On this page you can find pictures of:
● Time Square
● Grand Central Terminal
● Public Library
● Post Office
● Empire State Building
From April 3rd to April 9th, a friend of mine, Martina, came to visit me in Philadelphia. Over the weekend we decided to go to New York to walk around Midtown Manhattan and take lots of pictures and buy lots of stuff. So we did and some of the pictures can be found here.
From the hotel on 63rd street we went down to Times Square on 42nd street. This picture is taken from the north and shows that it still is an area with lots of commercials and little to do. At least it is not as grubby as it once was.
This is the famous Grand Central Terminal on 43rd street. A huge train station from the 1930's. It is all big, marble and really spectacular. The first picture is made from a side entrance and shows the side of the building with its huge walls and lights. The second picture shows the central hall with the information desk in the centre. Ticketing booths are at the side and the entrances are at the back in the picture. The three hallways lead to the tracks and the stairs in between lead to the exits.
This is the entrance to the NY public library, which is located at 5th Avenue and 42nd street. It was built in the beginning of the 20th century for an enormous amount of money and is much bigger than the picture gives away. It has three stories of huge halls, including a most impressive reading hall and all the books are stored underground. There is an ingenious system of lifts and tubes to get books and requests to the right places. Security is also astounding, every time you leave a part of the building they want to look into your bags to see whether you took books or reference cards.
This is the New York Post Office. We did not go in there, but I thought it to be impressive enough to take pictures of. It is on 33rd street and 8th Avenue, opposite Penn Station and the Madison Square Garden. It is quite busy as you can see. The post office is a whole block wide and truly an impressive sight.
On Saturday evening we went to the Empire State Building. This was the world's tallest building in the 1930's. For a mere $9 you can go up to the 86th floor to the viewing platform and gift shop to look out over New York or to buy something silly and overpriced. Since people tended to jump off the viewing platform, they put up huge fences to prevent you from doing that.
The first picture was made in the central hall, where they have a huge plaque of the building. The second picture was made form the viewing platform and shows you are not near the top of the building. The spire is a lot higher than the platform.
The third picture shows my camera can also make pictures at night. I was impressed with the result. It shows north east New York with the Chrysler building in the centre and MetLife to the left of it. You can see the empire State Building just dwarfs the Chrysler building. The last picture is of Martina; it is the only 'approved' one.
