Tom's miscellaneous NYC pics

Yes, we were in NYC again this week. We stayed in the financial district near my corporate offices, and the site of the World Trade Center. Since this is at the southern tip of Manhattan, there is a lot of water (and boats) to be seen. The city has done a wonderful job of creating green space and park area that runs for miles along the waterfront. This walkway is in Battery Park.


Tom thought my shirt went quite nicely with this construction fence!

The immigrant statue in Battery Park.

The Sphere is a large metallic sculpture byGerman sculptor Fritz Koenig, currently displayed in Battery Park. It used to be in front of the World Trade Center towers. After being recovered from the rubble of the Twin Towers, its fate was initially uncertain and it was dismantled into its components. Although it remained structurally intact, it had been visibly damaged by debris.

Six months after the attacks, it was relocated to Battery Park on a temporary basis—without any repairs—and formally rededicated with an eternal flame as a memorial to the victims of 9/11. It has become a major tourist attraction, due partly to the fact that it survived the attacks with only dents and holes. It will be returned to its original home once the Freedom Tower project is completed. (Wikipedia)

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The Red Cube! This sculpture by Isamu Noguchi supposedly represents chance, or "the rolling of the dice". It is appropriately located on lower Broadway near Wall St. It is important to me, because it is the only way I can remember how to find my company's office building, which is located a block behind the Red Cube. The streets in the financial district are not the straight grid lines of mid-town or upper Manhattan, so it is very easy to get lost wandering around in this area. It is important to have visual clues to get back on track!