City that never sleeps

I began my exploration of the Big Apple by going up its most famous landmark, arguably. I went up the Empire State Building … funny name considering this country had not Empire, Emperor or Empress!

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: The Empire State Building … not that aesthetically impressive on the outside compared to, say, the Chrysler Building.

: The top of the Empire State Building is more functional than aesthetic.

: Mid Manhattan from Empire State Building.

: Lower Manhattan from Empire State Building.

: Bird on Empire State Building.

: Chrysler Building from Empire State Building.

: Me 🙂

I then continued walking around the skyscrapers and landmarks of Lower Manhattan, then across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn of course. I returned to Lower Manhattan to check out the site of the former World Trade Center (Twin Towers) and Wall Street.

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: Brooklyn Bridge’s suspenders

: Brooklyn Bridge.

: Site of the former World Trade Centre.

: New York Stock Exchange.

At night Times Square came alive in a riot of colours with its neon displays. It appears Times Square isn’t a square in the sense of a wide open city square or piazza … more like a square in terms of a few city blocks! Lots of stageshows for the culturally-inclined. While I didn’t stay out till the wee hours, it did seem like that city that never sleeps.

Times Square by night.