As New York visits go, today was very subdued. We are staying near Times Square and we didn’t really venture beyond much at all today. We went to a few stops and had a relaxing day. We also spent some time in the hotel room and watched both Captain America movies.
Tomorrow is Rush, so it will be a busier day.
I have to say though, that the epicness of the M&M store in Times Square cannot be overstated. I could live in that joint!
Start spreading the news
I am leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York
These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York
I want to wake up in a city
That doesn’t sleep
And find I’m king of the hill
Top of the heap
These little town blues
Are melting away
I’ll make a brand new start of it
In old New York
If I can make it there
I’ll make it anywhere
It’s up to you
New York, New York
New York, New York
I want to wake up in a city
That never sleeps
And find I’m a number one
Top of the list
King of the hill
A number one
These little town blues
All melting away
I am gonna make a brand new start of it
In old New York
And if I can make it there
I’m gonna make it anywhere
It’s up to you
New York, New York, New York
Who wrote this? Is it public domain yet?
Maybe we should go back to the Statue of Liberty one of these days. Now that some of those liberties have been extended to more Americans. Also because I absolutely love this picture of my beloved wife. hehe
Here’s proof that it’s a new building. This is from July 9, 2010. You can pick out a few buildings in both pictures, and that tall ugly suck most definitely is not there.
While we were in New York my beloved, beautiful, angel, brilliant wife read a news article about new skyscrapers. It said that there were going to be two new buildings in Manhattan that would be taller than the Empire State Building. I thought it was referring to the future. Apparently, that future is now.
Earlier today I read this New York Times article about an ugly new slim jim of a skyscraper that is already not only taller than the Empire State Building, but it’s taller than the Freedom Tower sans antenna.
That’s when I realized, that I’d already noticed this new building.
It’s that ugly eyesore towering over everything else in the picture. While on top of the Empire State Building I thought it looked taller, but couldn’t say for sure. Maybe my eyes were being tricked, or maybe they were just frozen. I’m also pretty sure I had not noticed it the last few times we were up high in New York.
So there you have it. That skinny, ugly, wisp of an anorexic looking building is the new 2nd tallest skyscraper in New York.
It seems like a wasted trip if you visit New York and don’t go to the top of a huge building. Still, we weren’t planning on climbing the Empire State Building last weekend. We were just walking south on 5th avenue and there were so many rude, arrogant, pushy, assholes trying to sell us Empire State Building stuff that we blew them off and then went into the building just to spite them. It was a great idea, of course, but it was so… effin’… cold… Actually, it was cold but not bad when we first stepped out onto the observation deck. It wasn’t until we turned a corner to look East that it hit us. The wind. Oh. My. God. The wind chill dropped the temperature from really cold to OH MY GOD ITS TOO COLD TO SURVIVE. That’s when we went back inside.
Looking south toward the only building in town that is taller than the Empire State Building. The Freedom Tower is supposed to have an observation level, but it’s not open yet.
The Statue of Liberty just looks so teeny tiny.
Psst… hey… all of these New York pics are using my new lens. How’s she doing?
There was a huge warehouse fire in Brooklyn that took about two days to put out.
The love of my life, on top of the world with me.
We made some feathery friends.
You can actually see the boats shooting water onto the fire.
The Chrysler Building is still my favorite of all the New York skyscrapers.
Rats with wings.
This is the Langham Hotel. Our room was on the 21st floor on the right corner.
Central Park.
Normally when you go to the top of the Empire State Building it is absolutely mobbed. On this day? You might have guessed, this corner was getting the worst of the wind. The word of the morning was, “Brr”.
Sometimes the best part of visiting New York is just walking around and looking at stuff.
The Chrysler building pretty much rules.
I’ve seen the New York public library before, but I’d never gone in. Last weekend while walking down the street with no set plans in mind, we decided to go inside and check it out. The word is, large. Opulent is another word.
Want to see the room we stayed in last weekend?
You’re gonna be jealous.
As jealous as we are poor now.
Yes, we had a television embedded into our bathroom mirror. Yes, that’s a thing.
Oh yeah, and unless we forget… there was the awesome view.
And that, friends and neighbors, is the sweetest suite on Earth. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go cry over the fact that we are now dirt poor.
I still have tons of New York pictures to go through. Here are some iPhone pics from Times Square on Sunday morning.
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