12 November 2018 Liberty, 911, City Winery

IMG 1499 First step was to take the NYC subway to Battery Park IMG 1501 and at the other end, exiting the subway IMG 4285 actual gardens (a park?) at the Battery IMG 1502 Castle Clinton (not named after the president) where we cooled our jets thinking we were waiting for our fellow travelers to get on the ferry
IMG 1560 IMG 1503 turned out (after getting through security that was as tight as an airport) they were already on board IMG 1505 Greg, Eva and Bruno under a beautiful bright, blue sky IMG 1506 Miss Liberty in the harbor
IMG 1507 Jersey City, not Manhattan IMG 1508 Downtown from the upper deck of the ferry IMG 1509 verticality IMG 1510 even with her hood closed, Eva was cold
IMG 1511 IMG 1516 approaching Miss Liberty IMG 1520 IMG 1522
IMG 1523 circling the island IMG 1525 IMG 4287 we were on the first ferry. And we weren't alone taking selfies (lower left) IMG 1526 Man and nature
IMG 1527 gull art PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 2 PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 6 IMG 1540 Eva on the promenade
IMG 1541 listening to her audio guide IMG 1543 is that orange haze caused by car emissions? IMG 1544 more gull art IMG 4291
IMG 1545 a refurbished statue IMG 1550 IMG 1546 IMG 1547 Tourist
PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 5 Greg, Frano and Bruno PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 4 Frano and Christine PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 Official Group Photo IMG 1538 Ellis Island with Jersey City in the foreground
IMG 1555 Ellis Island with the immigration museum IMG 1556 we benefited from good if cold weather IMG 1557 audio guides were provided as part of entrance fee IMG 4293 the main processing hall now empty
IMG 1558 the Great Hall was filled with benches covered with immigrants for over 75 years IMG 4294 the faces of the immigrants IMG 4295 the same perspectives on immigration from a century ago IMG 1559 back on the tip of Manhattan we started to walk North
IMG 1561 Bruno on lower Broadway PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 7 IMG 1562 urban canyon IMG 1563 In her red outfit, Eva is easy to pick out (which turns out to be helful in the crowded streets of Manhattan)
IMG 1565 IMG 1566 always on the lookout IMG 1567 close up IMG 1569 One Wall Street
IMG 1571 New York Stock Exchange entrance IMG 1573 front side of NYSE (no longer used the way it was intended!) IMG 1574 NYSE IMG 1570 one of the old churches downtown
IMG 1575 another church (traces of inhabitants with habits and expectations very different from those of 2018) IMG 1576 old graveyards near Ground Zero (Bruno's hand taking photos) IMG 1577 IMG 1578 new World Trade Center
PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 3 a quick lunch (well documented) IMG 1580 Not Chipotle, but Dos Toros IMG 1581 Jersey City from the window where we sat for lunch IMG 1583 Bruno tries his first Mexican food
IMG 1584 For dessert, Greg goes for an expensive carrot cake cupcake IMG 1585 IMG 1587 on our way out the food court of the mall IMG 1589 the new station for the PATH trains
IMG 1590 Below ground is a Westfield-managed property (makes us think of the Westfield in downtown San Francisco where Frank worked). Reminescent of the inside of a whale skeleton PHOTO-2018-11-13-07-52-39 8 with escalators! IMG 1591 the atrium of the Oculus station house ($4 billion, designed by Santiago Calatrava) IMG 1592 In the Oculus (view out the side)
IMG 1593 what a space! IMG 1595 the roof of the Oculus station house IMG 1596 We took the National September 11 Memorial site tour. The name of those subtracted from life on 9/11 are engraved on the sides of the pools. IMG 1597 View across one of the two pools
IMG 1598 the bottoms of which you can't see from street level -a very effective metaphor IMG 1600 the new World Trade Center from different angle IMG 1601 back out in Manhattan, things are hopping IMG 1602 Now we go down into the 9/11 museum
IMG 1603 Next stop, the Strand book store IMG 1604 where cats are apparently a theme IMG 1605 IMG 1606 But the main theme is reading (photos of covers Christine thinks look interesting)
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IMG 1629 maybe for Austin IMG 1611 IMG 1612 IMG 1613
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IMG 1618 IMG 1619 IMG 1621 sentiments on buttons too IMG 1622
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IMG 1633 IMG 1620 The Strand stacks IMG 1641 subway denizens IMG 1649 an Amazon Brick and Mortar store
IMG 1650 THis is the bakery side and Frano went to taste beers in the Restaurant side (left, not in photo) IMG 1652 Greg getting settled in City Winery IMG 1653 we persue the menu IMG 4299 Greg and Frano like the ambiance
IMG 4302 toasting to a great first day IMG 4307 ladies toast IMG 1655 Mary Gauthier and her sidekick with benefits IMG 1658