Very New York: food carts in the front, skyscrapers in the back.
And water tanks on top of buildings.
More.
Traffic is pretty bad: these three cars are in the intersection and blocking cars coming from the other direction.
We ate lunch at Steak Frites.
Small, classic restaurant.
Bread.
Cheeses available.
Cheese plate, although I'm not sure which cheese is which.
Cote de Boeuf for two. First they showed it to us...
... then they took it back to cut it up for us. It was really good.
Dessert.
Us.
Interesting color contrast.
Back to the hotel now that we can check in.
Getting our luggage.
Our room.
Nice view.
To the other side.
This person has a trampoline on their balcony. That can't be safe.
The room has a bottle opener.
Iron, safe, and hair dryer.
Heated towel racks.
An another level there's an outdoor seating area.
Funny sculptures.
A bar / nightclub.
Horse-drawn carriage.
Red tree sculpture.
Cool building base.
We went to Edge Observation Deck. On the way in, there's a map of NYC on the ceiling.
A video of a train going by.
Cool tree image.
As you go up the elevator, the city gets drawn in around you.
Once you get to the observation deck, you can see to the north.
Northeast.
East.
Southeast.
South.
A part of the floor is clear, so you can see all the way to the ground.
Ogii lying on it.
Us.
I spread out more on the clear part, but only above the solid beams going across.
Roofs of other buildings below us.
The south side of Manhattan.
Us.
The Statue of Liberty.
Southwest.
Ferries below.
Helicopters.
According to their website, you can fly from Manhattan to JFK for $195. That would be cool.
But when we try to book it, it's actually $1,875. That would only be $195 a person if you had 10 people.
Me in the corner.
Us.
People out on the stairs.
Some buildings with cool tops.
Expensive drinks at their snack bar, but it's a long ways down to buy a cheaper one.
Hudson Yards also has a shopping mall.
Some expensive stores.
Vilebrequin.
Huge chocolate building.
Their wall is really cool.
This structure is called Vessel.
With the sun behind it.
With us.
From the other side. It was really neat.