We landed in NYC around 2 pm; took a taxi to our hotel and, then, having skipped lunch, headed out for an early dinner at John’s Pizzeria.
Aside from the pizza (which was awesome) the big attraction here is that the pizzeria is on the site of a former church…this is the stained glass ceiling in the restaurant
This mural dominates the wall on one side of the restaurant…it’s drawn in an older style so we thought at first it was an older ‘picture’ of Manhattan but the World Trade Center is visible at the top, so, not sure what date the mural represents.
A view of the pizzeria; you can see the pizza oven on the right.
After dinner, we walked up Broadway to Central Park and then walked back down to our hotel on 7th Avenue.
Looking north from the middle of Times Square. It was a beautiful day, highs in the 70’s….the bleachers directly ahead of us are where I take one of the panoramas below from.
Looking south.
A panorama looking north…chopped off all the people though.
Columbus Circle
And a view of the circle from the fourth floor from the Time Warner Centre…..the Samsung store had 3D displays and were showing the Germany-Ghana match in 3D. When I watched it, it was 3D like in the theatres but when Suzanne came in there was something buggy with the broadcast, and, glasses or no, you saw double images on the screen
This fine looking statue commemorates the sinking of the Maine
Took this panorama after we returned from our walk; I’m standing on the bleachers and did my best to match up the LCD images on the screens…
