The New York Stock Exchange, which was heavily guarded (that "POLICE" vehicle in the shot is quite fitting). I'm not sure if the lights forming the flag on the pillars are just a Christmas thing or if they're there all the time.
The
New York Stock Exchange, which was heavily guarded (that "POLICE"
vehicle in the shot is quite fitting). I'm not sure if the lights forming
the flag on the pillars are just a Christmas thing or if they're there all the
time.
A
huge Christmas tree outside the NYSE maybe. You can tell the scale if you
look at the people at the base of the building on the right.
The
World Trade Center Site. The two shiny buildings in the background are the
World Financial Center, where the picture three below this one was taken.
I
think those corridors down there may be what's left of the subway tracks that
run under the WTC complex. Correct me if I'm wrong, Liz.
The
WTC site is on the left, and on the right are some of the buildings I was
talking about that still show damage (you can see better in the full-size
picture). Parts of these buildings you can see are draped in some sort of
transluscent black cloth... not exactly sure what that's
for...
The
Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, right next to the WTC site.
I
think this is pretty self-explanatory. This is actually from one ferry in
dock looking at another.
About
as close as we got to the Statue of Liberty from the ferry.
Lower
Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry. The helicopter is very
representative as well. Constant patroling of the area from there to the
Statue of Liberty.
The
Hershey's Store in Times Square, centered of course on Reese's. Very
Hersheyey.
The
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Man (this one's for you, Andy :)). We could've gotten our picture taken with
him. We should've.
One
of my favorites. It's just so... vibrant.
Approaching
the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree from apparently the only non-crowded side
of the plaza.
I couldn't decide which of these "30 Rockefeller Plaza" pics I liked
better, so you have to look at both of them (this would be where NBC Studios
is--you know, SNL, Conan O'Brien, NBC News, etc.).
St.
Patrick's Cathedral. It's basically right across the street from
Rockefeller Center, which is why it's in the middle of the Rockefeller Center
shots. I'm pretty much going in chronological order.
Such
a popular picture-taking spot that there was no way to avoid taking a picture of
some random family. Hi, random family!
You
don't want to know how much of a pain it was to get this shot... there were so
many people everywhere we could barely move. I basically had to shove to
the front of the crowd just there watching, lean awkwardly to the right on that
ledge you see at the bottom of the photo, and hold the camera way in front of me
to get it past the people in front of me that I didn't want in my shot, then
just click and hope it turned out. What a miracle.
A
sweet close-up of the tree from right behind it.
The
first of Josh's Zamboni Shots. Josh likes his Zamboni Shots.
Statue
of Atlas at Rockefeller Center.
Me
and Liz. We look a bit twinnish here, I think, but that just goes well
with our freakishly twinnish minds. :) Hmm, I think I should say
"ish" again, just for good measure. "ISH."
Ha!
This time Josh has HIS eyes closed. :) Oh, and that's the lovely
Grand Central Station behind us. We're almost in the same spot as Paul
Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra in the opening of "The Late Show."
:P