Millburn railway station
The Liberty Cruise and One World Trade Center, New York, United States - 23rd October 2018
Day three of our trip to New Jersey and New York and we're back on the open-top bus, this time heading downtown to the financial centre. The traffic's heaving so we get off and walk the final stretch to the ferry port, where we take up the boat cruise that's part of the bus ticket. This turns out to be an extensive, well-narrated trip up to Liberty Island and then all the way up the East River to Brooklyn Bridge. After that, we head up the 1,776 feet to the top of One World Trade Center - formerly known as Freedom Tower - to admire the dizzying views of Manhattan. In the evening we meet up with Phil and Tania at the Serendipity restaurant/café for some more classic American eats, before we get a psycho Uber back to New Jersey
next album: Pumpkin Picking at Alstede Farm, Chester, Morris County, New Jersey - 24th October 2018
previous album: Open-top Buses and a Day at the Museum, New York, United States - 22nd October 2018
A classic American loco hauls a train in to Millburn station
Harry puts one of his pictures up to the train window
The gang on the train
The boys look out at the industrial wastelands
New Jersey pylons and the skyscrapers of New York
The brutalist joys of Penn Station
Macy's on 51st Street
The Empire State building
Busy crosswalk
Nice view of the Empire State
The Flatiron building from the bus top
A giant statue which looks like a pair of buttocks
Nice old building, with groovy fire escapes
Graffiti street
The First National City Bank, circa 1812
Iconic shoes-on-a-wire
Some impressive architectural details
Tantalising remains of an old painted business sign
Harry and Fred in a Deli somewhere
The WTC memorial
One World Trade Centre
More of the World Trade Centre
A vanishing-point view of 1WTC
The new view of the financial district from the ferry
Empire State in the distance
The gang on the back of the ferry
Fred, Isobel and Harry
Ellis Island
Great view of NYC from the ferry
The Statue of Liberty
Fred looks overboard
The gang, with Liberty Island in the background
At least there are enough lifebelts to go around
To Royal Navy's R08 HMS Elizabeth is in town
Derelict warehouses in Brooklyn
A Fire Department boat speeds past
More derelict buildings
A view of NYC behind Governors' Island
Wall art on a dockside building
The tour guide does his thing
Part of the old Queen Mary dock
Nice old ferry port
Downtown Manhattan
Harry hangs off a railing
Fred's tiny key ring trinket
A squirrel
Inside the bottom of 1WTC
A view from the top of 1WTC looking towards midtown and the Empire State
The Hudson River
The boys at the top of the tower
The whole of Manhattan is spread out below
Looking out east over the Brooklyn Bridge
The gang roams around the observation deck
The new subway/PATH interconnect station below 1WTC is impressive
The Occulus is like a big rib cage
Huge candy store on 61st Street
Pigeon explosion, as a woman hails a cab
Serendipity Three
Fred, Harry and Tania
Funky decor in Serendipity
Harry nearly knocks all this stuff off the mantlepiece
The boys' puddings turn up
A jumble of signs and windows on Madison Avenue
Night-time traffic
People on a crosswalk
Shiny buildings and cars
An Amish market
In the Lincoln Tunnel on the way back to New Jersey
A picture in lights of Manhattan at night
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Millburn railway station