This swan came to visit us at our anchorage at Liberty Landing State Park. Bob obliged with some bread...
Here is Lady Liberty as viewed from our anchorage in the morning before we started up the river.
Arriving at the marina about noon, we decided to visit Ellis Island that afternoon. So we took the fast train, then the shuttle bus to get to the Park, then by ferry to Ellis Island. It is huge with 3 full floors of displays about the immigrants who have come to the US. Here it is....
This is a view of the building fom the balcony. The display rooms were on the perimeter of the floors.
One of the things we wanted to do in New York was to see a Broadway play, so we stood in line at the TKTS booth to get half price tickets. We lucked out and got first row mezzanine seats for Mama Mia. It was wonderful !
New York traffic....Yikes! Horns blowing, people scurrying across the street in the middle of the block. It is quite the experience. And to think, that swan shown earlier was only across the river from here !
This is a sculpture in the garment district....
There were people dressed in costumes of the various plays-Phantom of the Opera, etc. in the theater district. These were from Mary Poppins.
Here we are in front of the ABC studios in Times Square.
You never know what you're going to see here ! This guy dressed in cowboy hat and boots and wearing just jockey shorts was playing his guitar in the middle of it all !
And here is a view of Times Square.
Darrell and Bob enjoyed the scenery--real and otherwise !
We took a Grayline tour to get an overview of the city. We could hop on and off at various places. Here are some buildings in the government center.
This is the globe which was near the twin towers. Despite damage, it was transported to Battery Park where it is now on display.
We had to visit Wall Street and the bull, of course! I wasn't about to have my picture takesn at the other end.
Bob on Wall Street...
View of Wall Street from the Episcopal Church at one end..
This is a statue of Washington who took his oath of office at this spot on Wall Street.
This a view of Wall Street with the church at the end from in front of the Washington sculpture. I was surprised---had no idea that this church was in the center of the financial district. Services were going on and the bells were being played manually from the steeple. The church had been founded in the 1600's but was destroyed in the fire of 1776, and again in the 1800's. This church was built about 1886.
Alexander Hamilton was buried in this church yard as was Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam engine.
We visited Ground Zero. It was a very solemn experience. This ship, built with some of the steel salvaged from the twin towers, will be launched in 2009. 
A view of the actual site. A viewing platform and memorial is in the process of being built.
Next we visited St. Paul's Chapel. This church was built in 1766 and survived the fire of 1776 because townspeople formed a bucket brigade to save it. It is adjacent to the Twin Towers site and amazingly had no damage from the blast. There was a lot of debris in the church cemetary, but not even one window was broken! During the salvage operation, it served as a center for feeding and caring for firemen, policemen. Volunteers included food preparation and serving, medical personnel, physical therapists, masseuses, etc who cared for the salvagers. Visiting this church was a very emotional experience.
Inside of the church...it is still used for services, but is also a memorial to 911. George Washington's pew is on display here.
View from the rear of the church--cranes in Ground Zero can be seen from here.
There are many, many beautiful buildings of different styles of architecture in New York.
Chinatown....
St Paul's Cathedral...
Here are a couple views of Central Park....
This is a sculpture of Christopher Columbus down near the waterfront of the Hudson River.
Another sample of the beautiful buildings....
This is a sculpture of Teddy Roosevelt in front of the Museum of Natural History. There is so much to see here...! But one can only absorb a little at a time.....If we ever do come back, we'll know what more we want to see.
We went through Harlem which is now being renovated.
Our tour actually took the better part of 2 days. We visited the Macy's store which is over 100 years old---with the original wooden escalators still in use. Seven floors of shopping--too big for me !
On our last day, we got up early and were at the Today show by 7 AM. It took us an hour to get there on the subway even though we had practiced this mode of transportation for 2 days before. We didn't get right up to the front right away, but were able to move up. We did get a good view of Matt and Meredith.
This is a view of the crew working on this show---on the outside.
Later, we stopped in the NBC store to view pictures which had been taken of us at the time of the show. I just couldn't resist having our picture taken with Matt there. His suit was a little shiny....
