I've revived this old thread just to post my holiday snaps (blame Doug Roberts). Anyway here goes:

The Brooklyn Bridge and the Downtown skyline:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18101.jpg

The top of the Chrysler Building.
The spire was secretly assembled inside the building and jacked up into position to claim the title of World's Tallest Building.
Don't know how it got past planning:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18102.jpg

A memorial on the door of an 8th Avenue fire house to its sixteen firefighters who perished on 911:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18103.jpg

A streetscape in Chinatown:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18104.jpg

Needs no introduction:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18105.jpg

Heritage NYC style - the Municipal Buildings:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18106.jpg

South Street Seaport.
Wavertree was one of a fleet of ships named after Liverpool suburbs:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18107.jpg

Tiles for America. US schoolkids tributes for 911:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18108.jpg

This view from Brooklyn shows the industrial nature of a lot of NYC.
The Williamsburg bridge is in the background:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/18109.jpg

Joisey City
(much like Birkenhead except it has the new Goldman Sachs tower):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23101.jpg

View of Lower Manhattan (minus the twin towers):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23102.jpg

World Trade Center 7, the first new building to go up at Ground Zero.
This building is taller and narrower than its predecessor to preserve views along Greenwich Street:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23103.jpg

Fritz Koenig's Sphere celebrating world trade stood in the WTC plaza for 30 years
and was relocated to Battery Park as a temporary memorial to 911:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23104.jpg

Grand Central (the real one). Just a marvellous building to celebrate train travel:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/24101.jpg



As I took well over 200 photos in NYC, I might decide to post one or two more.
Despite having more rainfall than Manchester (cf. Earlybird), it is still a fantastic place to visit.

Quietly impressive pictures.

:)

Martin, brilliant pictures I love Grand Central and the Chrysler Bldg. keep 'em coming thanks very much.

I had 2 pics from last feb from the top of the empire lookig towards ground zero and then up to central park, shame i dlt'd them

If we only had 5 or so of those towers in Liverpool it would be so amazing, why cant we do it in this city why hasnt anyone got the vision and conviction to really put us back on the map!????????????.
Great pics btw!

I really, really want to go to New York, it seem slike such a great place! If I went and liked it i'd seriously consider moving over there! Dreams... :)

I really, really want to go to New York, it seem slike such a great place! If I went and liked it i'd seriously consider moving over there! Dreams... :)
You "really, really" have to like cities to like New York. It is a brash, noisy, dirty, dangerous metropolis and I love it. My wife hates it. She "really, really" loves the shopping mind you. :)

Really? ;)

Brilliant pics Martin, cheers :cheers:

Great pics Martin. Have you any more of Grand Central Station?

Glad to have you back Martin - plus the current piccies of New Yuk New Yuk.

:) :cheers:

Great set of pics , Martin. What was your general impression of NYC ?

Martin - you should have taken the Staten Island Ferry to St Georges and took a picture of its very own New Brighton (a district of the Island) from the ferry - from out in the harbour it bears an uncanny resemblance to the Wirral namesake (my former home town) and spookily is located in almost an identical position in relation to the island. I took some pics of this view when I was visiting New York in 1997. Whilst in New Brighton (Staten Island) I went to the Snug Harbour Cultural Center - a collection of delightful New England type wooden buildings housing galleries, art studios, etc.... - very charming and a complete world away from bustling Manhattan.

Nice pics too. I took almost 300 pics on my visit there but no way can I scan them up here cos they're all laid out in photo albums anyway.

[CENTER]Joisey City
(much like Birkenhead except it has the new Goldman Sachs tower):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23101.jpg
I'm liking that building. Looks great.

[CENTER]
Fritz Koenig's Sphere celebrating world trade stood in the WTC plaza for 30 years
and was relocated to Battery Park as a temporary memorial to 911:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23104.jpg



i've always thought that no matter what huge, glitzy, expensive, well designed, breath-taking memorial they build, it'll never be as true or powerful a memorial as that battered globe.

You "really, really" have to like cities to like New York. It is a brash, noisy, dirty, dangerous metropolis and I love it. My wife hates it. She "really, really" loves the shopping mind you. :)

New York's dirty..it's brash..it's noisy---but it's not really dangerous. ;)

You [B]"New York. dangerous metropolis .
When did you last go?? 1982?? :laugh:

Taken from Howard Kunstler's site, Architectural Blunders in monthly serial (http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200507.html)

http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200507a.JPG

The vulger, grandiose, pretentious, and stupid revised "Freedom Tower" proposed for the former World Trade Center site represents the antithesis of freedom. Instead of a ground floor that offers connection to the pedestrian life of the street, what you get is a gigantic blank-walled crypto-military fortification -- two hundred feet of steel and concrete bombproof bombast -- while the priapic tower above holds office workers hostage in the world's number one target for shoulder-launched missiles and other weapons of opportunity. What kind of sadist corporate CEO would ask his-or-her employees to work in the 49th floor of this monstrosity? What sort of desperate, cringing, soulless employee would consent to work there? What makes any of the idiots associated with this project, from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Governor Pataki to David Childs, the architect from Skidmore Owings and Merrill, to the sycophants at the New York Times arts desk, think that we will even be able to run mega-structures like this one in an imminent future of worldwide energy shortages? The project should sink from the sheer weight of stupidity that has been heaped into it. It lacks the dignity of even a common bowling trophy. It's a disgrace to the city of New York and to the word freedom.

Personally I`d rebuild the `Twin Towers` but obviously with knowledge gained from the event to make any further atrocity less likely.

Joisey City
(much like Birkenhead except it has the new Goldman Sachs tower):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Martin_S/New%20York/23101.jpg

(Also known as the 'Colgate Building'.)

Just got back from New York last week. Had a fantastic time. The place is now much safer than the last time I went.

Martin, if you need any photos, let me know. We took approx. 1,000 pics between us.

Hmmmmm, piccies of New York - yes please! :) :bash: :cheers:

Hmmmmm, piccies of New York - yes please! :) :bash: :cheers:

How's this?

Click on image to enlarge.

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5903/ny34pv.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ny34pv.jpg)

Sorry about the double post. I couldn't remember how to get the image 800 x 600. Realised I was clicking on the thumbnail code. :bash:

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/3962/nyny2mi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Not the greatest picture but stayed in Times Sq earlier this year - amazing city (and damned expensive even compared to LA )

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/259/timessq0ah.th.jpg (http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=timessq0ah.jpg)

I think Clayton square should get a few advertising screens around it, i bit like Times Sq

Sorry about the double post. I couldn't remember how to get the image 800 x 600. Realised I was clicking on the thumbnail code. :bash:

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/3962/nyny2mi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Gosh that picture brings back memories........ :cheers:

Gosh that picture brings back memories........ :cheers:

My son took that one. Sorry it's a bit bright. He had a smear on his lens making many of his shots too bright and slightly out of focus. Not had time to enhance them yet. Thank god he decided to clean his lens after a few days.

When I went in 1981, the tower over the MTV Studios (black glass with the white fins on top) was pretty exposed. Now it's surrounded by new towers. Couldn't believe how many towers have gone up just in Times Sq. alone.

I'm just watching the Macy's Day Parade on Earthcam, I've got to go to New York at Christmas time!

http://www.earthcam.com/events/thanksgiving/2005/index.php?cam=1

I'm just watching the Macy's Day Parade on Earthcam, I've got to go to New York at Christmas time!

http://www.earthcam.com/events/thanksgiving/2005/index.php?cam=1

What's this ''I've got to go''? Are you being punished or something?

I'll go instead then. ;)

Not the greatest picture but stayed in Times Sq earlier this year - amazing city (and damned expensive even compared to LA )

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/259/timessq0ah.th.jpg (http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=timessq0ah.jpg)

What did you find expensive LABlue?

I would imagine if you stayed in Times Sq the hotel would have been expensive. Times Sq is much more expensive than the southern parts of the city such as the food which I thought was a similar price to here but you get far bigger portions making it better value for money. The Guinness was expensive though in one of the Irish bars being $6 a pint.

For example,we had a meal for 7 in Chinatown that included starters and afters and also beers and soft drinks and it came to $83 without the tip.

I was surprised the electrical goods and accessories mainly in Times Sq were so expensive. I bought a 256 mb compact flash card for my camera before we went out from the internet which cost £13. The same card in Times Sq was over $200.

I had read on a few websites NYwas so expensive so I took more money than I had planned. I ended up bringing back $1400 between my lad and I and still managed to spend a bit on helicopter flights and a NY Yankees jacket costing $115.

I suppose it depends where you do your spending.

What's this ''I've got to go''? Are you being punished or something?

I'll go instead then.

No, I'm not actually going to New York anytime soon, I was just saying it's something i've got to and will do some day! :)

Gazzab

Maybe it was just a Times Sq thing - over $400 a night for a Doubletree and over $80 for breakfast at a diner !!! We went to the Olive Garden in Times Sq because it was late and I have fussy kids but it was about twice the price of any other Olive Garden I have been in anywhere .

Mind you other US cities are getting as bad - difficult to get a room for less than $300 in downtown DC and even Vegas is getting silly - paid $180 for the Excalibur earlier this year ffs.

Gazzab

Maybe it was just a Times Sq thing - over $400 a night for a Doubletree and over $80 for breakfast at a diner !!! We went to the Olive Garden in Times Sq because it was late and I have fussy kids but it was about twice the price of any other Olive Garden I have been in anywhere .

Mind you other US cities are getting as bad - difficult to get a room for less than $300 in downtown DC and even Vegas is getting silly - paid $180 for the Excalibur earlier this year ffs.

OMG, that's really expensive. For Breakfast we went to the Blimpies Deli across the road from the hotel and it was $3.00 and that was counting the tax and tip. As well as a big mug of coffee with the food, we got a carton of fresh orange which we put in our rucksack for later on in the day - for $3.00, it was great value.

We were also lucky with our hotel. Stumbled across one on Expedia.com which was situated halfway between the Empire State Building and Times Sq. on 6th Ave W 38th St. The cost was £224 (approx $380) each for 7 nights. Even though it was very basic, I'd definitely stop there again due to price/location.

Stumbled across one on Expedia.com which was situated halfway between the Empire State Building and Times Sq. on 6th Ave W 38th St. The cost was £224 (approx $380) each for 7 nights. Even though it was very basic, I'd definitely stop there again due to price/location.

Can you give us the name for future reference? :)

Can you give us the name for future reference? :)

Americana Inn, Manhattan (http://www.theamericanainn.com/contact-manhattan-hotel-deals.asp)

Liverdude, the link to the hotel is above. It was very basic, shared bathrooms etc. but if you want a place to be out all day and just get your head down, this is the one. The shared bathrooms were fine and there were at least four on each floor serving about ten rooms. Never had to wait once and they were always clean as were the rooms.

Have a look at the reviews on Tripadvisor.com - there's the odd moaning get but as most reviewers commented, it was great value in a fantastic location, Empire State and Times Sq being a 5 - 7 minute walk in either direction.

We booked through Expedia.com but it seems to be a lot cheaper going direct through the hotel website. Just had a look for a mate for the end of March, works out £50 a night for a twin room (£25 each) which is really cheap.

If you need any other info, let me know.

Great thread! Some of the most flattering images I have seen of my city!

:happy:

Nice to see you in here. :okay:

Looks like you've also found your avatar twin. :)

Taken just before 10 am on a quiet Sunday morning in Times Square.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2796/dsc000892yb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Looking in the other direction only 15 minutes later

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6117/dsc000999hk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Just noticed the 'Old & New' in that pic. The old building with the clock is the Paramount Hotel.

Did you notice 'Beetham Tower' in the 4th to last pic of Martin's, of lower manhattan?

If only 'ours' could evolve some neighbours like this!

why is this thread called liverpool and nyc?

and why in the liverpool sectio?