Thursday, 7 September 2023

New York 2023 - Day 1

 The Empire State Building is located on 5th Avenue and 34th Street being the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1970. It stands 443 metres (1,454 feet) tall to the top of its radio antenna with 102 stories. It is takes it's name form the nickname for New York State, Empire State.

Empire State Building West 34th Street

Maddison Square Garden has been a multi-purpose indoor arena since 1879. The current building is the fourth building to bear that name and opened in 1968. It was built on the site of the former Penn Station. The stadium is the home venue for the New York Knicks basketball team, and the New York Rangers Ice Hockey Team. 

Maddison Square Garden

The New Yorker Hotel is situated at 481 8th Avenue on the corner of 34th Street. It was opened in January 1930. It's 42 stories contains over 1,000 rooms.

New Yorker Hotel 8th Avenue

New Yorker Hotel Foyer

New Yorker Hotel VM at breakfast

The Moynihan Train Hall is situated on 8th Avenue and is part of Pennsylvanian Station. The hall is named after Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan who championed the conversion of the US Postal Services James A. Farley Building to become an extension of Penn Station. 
Moynihan Train Hall 8th Avenue

Moynihan Train Hall Penn Station

The architecture of the Moynihan Train Hall resembles that of the original Pennsylvanian Station which was opened in 1910 and demolished in 1968.

Original Penn Station 1910

Pier 11 is situated on the East River at the end of Wall Street. It provides views of the Brooklyn Bridge, Governors Island and New York Harbour. 

Pier 11 New York

Pier 11 VM and IJ

Brooklyn Bridge

Governors Island

Pier 11 Resident

The pier is a ferry landing for ferries connecting various parts of New York including Brooklyn. 

New York Ferry en route from Manhattan to Brooklyn

Brooklyn

New York Ferry en route from Brooklyn to Manhattan VM IJ

New York Ferry en route from Brooklyn to Manhattan

Wall Street in Lower Manhattan is the centre of the financial district of New York and a major part of the global financial system.

Wall Street

Wall Street

New York Stock Exchange Wall Street

New York Stock Exchange Wall Street IJ

New York Stock Exchange

Wall Street Trinity Church

Trinity Church is located at the end of Wall Street on Broadway. The original church was built in 1698 and was destroyed during the Great New York City Fire of in 1776. A second building was consecrated in 1790, which was demolished after being weakened by severe snows during the winter of 1838–39. The current building was completed in 1846.

Trinity Church

Trinity Church

The churchyard contains the graves of many prominent Americans as well as a Soldiers Memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives as Prisoners of War whilst in captivity in New York during the American Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783.

Trinity Churchyard

Trinity Churchyard Soldiers Memorial

One World Trade Centre was built in the shadow of the original twin towers of the World Trade Centre which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 9th September 2001. Opened in 2014 it stands 546.2 metres at its spire with 104 stories. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

One World Trade Centre

The National September 11 Memorial commemorates the 2,977 people killed during the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 and the 6 people killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing of 1993.

The memorial is formed as twin pools located in the footprint of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Centre which was destroyed on 9/11. Around the walls of the pools are a record of those lost in the World Trade Centre New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and on Flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania. 



9/11 South Tower Memorial

9/11 South Tower Memorial

9/11 North Tower Memorial

The Oculus is the World Trade Center Transportation Hub built as a replacement for the Hudson Terminal which was demolished following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001. A temporary station was opened in 2003, the Oculus in March 2016.

Oculus