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from New York, 2003I had to attend a week-long series of work seminars in Dallas in May. My co-worker Brendan and I stayed over in Manhattan for a long weekend before the event. Cecilie flew over to meet us there, and we had a great time. The city has really changed since the last time I was there. Everything seems cleaner and brighter now, and though it's hard to say objectively, it seems like people are friendlier than I remember. From what I gather, part of the change is due to the good economy New York has had for the last five to seven years, which has led to more jobs and better city services (even though the city's finances are a disaster now, after the bursting of the bubble). But some people also suggested that the tragedy of 9/11 knocked some awareness into New Yorkers and forced them to pay more attention to the world and each other. I could happily live in New York for a while. The food was fantastic (sushi places on every other corner), people were really cool, drinks were cheap (by Scandinavian standards), and there was so much energy and excitement in the streets. I was nowhere near ready to leave when we had to board the plane for Dallas (or in Cecilie's case, Copenhagen). Everything I'd seen told me that there were too many other things I hadn't seen yet. |
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Shots from the A340 on the way in. |
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Cecilie in lower Manhattan, looking like a New Yorker herself. |
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We stopped for bagels at a cafe in the Lower East Side with an outdoor patio. |
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Me in front of a chess shop in Greenwich Village. I like the idea of a city that has enough chess players to keep places like this open. |
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The Theatre for the New City, a left-of-centre theatre company that's been around for years. The building used to be a huge produce market in the 1940s, and there are big storage cages in the basement where people can sleep. I stayed here a few times in the early 90s. |
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Empire State Building, once again the tallest building in New York. |
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Two views of the Flatiron Building. |
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The ATT building in Lower Manhattan. It's kind of creepy- this building is on prime real estate, and would have a fantastic view—a view people pay millions for—and yet there are no windows in the building. What are they doing in there? |
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Some more "streets & architecture" pictures we took walking around the city. When I lived here before I was too young to appreciate the architecture. There are so many buildings with little architectural details that catch your eye. It's saturating. |
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