After Connecticut, it was on to NYC for a day of sightseeing. It was a perfect day: 60-something degrees, no wind, no snow, blue sky, and great visibility. We drove in from CT and parked at the northwest end of central park. From there we took the subway down to the south end of Manhattan. I love public transportation!
I tried to convince JP to go on this trip, but she refused. Something about us just buying new carpet and a new roof and sofas and CP starting college this year and us being out of money. Turns out it was a good thing that she didn't go - NYC was hit with a full-on blizzard twelve hours after I left.
The new World Trade Center is awesome, as is the view from the top. The funky white building in the foreground is the new Occulus transit station. It's really cool inside.
The memorial park is very moving and depressing. It's hard to believe that 2900 people and the old buildings were taken out by a couple of fools that were able to hijack airliners with boxcutters.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is only a block away from the WTC. It escaped the collapses unscathed and with its 250 year old tombstones intact. It's straight out of an H.P. Lovecraft story.
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