The UN Building and the hotel is at the East end of New York, whereas, all the happening places are at the West end.
Armed with a simple map and a mental picture of the locality of tallest building in the city, started walking in the windy 3 deg C temperature right after the afternoon session ended. Looking for the tallest building shouldn't be too difficult. WRONG !!! There's lots of tall buildings around couple with narrow streets; Every possible angel for a long range "look", was blocked. Even the sunlight had difficulties to pass thru. With the cross fix of 35th Street and 5th Avenue, the walk in the general direction was the order of the day. Crowd seem to be everywhere .... (not too sure, who is working) but as I got nearer to the 36th Street, signs of the tallest building could be felt. Lots of people were pointing their camera upwards, snapping away. Nicely located across the street of the American icon was another familiar site .... McDonald. Had a burger whilst I waited for the tourist queue in front of the State Building to clear.
After the airport-style security screening, purchased the US$21 adult ticket and headed for the 86th floor, observatory platform. It was in the open thus the chill from the wind could be immediately felt. Guess, it was a natural way for clearing the crowd. Most took one quick walk round the platform, snapped the pictures and back in.
Quite a nice bird eye's view of the City of New York.
Welcome to America !!!
Armed with a simple map and a mental picture of the locality of tallest building in the city, started walking in the windy 3 deg C temperature right after the afternoon session ended. Looking for the tallest building shouldn't be too difficult. WRONG !!! There's lots of tall buildings around couple with narrow streets; Every possible angel for a long range "look", was blocked. Even the sunlight had difficulties to pass thru. With the cross fix of 35th Street and 5th Avenue, the walk in the general direction was the order of the day. Crowd seem to be everywhere .... (not too sure, who is working) but as I got nearer to the 36th Street, signs of the tallest building could be felt. Lots of people were pointing their camera upwards, snapping away. Nicely located across the street of the American icon was another familiar site .... McDonald. Had a burger whilst I waited for the tourist queue in front of the State Building to clear. 
After the airport-style security screening, purchased the US$21 adult ticket and headed for the 86th floor, observatory platform. It was in the open thus the chill from the wind could be immediately felt. Guess, it was a natural way for clearing the crowd. Most took one quick walk round the platform, snapped the pictures and back in. 
Quite a nice bird eye's view of the City of New York. Welcome to America !!!
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