Whew! We had a busy day. Started with a lecture for about 90 minutes (after breakfast) then a walk around Brooklyn. We took several subways (learned about the "letter" trains versus the "number" trains and the old versus new cars).
We stopped for lunch at a Dominican place. The food was fine, but not really, flavorful.
Took a subway to Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade. Back to the hotel for 15 minutes then off to a French place for dinner (Un, Duex, Trois). Back to the hotel and an optional tour of Times Square. Mom and I went and it was quite interesting.
We were back by 8 PM--stopped in the very interesting looking store (at least it looked interesting from across the street) called Jack's World, but it ended up being mostly a hardware/convenience store.
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| Wall of water that you can walk through, near Times Square. We learned that "Broadway" plays are not determined by street address as much as by the seating capacity. 500 and above is a Broadway play. 499 to 100 is off Broadway and less than 100 is off-off Broadway. |
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| Bike racks |
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| Sunset on 45th St. |
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| Not sure of the story on this, but it was cute...they are all dogs... |
Sweet!(glasses, nametag, necklace, and listening device--many things to hang on to!)
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| Foreground, Brooklyn Bridge, under construction rear left, I think is 3 World Trade (?) and then World Trade right. |
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| There is a $500 million reconstruction project going on (can just see it). |
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| Professional dog walker. |
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| Should be Wall Street, with a thin spire, down the street which is Trinity Church. Playground in the foreground. |
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| Tiny spire on the right side of the island is Statue of Liberty. New Jersey across the water on the right. This is from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, which is built above the interstate. There are three lanes of traffic on two different levels running below the fence on the left. |
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| NYU had their graduation at the Barclay Center (roof at top). |
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| Monument to the joining of the two different subway lines in 1908. |
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| Tile work in one of the subway lines. |
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| The frieze on the Montauk club. Depicting the purchase of the land from the native Indians. |
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| Grand Army arch--celebrating the Civil War veterans. Depicting Army vets on the left, Navy on the right. |
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| More subway decoration (tile work). |
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| Senior citizen's getting their official subway pass pictures in the morning. |
