New York, New York!

One of our favourite stops, one we hadn't thought about, was the United Nations Building. We ended up spending about three hours there, and had a tour given by a most knowledgeable young man. The General Assembly was in session, which meant that all the flags were flying and that we saw some delegates entering.
The teachers in us enjoyed seeing this group of children touring and finding answers to their quiz sheets in this hall, which displayed all the former dignitaries.
Children's art on display.
This most beautiful stained glass window is hidden in the foyer, right by the reflection room.
Grandchildren, take note of this piece of sculpture! Here one of the delegates poses for a picture.
This is the meeting area for the General Assembly. "The Interpreter" with Nicole Kidman was filmed here. She worked in box #6 (top right).
Rather than go to the top of the Empire State Building (we already knew Tom Hanks wouldn't be there), we went to the top of the Rockefeller Building. We were advised that the lines were shorter, there was a better view, and we would see the Empire State building from there. And we did.
Central Park as viewed from the top of the building. The address for Rockefeller Centre is 30 Rockefeller Centre (30 Rock - get it?)
Another most impressive and moving sight was Ground Zero. We entered the building above and could view the site from huge windows. It is amazing that nothing else came down. The buildings are very close together, and the streets are former cart paths and are very narrow. I couldn't help but remember the image of all the people running up those narrow streets to try to escape the Twin Towers.
The actual site of the twin towers is being made into cascading waterfalls, with the names of those who died inscribed on the wall surrounding. New buildings are underway beside the original site. It has taken 10 years to get this far, because the structure below the ground was massive, and had to be excavated carefully.

Some of the many plant displays we saw. This one was in the Flower District, a wholesale flower area.
Trump Tower. We went in briefly, but didn't see the comb over.
Wonder if this is connected to the Delucca's we all know and love?
Rockefeller Plaza, the site of the famous skating rink in winter. In summer, it houses seating for surrounding restaurants.
As I said in the last entry, this was a wonderful trip, one I would like to do again. New York is everything the songs say it is - What a wonderful town!