New York Day 2

Yesterday started of as normal, for breakfast we stopped off at Pret and then walked down the East side of town to visit the United Nations.  Along the way we saw quite a few buildings you may be familiar with. 

 We saw the Chrysler Building along the way.

From inside the UN building looking out.

 

NYPD in Times Square.

 Skyscrapers and building details.

This building looked like it was covered in pressed metal

 
More buildings in NYC.

This is Grand Central Station. 

You can't tell from these photos but it is one of the busiest railway stations in the world and therefore quite an opportunity for someone if they wanted to do something terrible - there were police in every corner and not just any old police - they had Counter Terrorism badges across their shirts and carried automatic guns across their chest.  Also there were multiple groups of army all around the station as well.  This was one heavily guarded building.  We didn't stay very long here.

This is the Daily News Lobby with its revolving globe beneath them.  This is where Christopher Reeve played superman - I couldn't find any phone booth for him to change into his superhero costume tho... at least not there...however...

Inside the NY Public library  was a different story

NY Public library reading rooms.

Founding Father Alexander Hamilton exhibition.

Federalists essays on the consitution & 

 Alexander Hamilton's ideas for the constitution .

Working Phone booths in public library.

 

Macy's. - whose claim to fame is being the world's largest departmemt store...no pressure David Jones in Wellington!!

Top Gun store.

 

Empire State Building.

Flatiron building.

Manhatten from the 86th floor.

 

NY from the 86th floor

 

Manhatten and Brooklyn view.

Back to the morning and visiting the United Nations.  There is lots of security there so you have to be checked in across the road at the visitors centre first where they need photo ID, etc Dad was our designated responsible family representative (they obviously haven't seen him at New Years Eve like I have).  We each we got a sticker/label to put on our top before we moved on to the security checkpoint across the road.  After we passed the checkpoint we moved deeper into the building where I found a virtual exhibit about refugees and then moved onto the main desk where we picked up our tickets. We soon were called up to the tour line where our group moved up and around the main buildings of the UN. Whilst there we saw the international gifts to the UN as well as different chambers for different purposes(most of the chambers were designed by scandinavian countrys e.g. the security council room was decorated by Norway and the Treaty room by Sweden), finally we saw the General Assembly hall - which I am sure you will recognised from the News.

 

UN administrative building.

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UN General Assembly and meeting buildings.

Gift from Luxemburg.

Mum with a poster about her work. 

UN Security Council .

Close up of the UN Security Council.

Me in one of the viewing seats for the UN Security Council.

 Human Rights Declaration inside the UN.

 Treaties/Trustees meeting room.

Glass mosaic gift from the USA.

UN General assembly.

Voting buttons inside the general assembly(In Favour, Against, Abstain)

We finally went home were we went to the baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox(I've made a different post for those photos). After we went to the baseball game we went home were we went to sleep.

Subway home

Joseph