New York City, NY

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New York was the busiest, most crowded place that I’ve ever been. But, I kinda liked it! It was fast paced, and once you learned to move in and out of the people and traffic, you could get around just fine.We did the hop on, hop off bus, like we do in most places now, so that we can get our bearings and learn about the city and where things are -Very helpful! The second day we used the bus, ferry and our feet, we walked at least half the way back to our Hotel. The Theater were we saw Hamilton, was conveniently located across the street from our Hotel,  and Time square was just a block away. We couldn’t have planned it better. We loved the play and were absolutely fixated the whole three hours. It was really that good!!

Ellis Island was interesting, I found my mothers maiden name, McNicholas and her grandmothers maiden name, Gallagher on the Ellis Island Memorial, located outside of the museum —pics below. The Statue of Liberty was beautiful and they had a museum and park. We shot some interesting pictures of NYC using the trees that were still in bloom as a frame. It was a beautiful day, sunshine and around 68 degrees, perfect temperature for me. 

We both found the 911 memorial to be surreal. Everyone viewing the memorials was silent. The victims names were engraved on the monument around the fountains at each building where people lost their lives. The experience of being there was intense, I am glad we were able to reflect on that day, and pay our respects to all those that lost their lives.😢


New York City, from the Shoreline of the Statue of Liberty 

Taken on the Island 




   First Torch




Views from the Ferry, the Statue looks bigger, huh?!?   ⬆️  ⬇️







Video of the 911 Memorial - Pictures alone couldn’t do it Justice 







Pace University 


Flatiron Park

             Subway Entrance by Flatiron Park, located by City Hall ⬇️

                               
  Time Square, and the Famous Ball and Clock  ⬆️⬇️




        NYC craziness 

                         
               Ellis Island Pictures from the Ferry and on the Island ⬆️⬇️





Ellis Island Monument ⬆️⬇️



Manhattan Bridge 

                      
Tribeca ⬆️⬇️


The Battery


New York Clocks 


Brookfield Place


Woolworth Building (skyscraper) info ⬇️
                              
  Lincoln Tunnel, which goes under water for a 1.5 miles ⬆️⬇️



SoHo ⬇️⬆️


        
 We got to see the play, Hamilton!!! 




Dinner at the Glass House Tavern at 11:30 pm after the Hamilton play. NYC never sleeps, it was packed on a Wednesday night. 


Garment District 

Time Square Subway 

SoHo




Manhattan Municipal Building 

Flatiron 



Just Us on the Tour Bus 😉

Marble Collegiate Church  Founded in 1628

Flatiron 5th Avenue


Pictures I liked from O’Learys, where we had Breakfast         




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