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Brooklyn - Brooklyn Street | |
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Manhatten - Chuck, Val, Sandra, and Robert ready to begin our tour. | |
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Manhatten - View of Manhatten from Brooklyn. | |
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Manhatten - View of the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park. | |
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Manhatten - Chuck, Valerie, Sandra, and Robert in Battery Park. | |
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Manhatten - The cloudy skies didn't hide the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park. | |
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Manhatten - Brookyn Battery Tunnel Authorty - Do recognize this structure???? "Men in Black" | |
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Manhatten - Statue in front of The Custom's Building | |
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Manhatten - Since there was no income tax, the colonial nations taxed incoming shipped commerce items. The Captain or representative would bring in the Manifest and taxes were paid. The Custom Houses were lavish and impressive. | |
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Manhatten - The Bull is loose in Tokoyo. The bull needs to be loose on Wall St. | |
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Manhatten - The Horns are up! | |
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Manhatten - Trinity Church on Broadway at Wall Street. | |
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Manhatten - As shown in the movie National Treasure. | |
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Manhatten - Trinity Church | |
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Manhatten - Broadway & Wall St. | |
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Manhatten - New York Stock Exchange | |
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Manhatten - Federal Hall National Memorial: This historic site on Wall Street is where the first United States Congress met and where George Washington was inaugurated President in 1789. The current building on this site completed in 1842 and modeled after the Greek Parthenon, was built as a U.S. Customs House and is now a memorial to the nation's founding democratic ideals. On the steps of Federal Hall, is the iconic bronze statue of George Washington, by John Quincy Adams Ward, unveiled in 1883 to commemorate the first president's inauguration | |
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Manhatten - The New York Subway @ Broadway & Wall Street (Green Line). I saw one of it's denizens scurry about and run under a utility door. | |
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Manhatten - Grand Central Station | |
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Manhatten - Once a national hub for transportation is now used for suburban commuting. | |
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Manhatten - Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad (Owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt) in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world. Its platforms, all below ground, serve 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100. | |
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Manhatten - Grand Central Station's Clock | |
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Manhatten - New York Public Library | |
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Manhatten - Valerie, Sandra, and Rob | |
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Manhatten - Chuck, Valerie, Sandra, and Rob | |
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Manhatten - The first Gutenberg Bible in the New World. This original is one of only 48 known left and is considered to be among the most valuable books in the world. | |
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Manhatten - Frescos on the ceiling ... a la Sistine Chapel. | |
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Manhatten - The Ball on Times Square. | |
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Manhatten - The Ball on Times Square. | |
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Manhatten - Times Square & Broadway Theatre District | |
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Manhatten - Broadway in Times Square District is now a walking Mall | |
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Manhatten - Times Square | |
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Manhatten - Central Park | |
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Manhatten - Central Park in Fall Danke schoen, darling, danke schoen Save those lies, darling don't explain I recall Central Park in fall How you tore you dress, what a mess, my heart says danke schoen" - Wayne Newton |
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Manhatten - The Mall - designed so that a carriage could disgorge its passengers at the south end, then drive round and pick them up again overlooking Bethesda Terrace, whose view of the Lake and Ramble formed the "ultimatum of interest" in Olmsted and Vaux's vision. | |
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Manhatten - Use in many movies, such as "Kramer vs. Kramer". | |
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Manhatten - Under Bethesda Terrace | |
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Manhatten - Under Bethesda Terrace | |
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Manhatten - Bethesda Fountain | |
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Manhatten - Bethesda Fountain | |
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Manhatten - Bethesda Fountain is found in many movies. | |
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Manhatten - Bethesda Terrace | |
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Manhatten - Central Park West | |
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Manhatten - Bow Bridge - Built in 1862 and at 87 feet, it is the longest bridge in Central Park. | |
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Manhatten - Central Park West - The Dakota Building - The most exclusive place to live in NYC. | |
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Manhatten - Contruction at the Dakotas - Site ahead where John Lennon was assassinated. | |
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Manhatten - Washington Square Park - Movies: "I am Legend" | |
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Manhatten - Washington Square Arch was modeled by Stanford White on the Arc de Triomphe, built in 1806, in Paris. It stands 77 feet. The piers are 30 feet apart and the arch opening is 47 feet. | |
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Manhatten - Rob and Sandra | |
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Manhatten - Sandy enjoying pizza in Greenwich Village | |
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Manhatten - Rob enjoying pizza in Greenwich Village | |
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Manhatten - Famous Basketball Court where the best go to play. Located in Greenwich Village and seen in the movie, "Eddie". | |
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