What) Ah, the crowds of people going about their business.  There is so much manic energy on the streets of New York City that the average Saskatchewan resident will be overwhelmed at the end of their first day.  But beware, the interesting and unusual things you have seen by the end of that day will entice you to sign up for another one tomorrow.

    Where) Up and down Broadway as well as in and around the Financial district and near the Strand Bookstore.

    Why) Every time we get back from a trip like this I am always asked what my favourite part of the trip was.  My answer this time is walking around New York City.  Ideally, I would like to be dropped randomly on the streets of New York one afternoon per week and have 4 hours to explore before I am magically returned to my home in Saskatchewan.  I think that I could enjoy this experience for at least a year before tiring of it.  Unfortunately, on this trip I only had one full day as well the parts of three mornings to explore.  That was both too much and not enough at the same time.

This sign was hanging from a building right next to the bridge hotel.  It typifies for me what New York is all about.

This picture and the next two were taken on a morning walk up and down Broadway.

I was caught up in the experience so I forgot to take notes about the locations of these billboards.

I do remember that these last two were within a block of each other.

On our day off from bridge we took the subway to the World Trade Center site but this was the first thing that caught my attention.

I would have liked to visit the 911 memorial but it was surrounded by a fence, long lines and lots of security procedures.

I spend a lot of my time walking around looking up. 

We stumbled upon the beginning of Wall Street and neither Pam nor I thought it would look like this.

I did like the decorative glass above the entrance to BNY Mellon at One Wall Street.

During our wanderings, we came upon this street that seemed to be in perpetual shadow. 

This lone tree was growing on top of the building at the end of that shadowy street.

This building used to house a restaurant called Delmonico's but it has been converted into living space. 

We were walking towards the Strand when I took this picture of the Salvation Army Centennial Memorial Temple at 120 West 14th Street.

This 2008 bronze sculpture called Gran Elefandret by Miquel Barcelo was standing unexpectedly in Union Square Park.