This was the for the first time I was staying in New York. I had been to his melting pot of different world culture before in early 2001 though. This time I had a different eye to look at it.
I was comparing it with SanFrancisco (the city which I really love) and found it to be significatly different in culture and 'attitude'.
This excitment of staying and working i New York actually made me walk thrice from Battery Park to Central Park (phew!! that's a long walk actually about 60 blocks from South to North. Link below will actually show you the map of New York City and the length I am talking about.
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=New+York,+NY)
From South - Battery Park
Battery Park is situated well in south of New York. It the place from where you can get ferries to visit Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The Park itself possess lot of fun and frolic. You may find people dressed as "Lady Liberty" and that's their means of earning. They will pose along with you and you can take a picture of him and pay him some money.The walk along the park is interesting and enjoying, you can see loads of people selling cheap CDS and DVDS, smuggled gold chains, watches, cheap electronics. You may also see several street musicians performing. The picture on the left is of a sleeping vendor. He sells CDS and DVDs whole day. I was in the park on a lazy Saturday, and I caught him napping! Juxtaposed Tired, what I call this picture. I have also posted this one in Trekearth for other people to see.
Then I visited Liberty Island! There stood the Lady which symbolizes the "Liberty" of man kind from all shackles of dictatorship. Please visit the site below to know more about the world's favorite lady. http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/liberty.htmlEllis Island has a museum of
Immigration. It stores all the fact and events occured during immigration of 12 million people during the period of 1892 and 1954. The museum is very big and possess large about of facts, data and pictures during the great immigration. You can find more information about this national monument in the following link:http://www.nps.gov/elis/
WTC - The Piligrimage
What happened in 9/11 was perhaps one of the worst thing ever happened to the city in the history of man kind. The WTC site is a piligrimage and a resting place for thousands of innocent New Yorkers. The Natural Cross still stands still in the site. It is the symbol of God watching over the sin of mankind and God's eye's on innocent beings.
The NJ - NY Path Train connects NJ to NY and it carries millions of commuters daily. During the tradegy the station was totally destroyed thus commuting between NJ and NY became a big problem. The Port Authority of NJ and NY rebuilt the station and the adjoing areas in a record 3 months time to get the life back to normal. The effort is enormous and really appreciated.
As I walked past the South Seaport Museum I saw masts of an ancient ship. The contrast of the mast with the evening sky was so amazing that I thought to capture it.
Wall Street and Financial District
New York is definitely the Financial capital of the world. With so many huge skyscrappers, financial institutions;
the Wall Street is the most important street which actually controls and defines world's economy. The Wall Street Financial District "Bull" is a landmark icon in New York City, it is the unofficial symbol of the Financial District. This 7000 pounds bronze bull stands in the Bowling Green Park near Wall Street. It symbolises the aggressive financial optimism and prosperity.Midtown Madness - Times Square - the Square of the World
The Times Square in New York is the square of 
the world. As soon as you land up in the square you feel you are surrounded with lights, tall skyscrappers, News Broadcasts, Video Shows and traffic from all sides. I felt I am in a land of billions of stars, dazzling and glorious and exciting.
You really cannot decide which side you will look at. Everywhere there is some kind of activity and things happening. I believe I was confused and mesmerized as soon as I reached there. Even at 2.00 AM in the morning the place is crowded and musical opera shows going on every where. It is a place where one must visit atleast once in a lifetime.
And it snowed
Come Febuary, It was snowing badly and it recorded the worst snowfall in the century. It was all white and white everywhere, and whenever sun came out it dazzled and blinded me almost. It was severely 
cold and the weather had 
become really difficult. I saw homeless shivering on the footpaths, the snowfall had taken their shelter away. Snowfall also brought a lot of joy to the younger ones as they all were singing "Let it snow", creating snowman and throwing snowballs to passerbyes. We also threw snowballs to each other. It was a different experience all togather.
