Went up the Freedom Tower yesterday and was blessed with wall to wall blue skies and sunshine, absolutely awe-inspiring tower and so glad I went up to the observation deck. Was no queues either and was barely anyone up top either so that was good.

Shame to see Toys R Us in Times Squre and Shwarz toy store both shutting down :(

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Where was the cathedral looks great?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick's_Cathedral_%28Manhattan%29

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Just heading there now for a meeting, packed my camera so hoping to get a few shots. Not been to New York since 2007 now!

Mazin pics mate, thanks for sharing:cool:

Whent there for the first time for Christmas got there Christmas eve and spent 5days there did loads whent to 911 like you said found it very erry love the pictures of central park can see were we stayed in one of them Essex house

Mean fiddler bar just off Times Sq.

Beer pong table set up; playing random people all night. Must have been there about 9 hours in total. Never been so drunk; or had so much fun in a bar before. Met so many great people that night too.
Facebook memories keeps reminding me what inward doing last year :(

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Originally posted by j10E W
Where was the cathedral looks great?

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Where was the cathedral looks great?
True about the 9/11 memorial I felt it very eerie
Great place though

I went there with a very low expectation given all the hype but came away loving the place. Know what you mean about the atmosphere. I felt that about the whole town. We stayed in Newport so used the PATH to get to Manhattan and that first time walking up out of the subway, remarkable.

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The 9/11 memorial was strange.
The place had such a "eerie vibe" about it all, fascinating stuff inside. I can't explain it, you just felt something huge had happened on the ground you walked over.

That would have sounded stupid to me before I went. A year ago today, I was just arriving in New York. Best place I've ever been to

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Only got chance to update my pics recently so thought I would post a few. Having been a few times we had done most of the main attractions but hadn't been to 9/11 memorial as its wasn't ready last time, the freedom tower was not complete etc so spent a day down there.

Hope you enjoy the pics

The Pools and museum - such a well judged way of remembering the dead and that tragic event. Very nicely done

Pools and surrounding area

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Museum - such a fantastic place set under ground in part of the foundations. Hard to get good pics as the lighting was very low in places

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DSC_1567 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1568 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1569 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Original Staircase

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DSC_1592 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Foundations

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Part of Antena
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High Speed Lift Motor

DSC_1616 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Famous Ladder 3

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DSC_1622 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Famous LAst Column

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Original retaining Wall

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Island Hop - Did the Cable car which was pretty interesting

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DSC_1660 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1667 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1675 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1692 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1688 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1697 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Huge Police Presence

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Rockerfella

DSC_1735 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Great icons

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DSC_1747 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr


Bryant park - love this place - like a gold fish bowl with bank of America and Empire State towering over you

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DSC_1781 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1804 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1809 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1810 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Top of the Rock

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Radio City

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Times Square

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DSC_1858 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

NYE Morning - 10am they start to queue

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DSC_1883 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Cathedral

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DSC_1923 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1927 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

DSC_1932 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Central Park

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DSC_1941 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Skating

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DSC_1964 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

Freedom Tower
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Top of the view - hard to get good pics - glass very reflective. Missed a trick not having an outdoor section on this new build

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DSC_2001 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

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Pools

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Some B&W
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BWDSC_1655 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

BWDSC_1654 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

CSDSC_2021 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

CSDSC_1779 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr

CSDSC_1975 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr