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An old CNJ baggage car on display outside the terminal
Views of the Manhattan skyline
The terminal concourse with the train show
The CNJ Wall Street left from Track 3
The Reading RR also used the CNJ Terminal
Ah, if only I could take the train from track 10, CNJ's most famous train!
At Mile Post 0 of the CNJ, a memorial to the CNJ workers
The interior of the restored terminal building
A view of the great hall on Ellis Island
The harbor is a busy place with boats darting about
Great views of the NYC skyline
This one is bittersweet; the last time I was at Liberty State Park, there were two towers standing in this view. I didn't have a camera then but told myself that there would always be another day in which to take that photo. So sadly, now that I was there to take the photo, the towers are gone.
That's the Empire State Building dead center
The restored terminal building
That's the ferry to Elllis Island and the Statue of Liberty
The Goldman Sachs tower stands at Exchange Place in Jersey City, next to Harsimus Cove. This enormous building sits on land formerly occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Ellis Island
On the right, you can see the bridge from Jersey City to Ellis Island
Off in the distance is the Verrazano Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island
The Great Hall on Ellis Island with the Statue of Liberty in the background, shot from Liberty State Park
A better view of the Verrazano
Ellis Island
The restored terminal building with the Goldman Sachs tower in the background
To the left you can see part of the massive train shed
The Empire State Building and the skyline
Aboard the ferry with a great view of the terminal
The lower Manhattan skyline; the Battery (southern tip of Manhattan) is to the right
To the right of the Battery is the East River; you can just see one tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Verrazano Narrows bridge; Brooklyn is on the left, Staten Island on the right
The Statue of Liberty from the ferry
Ellis Island
The ferry from NYC to Ellis Island
Approaching Liberty Island (formerly Bedloe's Island)
I call this the postcard view
Bob's daughters with the NYC skyline in the background
The Battery to the left, the East River, and the Brooklyn Bridge
There were lots of seagulls around
The view looking from Liberty Island toward Ellis Island and Jersey City
This gull was happy to sit still to have his photo taken
The Brooklyn Bridge. The tower to the right is the Manhattan Bridge with the Williamsburg bridge in the background
The Empire State Building and the Manhattan skyline
This is the skyline of downtown Brooklyn
The Williamsburg Savings Bank building in downtown Brooklyn, the tallest building in the borough
The Queen Mary 2, docked in Brooklyn!
Views of the Statue of Liberty
If you don't speak Roman numerals, it says July 4 1776
The pedestal is the height of a ten story building
The Verrazano Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island
The Brooklyn Bridge, behind that (taller spire to the right) the Manhattan Bridge, with the Williamsburg Bridge in the background (all three spanning the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan)
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