Grand Central Terminal established a New York City holiday tradition in 1999 with the creation and presentation of a Kaleidoscope light show. Since this was free :D I went to have a look. When I got there I also noticed someone preach the gospel from the steps on one of the sides of the building and everyone had candles lit. It looked beautiful. You can imagine what it sounded like once they started singing! It echoed through the station as if sung in a Cathedral. This was hair-raising...
Off I go to the Empire State Building! As I exited the station I had the opportunity to take a nice picture of the world famous Chrysler building! This building looks most amazing at night! Of course I had to take a picture of Madison Avenue and those who know me well might know what this is about ;-) To my amazement there was already a line of about 100 people queuing up to go into the Empire State Building and even the signage at the entrance didn't "scare me off" either! It said: Waiting period 3 hours... 100 People? 3 hours? They have to be mistaken. One hour max...
... or so I thought... After approx 3 hours of queuing inside the building as well I made it up to the 86th floor Observation Deck. Where are all the socalled "lovers?" I was asking myself... No romance up here!
This deck is 320m in height. Imagine this: The total height for Burj Al Arab (tallest all suite hotel in the world) is 321m. This measured at the top of the pinnacle. The Empire State Building's full structural height (including broadcast antenna) reaches 443m. Now THAT's high! There are of course talks of the Burj Dubai being double that height! Let's see what the future holds. Just another interesting fact: Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, nearly all of the city's commercial broadcast stations (both television and radio) have transmitted from the top of the Empire State Building.
Before I knew it it was night-time.
I made my way down from the Empire State and headed for Macy's Christmas window display. I couldn't get clear pictures - too many people... Time to go home. (hotel)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
This deck is 320m in height. Imagine this: The total height for Burj Al Arab (tallest all suite hotel in the world) is 321m. This measured at the top of the pinnacle. The Empire State Building's full structural height (including broadcast antenna) reaches 443m. Now THAT's high! There are of course talks of the Burj Dubai being double that height! Let's see what the future holds. Just another interesting fact: Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, nearly all of the city's commercial broadcast stations (both television and radio) have transmitted from the top of the Empire State Building.
Before I knew it it was night-time.
I made my way down from the Empire State and headed for Macy's Christmas window display. I couldn't get clear pictures - too many people... Time to go home. (hotel)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
