Wednesday took a walk at lunch to see the sights..

[shadowkat]

My leg wasn't killing me today - no sciatic nerve. Knees were a bit on the sore side, but the sciatica had improved. Also it was a lovely day, low eighties (twenties C), a cool breeze, and low humidity. So I took a long walk at lunch - to check out the Freedom Tower and Memorial Park.

I'm thinking of going back at another time - maybe after work? When I've more time to explore. I want to check out the shops, and the Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology which is huge and contains immersive art exhibits.

New York Pass on Mercer Labs

It is however pricey. About $42-53 per visit.

NYC is basically a city of museums. I'm considering checking out all the museums in NYC over the course of two years. It has about 170. Still not as much as LA which has 800. I don't see myself making a trip back to LA any time soon - it's an impossible city to visit without a car. And my extended family all live closer to or in the surrounding suburbs of San Francisco.

Gill & Marc Wildlife Wonders sculpture exhibit in the Financial District of NYC was on display. I'd already seen one group of sculptures north of the Freedom Tower, now I saw the ones leading to it.
Britain has chimpanzees, and we have hippos and octopus.



I had to work on getting photos around the kids climbing on them. They are interactive sculptures.





Then I wandered over to the Occulus and the murals across the street from it.











Then off to look at the Freedom Tower and the Memorial Fountains, which are where the World Trade Center once stood. The whole area was constructed by Silverstein in cooperation with the Port Authority.







Finally, The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center- it was rebuilt along with the Freedom Tower.

"Welcome to Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center in New York City. We are a community of faith resurrected within the rebuilt World Trade Center, more than twenty years after the horrific day of 9/11. The rebuilt church stands strong to the fullness of Orthodox Christian faith, and is a Shrine for the Nation, a place for remembrance and reflection."

I didn't go inside - I only had ten minutes to get back to the office. But I may come back at another time - and check it out. There's two churches, I'd like to check out the interiors of at some point - Trinity and St. Nicholas.




And finally a parting shot of the Freedom Tower and the surrounding buildings and park from in front of St. Nicholas Church.

Comments

[days_unfolding]

I’ve got to get to NYC one of these days and see Ground Zero. It’s been so long since I’ve been to New York.

[shadowkat]

They did a lovely job with it. Also have redone the entire Battery Park, and there's a Jewish Holocaust Memorial Museum now. The financial district is kind of cool. They have a luxury French department store across the street from Trinity Church.

[kazzy_cee]

Wow, that museum is pricey! I guess you'd have to stay there for the whole day to get value for money... Looks interesting! I've been to a few of the museums in NY (and seen the fountain).

[shadowkat]

Art History Major (aka cubicle wall mate) informed me that it is worth it. She spent the day there once and said it was amazing and totally worth the price of admission. So, I may make plans to see it sometime in the future.

Which fountain did you see - the one pictured? (There's a lot of fountains. LOL! It rivals Paris in the fountain department - even has waterfall fountains.)

[kazzy_cee]

We saw the memorial fountain in your picture. We thought it was very moving, especially as we had visited before and been on the viewing platform of the twin towers.