Tag: traveling

Dusk approaches in NYC

This was shot while walking towards the Brooklyn Bridge walkway just after the sun had set and the lights were coming on. The building in the middle is the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse and the on the left is the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building.


New York City Skyline at blue hour

I was rushing between one side of the bridge to the other, trying to cram all the sights so I missed out getting sunset pictures from this location. But the skyline and the buildings with the lights on against a bright blue sky at dusk turned out to be equally fantastic. And of course, it was a freezing cold night and I was literally (and I do mean literally) shivering, unable to keep my finger steady enough to press the shutter button! Well worth it though!


“Lives in New Jersey but calls herself a New Yorker”

Did you know that even though it is an iconic symbol of New York, the Statue of Liberty (and Liberty Island) is actually located within in the state of New Jersey and surrounded by it’s waters??? Apparently, it is all complicated and involved some legal and jurisdictional disputes but it has been agreed that the visible portion of the island (including the statue) fall under New York while the submerged portion belong to New Jersey! Weird but true!

I didn’t get to visit the statue itself but seeing it while taking the Staten Island Ferry was an experience in itself.

Here are a few more interesting facts about this amazing structure:
1) The statue’s full name is Liberty Enlightening the World
2) The seven spikes on the crown represent the seven oceans and the seven continents of the world
3) The statue has an iron infrastructure and copper exterior which has turned green due to oxidation. Although it’s a sign of damage, the patina (green coating) also acts as a form of protection from further deterioration.
4) The statue will be 133 years old in October this year (2018)
5) The $100K needed to erect it was actually crowd sourced with donations of $1 or less from the readers of the New York World newspaper