1st November 2012

New York: Whole day in New York today for a wee wander, some tourist activities and then off to see "Golden Boy" on stage, with Yvonne Strahovski
Saint Bartholomews Church on 51st Street Park Avenue with the Helmsley Building at the end of the road Park Avenue Christmas decorations outside 299 Park Avenue office building Brasserie Ruhlmann Lovely Art Deco building
Brasserie Ruhlmann at Rockefeller Plaza Swarovski Crystal star at Rockefeller Center Swarovski Crystal star at Rockefeller Center GE Building with phrase "Wisdom and Knowledge shall be the stability of thy times", from scripture
GE Building at Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Rockefeller Center Ice skating rink Rockefeller Center Giant Soldier Drummer
Rockefeller Center Ice skating rink and Christmas Tree Rockefeller Center Mankind Figure - Maiden by Paul Manship and Christmas Tree Rockefeller Center Christmas decorations Rockefeller Center Prometheus statue and Christmas tree
Rockefeller Center Ice skating rink and Christmas Tree Rockefeller Center Prometheus statue NBC News home of WNBC 4 New York NBC Experience Store Why yes, a bit of money might have been spent here ;)
Radio City Music Hall home of the Rockettes show Rockefeller Center Entrance to 'Top of the Rock' Rockefeller Center Interior ... fancy light Rockefeller Center and the light from above :)
Top of the Rock Statue of Liberty ... in the distance Top of the Rock views over New York, including the Empire State Building Top of the Rock Globe/aerial at the Top of the Rock Top of the Rock Globe/aerial at the Top of the Rock
Top of the Rock Lower observation deck from the top deck Top of the Rock Binoculars/viewer on top of Rockefeller Center for a better view of Central Park Top of the Rock me and views towards the Empire State Building Top of the Rock me and Central Park
Top of the Rock Empire State Building Top of the Rock ... and even closer Top of the Rock views over New York Top of the Rock from the top looking down
Top of the Rock and from the top looking up :) Top of the Rock now getting the lift back down Christmas decorations in an office pool Christmas decorations and toy soldiers at the door
Radio City Music Hall celebrating 85 years of the Rockettes show Trump Tower ... OTT, cold and odd, like the person who built it ... Time Warner Center viewed from Columbus Circle Candy Cane
Apple Store with a very long queue to get in! Apple Store me on the other side if the queue FAO Schwartz and a huge queue to get in here too, so I couldn't get my Muppet! :( Carnegie Hall Back to the Carnegie Hall today for a tour
Carnegie Hall Breguet clock was modeled after the pocket watch of the 18th century firm’s own founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall’s Morse Lobby Carnegie Hall View of the stage from the first tier Carnegie Hall Museum at the end of the tour
Carnegie Hall Views of the building of the Hall Carnegie Hall Plans to demolish the Carnegie Hall and replace it with a tower. Luckily objections meant this was scrapped Carnegie Hall Views of the renovations and additions to the Hall Carnegie Hall Wall of albums recorded at the Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ... and more albums Carnegie Hall Leonard Bernstein's conducting baton Carnegie Hall Signed Judy Garland programme Carnegie Hall Judy Garland and The Beatles on the Carnegie Hall stage
Carnegie Hall Programme for Maria Callas concert which was her last before her death and Ella Fitzgerald's glasses and Carnegie Hall concert album Carnegie Hall Signed Pavarotti programme Carnegie Hall Signed Liza Minnelli programme Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall museum
Time Square M&M World Time Square Time Square Billy Ray Cyrus in Chicago? WTAF?! Time Square
Time Square Time Square Time Square Time Square
Time Square Avenue of the Americas Rockefeller Center NBC Studio Tour Top of the Rock back for sunset views ... but not so much ...
topoftherock16 it's very foggy ... topoftherock17 ... very very foggy ... topoftherock18 topoftherock19
Top of the Rock Top of the Rock Top of the Rock Top of the Rock getting darker and the lights are all starting to come on
Top of the Rock looking down on New York Top of the Rock Sun is going down, and I have a theatre show to get to :) Rockefeller Center and Christmas tree Rockefeller Center Swarovski Crystal star
MetLife Building along Park Avenue Empire State building from 47th Street starts dancing ... #Come and meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I'm taking you to, 47th Street" ... what? 42nd? Bugger! ... starts walking Belasco Theatre to see "Golden Boy" starring Yvonne Strahovsk Belasco Theatre "Golden Boy" show poster after the show
Belasco Theatre "Golden Boy" production information Belasco Theatre Yvonne Strahovski and Jo after "Golden Boy" Rockefeller Center and Jo :) No I've still not mastered working a camera, she made a friend waiting for Yvonne ;) NBC Experience Store with Jimmy Fallon window display
Pod Hotel a nice basic hotel, served us well for our quick 2 night stay :) And back for a quick nights sleep before an early start for our flight home ... great trip :)