New York City September 11, 2004 During my walk around New York City on 9/11, I jumped into the Empire State Building when it opened at 9:00 AM. The first set of the day's photos is here. Lobby decoration Enormous building directory Looking south, left to right: Brooklyn, Downtown, and Jersey City Eastern half of downtown, with the Verrazano Bridge in the background Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn, and half of the Brooklyn Bridge New York Life Building The legendary Flatiron Building Looking down and southeast Jersey City: impressive! Closer view of downtown Western downtown. The World Trade Center complex is obviously missing, but Seven World Trade is nearly topped out. World Financial Center, the Statue of Liberty, and the Hudson River Statue of Liberty, with part of Ellis Island on the right Southern half of the Jersey City skyline Unpleasant thing to see on 9/11... Looking southwest: Newark Looking due west down West 33rd and 34th, over the Hudson into NJ Macy's store on Broadway Cruise ships docked on the Hudson Looking due north into the heart of Midtown Verizon Building (40 floors, 630 ft, #58 in NYC) Looking northwest Times Square Tower (47 floors, 726 ft, #26, 2004) Fort Lee, NJ GE Building (69 floors, 850 ft, #7, 1933) in Rockefeller Center in front of Central Park Looking northeast: Bear Stearns World Headquarters (47 floors, 755 ft, #15, 2001) Looking down and northeast: 425 Fifth Ave (55 floors, 618 ft, #67, 2003) Looking down and north Looking northeast: MetLife Building (60 floors, 808 ft, #11, 1963) CitiGroup Center (59 floors, 915 ft, #5, 1977) George Washington Bridge, Upper West Side, and Central Park Close up of the Conde Nast Building (48 floors, 809 ft, 1118 ft to tip of antenna, #10 in city, completed in 1999). Fire damage? Looking up at the Empire State Building's spire and antenna Looking northeast CitiCorp Building, the tallest in Queens (50 floors, 658 ft, #44, 1990) Williamsburg Bridge Down toward West 34th Looking west! Last: the Chrysler Building (77 floors, 1046 ft, #2, 1930)