New York, New York! Broadway to Battery Park

The most magical sight of the city was actually from the plane as we were about to land at JFK airport, a silhouette of Manhattan with the setting sun just behind. I was too dumbfounded to grab the camera.

This photo gives a nice view of the upper west side of New York from the Central Park reservoir.

I didn't get much of a grilling at customs but was a bit concerned seeing this as I emerged from the Times Square metro station:

One can spend over an hour in times square in a commercialised daze:

What the world knows as Broadway, is the theatre and entertainment area that Broadway (one of the few diagonal boulevards in New York!)runs through around Times Square.

You need to just sit down..

Ever wondered what happened to Forrest Gump and Bubba?

Heading down Broadway.....

....thinking about the recession...

....and spotting a couple of Tennis stars at a pre-US Open event in the middle of mid-town!

The Flatiron Building, the mother of all street corner structures, as seen from Madison Park looming like the front of an ocean liner:

Obamamania at Union Square:

Fire escapes of old downtown buildings: 

 

Don't mess with the "paw-paw":

New York of old, even back then lifestyle pharma was all the rage...

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City of contrasts:

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City of tragedy.....

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City of hope / Symbol of decline?

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Speaking of decline, Wall Street....

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In your face, the NYSE cover-up...

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Star-strangled building...

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I told you George Washington iz black!

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As usual, just like in the movies, the cops arrive too late to stop the financial meltdown..

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 The Statue of Liberty from Battery Park: