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I woke up early this morning with the goal of visiting two
of the tallest buildings in the city to get some aerial
views. I decided to go to the Empire State Building
first because I heard there were large crowds here and I always
wanted to visit the Empire Sate Building.
Visit the
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The Empire State Building
What I heard about the Empire State Building was true, there
are large crowds here but I was there early enough to avoid
them. What I did not know was that there are a
series of elevators you have to take, to get to the top.
For each elevator, you stand in a line. While you
stand in line, there are vendors trying to sell you an audio
tour of the view at the top. These vendors are
really trying hard to sell these tours.....very hard.
Tune them out! When you are at the top, take a bunch
of high resolution images of the view with your digital
camera and look at them later. Just relax and enjoy
the view while you are up there.
View of the Empire State Building standing
on the corner of 5th Avenue and 34th Street |
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Inside the
lobby
of the Empire
State Building
there is this metal
relief sculpture |
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image to see a larger image |
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The south view
of Manhattan
from the Empire
State Building |
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After leaving
the Empire State Building I headed north towards Rockefeller
Center. Yes, I got a little lost. All of the
buildings block the view of any landmarks. So even
armed with maps, I sometimes had to walk to the next block
just so I could figure out which way I was going. At
home, I am used to seeing a mountain range as a point of
reference.
I ended up on Park Avenue walking north towards the MetLife
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Some buildings along Park
Avenue |
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View of the
Metlife Building
standing on the corner of
41st Street and Park
Avenue. Grand Central
Station is the older
building in the forefront |
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| I continued on Park Avenue
until I reached 41st Street walked up a block and turned
right to get to 42nd Street right where the Grand Central
Terminal was. I then walked west on 42nd Street. |
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Standing under
this bridge, which said Pershing Square on the sign, I
snapped this shot of the Hyatt and Chrysler Building while
standing on 42nd Street |
Grand Central Terminal
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The Grand
Central Terminal while
standing across
the street on
42nd Street |
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The
sculpture and
clock on the center
of the Grand Central
Terminal Building |
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The eagle
statue on
the west corner of
the Grand Central
Terminal |
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I hit Madison Avenue and then continued north on Madison on
my way towards The Rockefeller Center. The following
are some pictures I took along the way. Please note
that I try to name the buildings when I can. When I
took these pictures, I had no idea what I was looking at.
I was just concentrating on getting the images. After
hours of looking at satellite images, maps, and just doing
pure research on the internet, I found most of the
buildings' names. |
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330 Madison
Building as seen
from the corner of 42nd Street
and
Madison Avenue |
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Tower 49® in the
block between 48th and 49th Streets, and Madison and 5th
Avenue. Photo taken from the corner of Madison Avenue
and 48th Street. |
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You're going to have to work
with me on the this image...
This is a photo of the 383 Madison Building reflected in the
windows of the 380 Madison Building. You almost can't
see the outline of 380 Madison against the sky. This photo
was taken standing on Madison Avenue between 46th and 47th
Street across the street from 380 Madison. The
reflected building on the right is the Chase Building (Union
Carbide Building) at 270 Park Avenue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/383_Madison_Avenue |
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View of
Madison Avenue
looking north by 45th Avenue
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St.
Patrick's Cathedral as seen from the corner of 50th
Street and Madison Avenue |
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Detail of the ceiling |
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Window of the Annunciation |
The nave of the cathedral |
The back of the cathedral |
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One of the shrines |
The pipe organ |
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Art deco above
door at 45 Rockefeller Plaza (International Building) at the
50th Street entrance. Artwork by Lee Lawrie
Too bad the umbrellas at Brasserie Ruhlmann
blocked my shot of the entire piece. |
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The south view
from
the top of the Rockefeller Center Building with
the Empire State
Building in the center
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The north view
from the top of
the Rockefeller
Center Building
looking towards
Central Park
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Radio City Hall
- this photo was taken from
inside the lobby at the Rockefeller Center Building. |
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A part of the Rockefeller
Promenade Fountains at the Rockefeller Center |
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At 610 5th
Avenue this sculpture appears above the main entrance titled
"The Friendship of France and the United States", art deco,
1933, by Alfred Janniot. Above the gold sculpture is another
called "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" |
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Scribner
Building at 597 5th Avenue, between 48th and 49th
Street. The building which opened in 1913, is
considered Beaux Arts architecture and was built by
Earnest Flagg. The building is currently rented by
Sephora |
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298 Madison
Avenue
at 41st Street and
Madison Avenue.
I could not find
any information
on this building. |
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New York Public
Library on 5th
Avenue next to
Bryant Park
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Images of inside
the New York Public Library lobby |
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