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