Visit the Statue of Liberty and other New York City, NY Things to Do Tips

New York Skyline
Just to have seen it once for real..and the nice thing is you've also got the best view on then New York Skyline you can get. Just take a trip to New York from here when you get out of your boat all kinds of goods like sunglasses, watches and more are beeing sold out of bags.. But pay attention it's worth to try to get the prices down..it could save you some bucks.

about Miss Liberty

It was a gift from the people of France as a symbol of political freedom and Democracy.

The dedication of this monument found place on October 28, 1886. The statue has been a national monument for the US since October 28, 1886.

When the centennial on July 4th came close it had extensive restorations to bring her back in tip top shape.

You can get there by car and take the ferry from New Jersey and / or by boat or water cab from New York City..

More maps to the island are on http://www.libertystatepark.com/directio.htm

Situation in the world

The statue have been closed for a period of 100 days and reopend on December 20, 2001.
The statue is now closed again for security reasons and reopen date havent been set.
Only the grounds around the statue are open for the public. Hopefully the political leaders of this world will be able to restore stability in the world soon.

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Picture taken June 17, 1998

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Phone: (212) 363-3200
Address: Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004
Directions: Garden State Parkway
N or S Exit 142 to Highway I-78 E, this becomes the Newark Bay Extension of NJ Turnpike. Take Exit 14C, entrance is just beyond the toll booth. Follow signs to Liberty State Park.
Website: http://www.nps.gov/stli/
Other Contact: stli_info@nps.gov

Well i think it is the most talked about state. It's a state which has it good times but also had some bad times.

We loved NYC, didn't see much more of New York State maybe on a new trip we do see more..

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Famous
This must be one of the most famous historical buildings in New York. We visited during our first trip to the US. Niki's niece took us over here, on the lower floors there was a lot of marble and also the only restrooms for lady tourists. We where astounded by the great views it gave us over New York and left us with some great pictures.

About

The Building of this Building took place during the depression. From the top floors you have a great view over New York. You could once see the twin towers at the tip of New York.

Competition

You also can see another historical building, the Chrysler building. The founders of both buildings (Walter Chrysler) and John Jakob Raskob (Creator of General Motors) where in competition with each other to see who could build the tallest building.

Speed

Construction began on March 17, 1930. Building was fast everything came prefabed to the building site which enabled them to have an average building speed of four and a half floors per week.

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Picture taken august 19, 1997

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Address: Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
Directions: Uhm just look for the building itself....
Website: http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/index.cfm?CFID=32848

This building is in almost every movie that is recorded in New York. We knew the building from the movies and had no idea or intentions to look for it. But we did bump into it while walking through New York City.

The building was even smaller in than i thought (only 6 feet at the start).

They say it's the oldest remaining skyscraper in New York and is about 285 feet (87 meters) tall.

It is in use as a commercial office building.

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Address: 23rd Street, Broadway, & 5th Avenue
Directions: Take the R/N to 23rd Street.

Below the financial district at the tip of NYC you'll find Battery Park. Here you can have a good view of Miss Liberty and Ellis Island.

And if you don't like the view enough you can take the ferry to the statue and Ellis island.

In battery park you'll find a fort that was built between 1808 and 1811 which is named Castle Clinton.

When the war ended and the army left the site it had different functions, it has been an aquarium, opera center and an immigration landing depot.

In the park you can see many memorials and along the docks there are still canons to be seen.

We like the park very much is a place that can take you away from the hectic city live, although when your near the fort you will be constantly spoken to by vendors which are trying to sell their goods out of a suitcase.

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Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station