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]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=21434 0 40.71417 -74.00639 View from the Empire State Building.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=21366 0 40.71417 -74.00639 A beautiful scene in Bryant Park.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=21365 0 40.71417 -74.00639

The George Washington Bridge and the lighthouse at it's base which were immortalised in 1942 in this children's book.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=21364 0 40.71417 -74.00639 The Yankees are playing their final season at Yankee Stadium as they're building a new stadium next door (with fewer seats, as they've had to make the seats larger to accomodate the increasing size of their supporters).]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=21319 0 40.71417 -74.00639 Two buildings which feature in two famous monster movies.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=21318 0 40.71417 -74.00639 Manhattan has at least 16 bridges that connect the island to neighbouring areas.
There are 2,027 bridges and tunnels overall in the New York City metro area. ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20889 0 40.71417 -74.00639 View of Wall Street from water. Trinity Church visible.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20887 0 40.71417 -74.00639 ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20886 0 40.71417 -74.00639 aka "Liberty Enlightening the World" - you probably know it as the Statue of Liberty.
Reminds me of a movie : "Hey, how many of you people out here are a national monument, raise your hand, please? Oh, hello, miss!" Half expected to hear the dulcet tones of Jackie Wilson as we approached.]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20884 0 40.71417 -74.00639 This federal immigration station at the mouth of the Hudson River opened on January 1, 1892 and was closed on November 12, 1954, but not before 12 million immigrants were inspected there by the US Bureau of Immigration (Immigration and Naturalization Service).]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20653 0 40.71417 -74.00639

Why do they do this in other countries? AND in New York of all places!
You can check out their website (if you dare) : http://www.tuckshopnyc.com/]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20652 0 40.71417 -74.00639 There are way too many cars in Manhattan so they've come up with an imaginative way to park them.]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20651 0 40.71417 -74.00639

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"Do the Wall Street shuffle,
Hear the money rustle,
Watch the greenbacks tumble,
Feel the Sterling crumble]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20642 0 40.71417 -74.00639 ]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20641 0 40.71417 -74.00639

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St Paul's Chapel, an Episcopal church backs onto Ground Zero, but was not damaged during the collapse of the Twin Towers.
It was home to an extraordinary eight-month volunteer relief effort.]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20639 0 40.71417 -74.00639

Couldn't help but see the irony that the longest food queues in Liberty Plaza, adjacent to Ground Zero, are for falafels and halal food.]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.blogabond.com/TripView.aspx?tripID=2507 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?commentID=20638 0 40.71417 -74.00639