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"Top 100 of Big Apple" - Part 2

Top 100 | New York City | USA | 2014-06-08 - 2014-06-15
There were so many pictures I took during this week in New York that I decide to presentate the *imho* best 100 in this album.

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"Top 100 of Big Apple" - Part 1

Top 100 | New York City | USA | 2014-06-08 - 2014-06-15
There were so many pictures I took during this week in New York that I decide to presentate the *imho* best 100 in this album.

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"Flying back to Berlin"

Flight JFK - TXL | USA | Germany | 2014-06-15
At the end of our NYC-Trip here are some pictures from JFK and some aerial views from Long island and after 8 hours flight from the landing approach in Berlin.

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"Once again 'The Bridges'" - Part 3

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Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge | Manhattan | Brooklyn | New York City | USA | 2014-06-15
Our last trip during 1 week "New York" leads us again to the both bridges between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The difference between today and 3 days ago, where we did the same trip, was the weather. Blue sky and sunny moods ... a perfect final for this fantastic week in NYC.

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"Once again 'The Bridges'" - Part 2

http://uwepetercom.blogspot.com/2014/06/once-again-bridges-part-2.html

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"Once again 'The Bridges'" - Part 1

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"Sunday Aftermoon in China"

Chinatown | Manhattan | New York City | USA | 2014-06-15
On our way to the second crossing of the Manhattan bridge and back on the Brooklyn Bridge, we passed again Chinatown. This time it was Sunday Afternoon and there were a lot of tourists strolling along the streets and Chinese people who were carrying goods from one place to another one.

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"Underground to Manhattan"

Underground | Queens | New York City | USA | 2014-06
Some pics from our daily trip from Queens to Manhattan with some special views of the Manhattan Skyline.

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"More than 3 millions burials!" - Part 3

Calvary Cemetery | Queens | New York City | USA | 2014-06-15
Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Queens. With about 3 million burials has the largest number of interments of any cemetery in the United States; it is also one of the oldest cemeteries in the United States. Calvary was accessible by ferryboat from 23rd Street and the East River. It cost an adult seven dollars to be buried there. Burial of children under age seven cost three dollars; children aged seven to fourteen cost five dollars. Origin: wikipedia

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"More than 3 millions burials!" - Part 2

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"More than 3 millions burials!" - Part 1

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"Looking out of the Hotel window ..."

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Skyline | Manhattan | New York City | USA | 2014-06
Here are some pics of our view when we opended our window (in the Hotel Comfort Inn Woodside, Queens) and were looking to the left.

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"And suddenly there was an empty sky" - Part 2

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Liberty State Park| Jersey City | New Jersey | USA | 2014-06-14
Empty Sky is the official New Jersey September 11 memorial to the state's victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States. It is located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City at the mouth of Hudson River across from the World Trade Center site. Origin: wikipedia. It is just as emotionally as the 9/11-Memorial on the Manhattan Site.

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"And suddenly there was an empty sky" - Part 1

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"A million dead people"

Irish Hunger Memorial | Manhattan | New York City | USA | 2014-06-14
The Irish Hunger Memorial is located at the North End Avenue in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan and is dedicated to raising awareness of the Great Irish Famine - referred to by the Irish as 'The Great Hunger' - that killed over a million people in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. It is a uniquely landscaped plot, which utilizes stones, soil, and native vegetation brought in from the western coast of Ireland and contains stones from all of the different counties of Ireland. Origin: wikipedia

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"Half around Manhattan and back ..." - Part 4

Circle Line Ferry | Manhattan | New York City | USA | 2014-06-14
After visiting the Empire State Building in the morning, we made a trip on a ferry from the Circle Line Corp. Our tour lasted 90 minutes. Start and finish was the quay at the 42nd street on Hudson river. The ferry took us around the south part of Manhattan, past the Statue of Liberty and went under the BMW-Bridges (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg) and back again. The best places on the ferry, concerning the view, were at the rear on the left side. And this was exactly where we were ...

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"The one and only Original ...." - Part 3

Empire State Building | Manhattan | New York City | USA | 2014-06-14
The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the original World Trade Center's North Tower in late 1970. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Origin: wikipedia

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