and a soft drink. Tom got the Chicken Tikka...yum!
2 iconic street names - one representing greed(as portrayed in The Wolf of Wall St) and the other representing entertainment, talent and escapism.
It is amazing how many buildings can get crammed into a city like New York...that's why most people walk. We did notice many New Yorkers are pretty fit and trim.
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Not easy to lose sight of One World Trade Center..like a Sentinel its presence is not to be ignored. A mix of the old and the ultra new.
Okay...this hummer was decked out like an upmarket Pimp mobil. The vehicle rego said ' Dr Gordon' but we think he might be more into "sexual healing". Ha!ha!
The Madison Square Garden...what a great entertainment venue.
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The accoustics in the theatre was the best we've come across for a venue of this size. Even Glen Frey of The Eagles said so when he came on stage.
What a blast...The Eagles live. All looking much older of course but still sounding terrific! Unfortunately we didn't stay for the whole show as we had to catch the tube back to New Jersey as the last train leaves New York for NJ at 11.45pm on a week day.
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