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Probably no one noticed that I was missing from the forum for a few days :lol:, but I visited New York City very briefly this past weekend.
It was a nice chance to catch up on new developments since I last visited the city in 2004.
It's nice that the city is half a day's drive away from Toronto, making it easily accessible. I hope to visit the city again once I have another extended vacation.
As expected, there were many developments. Admittedly I don't follow new developments in NYC too closely, so I'm not sure about a couple of the towers
under construction in the pictures.
If you're interested, my camera is a Canon S3 IS with 12x optical zoom.
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The observatory on the top of the GE Building provides one of the greatest urban vantage points in the world. Right up there with St. Paul's Cathedral in London and
The Peak in Hong Kong. This is one of those attractions which is worth the price of admission.
Unfortunately it was quite smoggy during my visit and visibility was not ideal. However, the view was still great. :cheers:
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I wonder why the observation deck has telescopes behind the layers of glass, while the top most deck is free of glass yet has no telescope viewers.
The best views are definitely from the highest glass-free deck, no obstructions whatsoever.
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^^View of Central Park, you can already see how poor the visibility was.
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Panoramas
Midtown and Central Park
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Midtown and Lower Manhattan
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More to come...:banana:
It was a nice chance to catch up on new developments since I last visited the city in 2004.
It's nice that the city is half a day's drive away from Toronto, making it easily accessible. I hope to visit the city again once I have another extended vacation.
As expected, there were many developments. Admittedly I don't follow new developments in NYC too closely, so I'm not sure about a couple of the towers
under construction in the pictures.
If you're interested, my camera is a Canon S3 IS with 12x optical zoom.
The observatory on the top of the GE Building provides one of the greatest urban vantage points in the world. Right up there with St. Paul's Cathedral in London and
The Peak in Hong Kong. This is one of those attractions which is worth the price of admission.
Unfortunately it was quite smoggy during my visit and visibility was not ideal. However, the view was still great. :cheers:
I wonder why the observation deck has telescopes behind the layers of glass, while the top most deck is free of glass yet has no telescope viewers.
The best views are definitely from the highest glass-free deck, no obstructions whatsoever.
^^View of Central Park, you can already see how poor the visibility was.
Panoramas
Midtown and Central Park
Midtown and Lower Manhattan
More to come...:banana:
