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New York City, New York 2006

Visiting Lindsey in New York from May 5th to 9th 2006.

2006 May 6 7 8

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The lower part of the "Flatiron Building" was still covered in scaffolding at our visit.
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One of the many skyscrapers in New York is the "New York Life Insurance Building". With a very interesting roof.
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"New York Life Insurance Building" with the golden top.
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The "Metlife Tower" was the highest building in the world from 1909 to 1913. Each side of the building has a clock. On the left side is an extension to the building, just known as the "North Building" now. It was planned for 100 stories but because of the Great Depression, it was canceled after only 32 stories.
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In Manhattan a lot of people don't have cars themselves because costs are too high and searching for a parking spot is not very easy either. Most of the cars in New York and especially Manhattan are Taxis.
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Another view of the "Flatiron Building".
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Details of the "Flatiron Building". The round tip is on the left side. Today the building is used for offices of several publishing houses.
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One of the many figures on the outside wall of the "Flatiron Building".
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The side of the "Flatiron Building". One can see the airconditioning units that are attached to the outsides of almost every window.
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This narrow building used to be Macy's before it moved into the new bigger building. With good eyes, one can still see "Macy's" written on the stone on the bottom of the image.
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The storefront of the old "Macy's". The large windows gave the rooms a lot of sunlight which helped sell the merchandise in the days of bad electrical lighting.
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The namesign on the front of the old "Macy's".
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An old church.
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The "Empire State Building" is recognizable even from farther away.
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The emergency exit at one of the buildings in Manhattan's SoHo district.
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These buildings in SoHo are made from cast iron, even when it looks like stone. The buildings used to be used as workshops for the textile industry but when production in New York was getting to expensive, they were all abandoned. Starting in the 1960s, artists moved into the buildings illegaly and the area reflourished. Today, a condo in one of these buildings goes for around 2 million Dollar.
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