New York City 2007

The United Nations 0n 14 June 2007.  There are no flags flying as a mark of  respect following the death that day of former Secretary General Kurt Waldheim - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Accordingly, due to there being no sittings that day, visitors were able to gain access to The Security Council Chamber - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
It was also possible to visit the General Assembly Hall (left);  the Peace Bell gifted by Japan (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The effect of the atom bomb on this stone statue which was facing away from the blast when the bomb exploded above Nagasaki in 1945 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Sphere Within a Sphere at the United Nations (left);  Luxembourg donated this peace sculpture by Karl Fredrik (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Police one-man vehicle (left);  garbage truck (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Wall Street Bull in Broadway (left);  a smaller scale replica bull is at Number One World Financial Centre - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Street in Lower Manhattan (left);  main floor of the Winter Garden in Number One World Financial Center (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Marble stair leading from the main floor to the Atrium in Number One World Financial Centre - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Ground Zero viewed from the Atrium - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
The Sphere from the Plaza of the World Trade Centre - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
9/11 remembered - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
American Merchant Mariners' Memorial on the last of Manhattan's old piers - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
American Merchant Mariners' Memorial (left);  Korean War Memorial (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) train at World Trade Center about to depart for Hoboken - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Manhattan viewed from Hoboken - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Manhattan viewed from Hoboken - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
East Coast War Memorial in Battery Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Times Square - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Flat Iron Building - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
East (left) and West (right) sides of the Flat Iron Building - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
West side (left) and rear of the Flat iron (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Empire State by day from 6 W 32nd Street (left);  from Fifth Avenue (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The Empire State by night from 6 W 32nd Street (left) and  from Herald Square (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Radio and TV antenna on the Empire State Building (left);  Washington Square (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Law enforcement - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Restricted area around Brooklyn Bridge - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Manhattan Bridge (left);  Brooklyn Bridge (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Pier 17 - a conglomeration of old ships, shops, street vendors and restaurants - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
The PEKING and the Ambrose Lightship at Pier 17 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Pier 17 affords good views of the Brooklyn Bridge - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
 Cannon's Walk (left) in Fulton Street and the TITANIC Memorial at the end of the street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Small School Bus on Brooklyn Bridge (left);  street vendor by subway station entrance (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Fire escapes - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Preserved cars in the New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
 #6 Trains at Whitlock Avenue - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
A #6 Train arrives at Whitlock Avenue from Pelham Bay Park - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Bronx street scenes near 174th Street - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
174th Street - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Subway running overhead at 174th Street in the Bronx - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
174th Street - Subway scenes
Street scene, Queens (left);  Triborough Bridge viewed from Astoria subway station (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
End of the line for N and W trains at Astoria Ditmars Blvd, Queens - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
 Reminiscent of a London suburb, a side street in Astoria (left);  Fresh Fruit and Veg, Ditmars Blvd (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Old time fire alarm at Astoria Ditmars, Queens - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
 Second hand bookstall in Ditmars Blvd (left);   Entrance at Astoria Ditmars Boulevard station - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Busy time at Astoria Blvd (left);  scratchiti (right) has replaced graffiti on many of the world's transport systems - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Fulton Street - a  typical New York subway station - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Fulton Street - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
South Ferry - perhaps one of the most fascinating subway stations on the system - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
A #1 Train arrives South Ferry - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
A #1 Train departs South Ferry - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow
Staten Island Terminal (left);  ferry arriving (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
USCG escort for the Staten Island Ferry - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Sunset from the free Staten Island Ferry - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow
Manhattan (left);  Hoboken and Manhattan (right)  viewed from St George, Staten island - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

Newark Airport, New Jersey and a last look at New York before departing for a night flight back across the Atlantic - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow

 

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