Ground Zero New York City

A long long time ago, when I was just 19, I worked in New York State at a Performing Arts Camp.
What I didn't realise at the time was that is is in fact the top performing arts camp in the whole of America. I'm glad I didn't know this, or I probably wouldn't have gone!
So I decided to do camp and Teach Dancing. I remember arriving, meeting …

Ondanks de jetlag (waar we niet veel last van hadden) waren we om 06.30 uur uitgerust wakker. Ondanks het feit dat de hele nacht het verkeer in NY doorgaat inclusief sirenes..

Ik ben op zoek gegaan naar een bakker voor het ontbijt enz. Het valt niet uit te leggen hoe druk het is als je buiten komt..zelfs om 08.00 AM, komt het getoeter enz …

Die Wahl der Sehenswürdigkeiten hätte für den heutigen Tag kaum unterschiedlicher sein können: Ground Zero zum einen und die Freiheitsstatue mit Ellis Island zum anderen.
Am Ground Zero musste man zunächst durch eine Sicherheitskontrolle und wurde dann auf das Gelände, wo die Zwillingstürme standen, geführt. Die zwei Gedänkstätten sind jeweils …

I had to go all the way down to Geneve to take my plane to New York. The train trip took me about 5 hours and when I finally got there it was about 3 in the afternoon.

I had decided not to take a hotel, just to drink my way through the night and then sleep on the plane. Outside the trainstation I had spotted some stripclubs and bars, I …

You can't help but get excited when you arrive in New York. The amount of people who have said to me before and on this trip, "oh you will love New York" has been ridiculous. The pessimist in me straight away was like "great, New York is going to suck because everyone keeps talking it up". However, New York lived up to its high expectations.
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On Friday, the coldest day EVER (well it was a cool -5 degrees), we decided to go check out the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

We got the subway to Lower Manhattan and found our way to Battery Park where the boats leave from.

I saw all these signs that said "No access to Ellis Island or the Statue of Liberty due to Hurricane …

A busy day of subways and ferries, visiting the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Centre. Highlights: pretty inspirational - we must not forget how the world has evolved to political freedom that allows the evolution of the will of the people. Lowlight: It seems to be a secuirity risk if you carry a child on your shoulders in a crowded area. I …

Our hotel is one block from Ground Zero. The new tower was topped out with the TV tower about a month ago. It's officially 1,776 feet tall.

This is one of those must-see sites, if you're this close, but lemme tell you: it's still tough to do!

I did get some interesting pics, though. Even though I was never more than a block from …

Today's tours and trips brought ones of excitement and sorrow. We will visit Ellis Island and see where Dave's grandfather, and some of his family, entered the US and finally see Lady Liberty up close. We have tickets to see the 9/11 memorial and give our respects to those lost at Ground Zero on 9/11/01. We worked with the father of a young man, …

Started the day with a pancake, waffle and anything else that goes with Maple Syrup in a great diner (Scottys) on Lexington and a numbered street. Would highly recommend it, the old guy/owner was really friendly and a bit of a joker - when we said we'd prefer the front because the back was too cold, he asked whether we'd like a coffee to "warm us …

17/10 New York, New York, big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always what it seems, you might get fooled if you come from outta town, but I'm down by law and I know my way around . We'd arrived in New Yoik and... I've always wanted ...

... and so was worth doing. You could pay something like $40 for a similar tour and ours was free so good stuff. We walked around Ground Zero which freaks me out a little. It's difficult to put a scale to the monstrosities of 10 years ago but seeing the new ...

... off 3rd Ave West, getting lost on the subway, taking the Staten Island Ferry for a close look at the Statue of Liberty, visiting Ground Zero - very sad and hard to believe the size of the area that was devastated & the number of people who were ...

... parting gifts for our generous hosts, we had one last look out across the skyscrapers and reflected on our time here. New York is certainly a wonderful city to visit, made all the more enjoyable for us, thanks to the hospitality of Pat and Max, and ...

... Clark it up. East Village it up. "Maybe you know some little places to go to where they never close - downtown." That's right... 3. New York City Cops - The Strokes 'New York City Cops, New York City Cops, New York City Cops - they ain't too ...

... come to realise what it actually is, and sobering when it hits home for you too. Construction has started at Ground Zero now and I think most New Yorkers are pretty glad about that. Life's moving on and some see the start of construction as heralding ...

... my dream ended! ;-) Afternoon All from New York!! Grab a latte and a bagel and kick back and enjoy a story from the big old New York City.... Arriving in New York at about 8am I work my way towrads the hostel to check in and catch up with Mike ...

... Yorks are great, they tean to talk and shout at each other alot. I've also felt really safe in the city. I started the day at Ground zero, which now has the subway open and most the foundations are down for the new freedom tower. Theres boards on the ...

... Our final day in NY was spent racing around to get some touristy shots from mid to downtown. We payed our respect at Ground Zero which is slowly but surely being brought back to life. They have recently selected 'Reflecting Absence' as the memorial ...

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