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In the beginning, Manhattan Bridge was known simply as Suspension Bridge Number 3 and nothing more. The bridge was the youngest one of the three suspension bridges in NY -- it was often forgotten just like most of the youngest children in large families. (Please, little Kevin McCallister is not a good comparison here!) The dusty blue paint on the steel towers and the delicate suspension cables make this bridge seem light and airy although it is any but. On an average day, there are 72,000 vehicles, 350,000 people, and 100 trains traverse the bridge. Like all suspension bridges, it was built to move and sway with the weight of vehicles, and like all suspension bridges, it suffered wear and tear with time. The pedestrian and bicycle path was closed since the '60s and only reopened for full use again last year. While crossing Manhattan Bridge, don't miss its trademark ornamental details: the eight globes, the canopies above the pedestrian and bike paths, the balconies around the towers, and above all, the arch -- one of the only three triumphal arches in the U.S. Leave a Comment Directions: Over the East River, connecting Canal St in Manhattan and Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn.
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| | | | Battery Park: Monuments And Statues In The Battery | Tip Rating: | | | | |
There are two dozens monuments, statues, and public artworks installed in Battery Park. In my opinion, the more notable ones are: The battery cannon used in the Revolutionary War. Castle Clinton, an old fort built in 1807, was redesigned as the first U.S. monument to World War I veterans. Albino Manca's eagle statue stands in front of four 20-foot double panels commemorate American service members lost in the Atlantic during WWII. The American Merchant Marine monument shows the sinking bow of a ship with three crewmembers pulling up another man from the water. Luis Sanguino's The Immigrants shows a group of people standing in line waiting for inspection to be admitted in the new country. The emotion emits in the way they holding on to each other and their meager belonging, or looking up toward heaven with hope and apprehension is very touching. Norman Thomas' Coast Guard Memorial, served as memorial to the men and women who served the country in WWII, shows two heroic figures carrying a wounded person. Jonathan Scott Hartley's sculpture shows John Ericsson holding the model of his design, the USS Monitor. Fritz Koenig's bronze sphere once stood between the two Twin Towers as a symbol of global peace now stands in the northern section of the park. The severely damaged sculpture was recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center and transferred here later on. Together with an eternal flame, it is served as a memorial to the victims of 9/11. Leave a Comment Address: Battery Park, at the tip of Manhattan IslandDirections: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, the R or W to Whitehall St., or the 1 or 9 to South Ferry.Website: http://www.thebattery.org/battery/
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| | | | Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island: Mother Of Exiles | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Who feels a lump in the throat at first sight of The Great Lady? I do, not just at first sight but also time after time. Who needs to know the technical details when a friend across the ocean presented you with such monumental gift? I don't. Thousands upon thousands of people have written about the history, the facts and factoids about Statue of Liberty, adding my part would just not a thing to do. It was a gift of friendship -- let's not dwelt into the whys and hows, and let's not spoil the sentiment. Let's remember what Emma Lazarus expressed so eloquently in 1883 and see if we can help keeping the spirit of giving alive: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" -- Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) Leave a Comment Directions: Only so many visitors are allowed the climb to the pedestal. There is no charge to do this, but you need to make a reservation either on-line at Statue Reservations or by phone at (866) 782-8834.Website: http://www.nps.gov/stli/
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on September 25, 2004
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on December 1, 2005
