Today we went to discover the south of Manhattan - the Brooklyn Bridge, Wall street and the Empire State Building.
Since Putih bought this new thirties hat and the Empire State was built in the thirties, today I try black&white pictures.
by Ole Chavannes, 21 oktober 2008
View of the financial district of New York seen from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building - with 381 meters the tallest
building in town since the September 11th attacks took the World Trade Towers down. Click here for more info.
The Americans started constructing the 1825 meters long Brooklyn Bridge already in 1870; click for more info
The WTC site, also known as 'Ground Zero'. Mixed feelings while looking at such a sad piece of contemporary history,
which is not a memorial, but a chaotic construction site. In 2011 -10 years after- the new towers and a memorial are
expected to be ready; click here to see the design.
To follow the development of the most famous construction site in the world at wtcrising.com.
The New York Stock Exchange, with on the left George Washington -USA's 1st president- overlooking it all.
Tight security on Wall street, the world's centre of the 'credit crisis'. Did you know it is only one block away from 'ground zero'?
Sunset with the statue of Liberty on the horizon -we'll go there tomorrow