Thursday eve, October 10, 2019, NYC Lights, NY

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City Lights & Empire State Building by Evening 
We experienced New York City as the lights come up during this evening excur-sion.  Our exploration culminated at the top of the Empire State Building.  We marveled at the dazzling lights of Broadway and the illuminated icons of the city:  The string of pearls strung above the humming roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge; the spectacular art deco, stainless steel–capped Chrysler Building; the soaring Rockefeller Center; the neo-Gothic Woolworth Building; and the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.  We continued across Midtown Manhattan and ascend the iconic Empire State Building, New York’s second-tallest building after the new One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower).  From the famous Observation Deck on the 86th floor, we took in breathtaking panoramic views of the city.  Before returning to the pier and our ship, we enjoyed time to experience the hustle and bustle of Times Square.

 Sunset from our balcony about 6 PM.


 View from Brooklyn end of Brooklyn Bridge looking toward Manhattan.

 Shopping mall on stilts on Manhattan side of East River.

 Freedom Tower at upper right.

 From two miles away.

 Passenger ferry on East River.

 Manhattan end of Brooklyn Bridge.

 Brooklyn Bridge with Manhattan Bridge in background.


 Pillar at Brooklyn end of Brooklyn Bridge.


 Display in front of ice cream shop.

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art  Deco skyscraper in Midtown 
Manhattan, New York City.  It was designed by Shreve, Lamb, & Harmon and completed in 1931. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet and stands a total of 1,454 feet tall, including its antenna.  Its name is derived from "Empire State," the nickname of New York, which is of unknown origin.  The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years until the completion of the World Trade Center's North Tower in Lower Manhattan in late-1970.  Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, it was again the tallest building in New York City until the new One World Trade Center surpassed it while under construction in April 2012.  As of 2019, the building is the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the sixth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 45th-tallest in the world.  It is also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.  The building plans went through fifteen versions before the current plan was approved.
The Empire State Building in the foreground looking southward from the top of Rockefeller Center, with One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) in the background at sunset. The Midtown South Community Council acts as a civic caretaker for much of the neighborhood between the sky-scrapers of Midtown and Lower Manhattan.

Freedom Tower.


 Fingers of King Kong along hallway to elevators to the top.

  
 Hudson River.







 Chrysler Building on right.


 Our cruise ship four+ miles away from top of Empire State Building.


 Hudson River.



 Three+ miles away.


Tomorrow morning we will go on our last NYC excursion, a combination of city streets and an hour boat ride on the East and Hudson Rivers.

We will sail for Bermuda tomorrow about 6 PM.

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