...Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life."

August 15 through August 21st. Stayed at Trump Internation Tower across from Central Park. All of the captions are from memory, so there may be a few mistakes.
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Day 1: Flight

Birmingham to LaGuardia.

Welcome to New York

 

 

View from apartment

View from apartment on the 46th floor of Trump International Hotel and Apartments Overlooking the Hudson River into New Jersey.
Construction next door	Hudson River from apartment	Roof view of Central Park	Rick, Phaedra, and Dee on roof
Roof view of Central Park looking North	Roof view of Central Park looking East	Roof view of Statue of Liberty	Roof view of Hudson River
Phaedra and Dee	Roof view of construction next door

 

 

Bus Tour

Day 1: Bus Tour by GrayLine All Loops Tour. A great way to see the city. All of the following pictures were taken in about 2 hours! Lots of pics taken from the top of the bus
59th Street	Building	Times Square	Times Square
Times Square	Times Square	Times Square	Times Square
Times Square	Times Square	Hotel	Empire State Building
Crowds	Macy's	Empire State Building	?Building?
Empire State Building	Something famous?	Golden top	Bags! Bags! Bags!
WTC Memorial Tiles	Street	Ground Zero	Ground Zero
Crowds at Ground Zero	Crowds at Ground Zero	Empire State Building... It's everywhere!	Cemetary
Wall Street	The Bull!!	??	Pier 17
Brooklyn Bridge	Brooklyn Bridge	China Town	$2500/mo 2BR apartments
Front of UN	Street	One of the many Trumps	Building
Waldorf	Met Life Building	NBC Studios	Christie's Auction House
Radio City Music Hall	Radio City Music Hall	Reflection	Maidson Avenue
Sunset over New Jersey near the end of a very long day...

 

 

Park & Museum

Day 2: Central Park, Natural Museum of History. Get on the walking shoes.
Morning shot from the roof	Tavern On The Green	Central Park field	Rickey/Phaedra
Big Head	Civil War dude	Lake... we were be serenaded by several drunks!	Same Lake... same drunks! (not pictured)
Building above trees	Museum	Museum lobby	Museum lobby
Lots of Dino's	Dino	Dino	Dino
Dino	Guess what??? Dino!	Dino	Dino and Phaedra and Rickey
Mask	Mayan rock	Phaedra eating her 4th ice cream bar!	Now we are on the bus tour again! Seinfeld's apartment!!
Building	I don't know what this represents... Artist on acid?	Cathedral	Cathedral doors
Building	Cathedral	Cathedral	Cathedral doors
Grant's Tomb... This is why you go to NY... Great pictures like this one!	Harlem	More Harlem	Showtime at the Apollo
Streets of Harlem	Museum	North East corner of Central Park	Metropolitan Museum... I think
Metropolitan Museum... I think	Restaurant	Street	Maxie's
Time Square... Ball drops above Discover card sign	Street crossing.	Madame Tussaud's	Time Square
Love!	Radio City in lights	Time Square in lights	Signs
Phaedra and Rickey in the square... looking for food!	NYPD!	Bike built for 8	Inside Empire State Building.
2 hours later... at the top!	Top	Top	Top
Top	Top	Top	Top
People at the top	Rickey and Phaedra at the top

 

 

Libert & Ellis

Day 3: Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Subway to Battery Park area, then a Circle Line ferry ride to Statue of Liberty
Our first Subway ride. 59th St/Columbus Cirlce stop	Phaedra and Dee	Statue of Libery	Babies and their nannies. Saw lots of nannies in NY
Castle Clinton... now a ticket booth!	Rick/Dee/Phaedra on the Circle Line? ferry	World's longest suspension bridge	Statue of Libery
Statue of Libery	Statue of Libery	Hey Look... Statue of Libery	Flag
Skyline from Statue of Libery	Phaedra and Dee	Rickey and Phaedra	Skyline
Statue of Libery	Phaedra and Dee and Statue of Libery	Statue of Libery... because you can't have enough pictures of the Statue of Libery. Right?	Other people taking pictures of the Statue of Libery!
Statue of Li... oh wait... Ellis Island!	People... See Dr. Phil in the middle? :-)	Language tree	Other side of People... It's a flag
Nice dome.	Big open space on 2nd floor	More dome... and flag	Letters from immigrants
Immigrants workers	Ad trying to get immigrants to California.	Ships	Side of original building
Old picture of Ellis Island!	3rd floor over looking 2nd	Sign	Our ride back
Big plaque	Big Eagle	TKTS Line... Discount broadway tickets	More Subway
Grand Central Station	Grand Central Station	Grand Central Station	Grand Central Station
Grand Central Station	Grand Central Station	Grand Central Station	Grand Central Station
Tug	Bus Tour... China Town	Bus Tour... China Town	Bus Tour... On the way to Brooklyn
Bus Tour... Brooklyn Bridge	Bus Tour... Manhatten Bridge	Bus Tour... 4 decker parking lot	Bus Tour... Brooklyn Bridge
Tug	Bus Tour...	Bus Tour...	Bus Tour...Nice brownstones
Spike Lee's production studio.	Harlem	Across the street from Pier 17	Cemetary near Ground Zero
Cemetary	Bell	Rick at the back of the church	Patches inside the church
Outside the church	Church wall	China Town	China Town
China Town	Worst Smell in NY	"Fresh" seafood on the cheap!	Men playing checkers/chess in park
Phaedra's favorite NY activity... Map reading!	Little Italy... really just 1 street	Little Italy... great food.	Ed Sullivan Theater
Ed Sullivan Theater	Late Show	Late Show	Late Show
Late Show	Times Square	Times Square	Times Square
Tour Bus	Night Tour	Museum	Empire State Building
Tour Bus	Museum of Sex	Other dorks on Tour Bus	Happy! Happy! Happy!
Famiglia Pizza... umm umm good stuff!	Ice cream truck	Little Italy... Actually 'Very Little Italy'	ChinaTown
Manhatten Bridge	Skyline at night	Skyline at night	Manhatten Bridge... again
Manhatten Bridge... again	Nice stain glass	Tunes on the street

 

 

Coney Island

Day 4: Long subway ride to Coney Island. F Train to Coney Island... lots of stops.
Coney Island	Nathan's... 'Kickinest' hot dog stand in the world	Contest winners	Contest winners... again.
Boardwalk	Mini-Nathan's... Don't go here, go to the big one a block away	Boardwalk	NYPD
Boardwalk	Boardwalk	Rickey and Phaedra	AstroLand. Like stepping back in time.
Famiglia again... good stuff, but against our "don't eat at the same place twice" rule!	World Famous Cyclone	Astroland entrance	Cheesy 60 year old rides
More cheesy 60 year old rides	Aquarium... we didn't go in	Handball at Coney Island	People watching
I see land... Oh wait, I'm already on it	Beach	Time to eat... Nathan's	Hundreds of people. Outside and Inside... all around
Stuff on clams/dogs/fries... Ummmmm	Outside seating	Freak show	Astroland map
Phaedra and Grandma!	1918 Wonder Wheel	Inside Wonder Wheel	Phaedra inside Wonder Wheel
Beach from Wonder Wheel	Park from Wonder Wheel	Park from Wonder Wheel	Beach from Wonder Wheel
Cyclones stadium	Beach from Wonder Wheel	Subway station	Park
NY from the Wonder Wheel	Wonder Wheel	Rockefeller Center	Mickey
Inside Trump

 

 

Day 5

Day 5: Getting tired of taking pictures... Lots of walking today.
Subway	Subway	Subway	B&H Store... happening spot
NYPD Horses	Indian parade	Tiffany & Co.	Madison Ave.

 

 

Little Italy

Day 6: Lunch at Little Italy... Lots of walking today, again.
Phaedra eating at Little Italy	Phaedra and Dee looking for bargains	Little Italy	Phaedra and Dee... Last of NY pictures!