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Inside Rockefeller Center going up to the Top of the Rock	DSCF6471	DSCF6472	Central Park from the Top of the Rock	DSCF6475	Looking over towards Jersey across the Hudson
dscf6478topofrock1	Across the east river into Brooklyn	DSCF6480	Across the east river into Brooklyn, can barely see the...	Looking downtown, on the right in the water is the Statue...	DSCF6483
dscf6483topofrock2 (2)	A long way down	DSCF6486	The George Washington Bridge	DSCF6488	The Statue of Liberty from a long way off
DSCF6490	DSCF6492	DSCF6493	DSCF6494	The Brooklyn Bridge with the Atlantic in the background	The top of Times Square
DSCF6497	DSCF6498	The top of the Paramount building in Times Square that...	DSCF6500	Rikers Island, New York's main Jail Facility right next...	Back downstairs by the rink
DSCF6505	One of the longest escalators I have ever seen going up...	Now out of the subway in Brooklyn	DSCF6508	DSCF6509	Heading down towards the East River, in the middle is the...
The bridge as it extends out over the East River	DSCF6512	The Manhattan Bridge just up from the Brooklyn Bridge	No 1 Front Street, an upscale restaurant that I think...	DSCF6515	The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in a 1920's fireboat house...
Bargemusic, take a cruise on this barge built in 1899 and...	Not sure if they are tearing this building down or...	DSCF6519	On the East River on the Brooklyn side	DSCF6521	Provides a great view of the downtown skyline
The Empire State building far off a little on the right	The South Street Seaport, more on this later	DSCF6525	DSCF6527a	DSCF6528	A new park they are building on the river
A barge going up the East River	Where the American Army and George Washington crossed the...	On our way back up to the start of the bridge	But not before a brief stop for Pizza at Grimaldi's	Rated by Zagat as the best pizzaria in NY	and voted one of the 10 best pizzarias in the US
Pictures of many famous people who have eaten here	It is actually avery small place but had a line outside...	The coal fired brick oven in the background	Anxiously awaiting their pizza	Here it is	Mm Mm Good
Fresh and Hot	It really was as good of Pizza as we have ever eaten	One of their younger employees	Was worth the trip into Brooklyn	One of 5 Porches they were rebuilding inside this little...	And now to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
DSCF6548	Leaving the Dumbo area of Brooklyn into Manhattan	Another view of the Statue of Liberty from the bridge	The Manhattan Bridge just up from where we are	Starting the long walk across	DSCF6553
DSCF6554	Staten Island Ferry in front on the Statue	Great view of the skyline from the bridge	Governors Island, and the new park we were just by near...	DSCF6558	Under the first tower, this picture does not do justice...
DSCF6560	Towards Midtown	The cars drive below and you walk across the top	Downtown Manhattan in the background	DSCF6564	These Helicoptors where coming in and out non stop to the...
DSCF6566	No better place to see the city from a distance	DSCF6568	DSCF6570	DSCF6571	DSCF6572
DSCF6573	DSCF6574	DSCF6575	DSCF6576	Looking back over towards Brooklyn	New York Municipal building
The beautiful top of the Municapl building......	....with the statue of Civic Fame atop it gilded in...	.....it is the second tallest statue in New York	DSCF6582	A new building being erected in Downtown	Now on the other side in Manhattan entering the Courts...
The Surrogates Court building is under a little renovation	The entrance to the Municipal building	DSCF6587	You can drive under the building to get to the other side	The New York Supreme Court	This is where you see many of the Law and Order scenes...
DSCF6591	The US Court of Appeals	DSCF6593	Now we have taken a subway up to 79th to go to the...	And a view up Park Ave	Justin and I didn't make it on the subway from the courts...
The Metropolitan Musuem of Art	A group singing and dancing with someone.	DSCF6601	Another grand entrance hall	Maybe even more beautiful than the Musuem of Natural...	To get to the 2nd floor
Entering the tomb of Perneb in the Egyptian wing	DSCF6606	DSCF6607	DSCF6608	DSCF6609	The false door for the tomb where the spirit of the...
DSCF6611	DSCF6612	DSCF6613	One of over 20 model boats found in the tomb of Meketra...	These are not replicas but the originals	The caved in tomb that preserved them from the tomb...
Another model placed in a tomb dipicting the life of the...	DSCF6618	An Egyptian Necklace from around 1500 BC	A sarcophagus from around 1900 BC, cant remember who it...	Yes there is an actual person inside there	DSCF6622
A new exhibit that will be coming to the Discovery Center...	DSCF6624	Parts of a necklace	DSCF6626	DSCF6627	A pet gazelle that belonged to an ancient Egyptian...
DSCF6629	DSCF6630	The mummified body was placed into the smallest one, and...	Gold adornments that were placed on the body before they...	Gold armlets with the name of the king inscribed on the...	Amazing that this chair was built almost 3500 years ago
DSCF6636	Hatshepsut, the longest reigning and one of the best...	The Temple of Dendur commissioned by Augustus of Rome...	Dedicated to Isis and Osiris	It was moved here to avoid it being submerged by the...	DSCF6642
DSCF6643	DSCF6644	The garden of Statues	DSCF6646	A fireplace from the Vanderbilt Mansion	A fountain designed by Tiffany
A close up af the amazing tile work	Into the hall of arms and armor. Armor for Henry II of...	DSCF6651	Spanish Armor	They were highly accesorized	One of the many antique guns
DSCF6655	Mongolian cavalry armor	Chinese Armor	Some arrowheads	DSCF6659	Samuri armor

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