| The train from Jersey City takes you to 33rd St in the middle of Manhattan. It is very busy but
very pleasant as you exit the station. You can stop for a coffee to recover
from the stress of travelling. |  |
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Just a couple of blocks away is Penn Central Station. It is underground
under Madison Square Gardens. This is the light and airy foyer. |
| Outside we have the
United States Post Office. It is a huge building with a massive colonnade -
this is just part of one side. |  |
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We walked away from the centre towards the Hudson River (only 4-5 blocks). A
new tower was being built with concrete being pumped up to make the next
floor. The pump is a very specialised truck. |
| The Hudson railroad yards
at the exit to Penn Station where the commuter trains are stored ready for
the evening peak. |  |
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There must have been hundreds of railroad cars here in long rows. |
| Now I thought the Book of
Mormon is an extended Bible. But it is also a Broadway show being advertised
on the side of this bus. |  |
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Another mode of transport waits outside a hotel. |
| We wandered into Times
Square where the billboards light up the sides of the buildings. |  |
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There are thousands of tourists in this area. We can understand only a very
few of them. It is very, very busy. |
| The visitor centre is a
convenient place to find toilets. |  |
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We sat and watched the crowds wandering by and spotted this girl being
photographed (by everybody). |
| Then we realised she was
on a huge billboard, as we all were - and suddenly everybody was looking at
that instead. |  |
| The lights get brighter
as the afternoon moves into evening. |  |
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There is so much of it that the adverts lose any impact. |
| There was a sculpture
exhibition in the street. We have no idea what most of the exhibits
represented. I guess this is a ball player (about 10ft tall). They were made
out of plastic shapes like those used at road works to delineate lanes. |  |
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Bob the Builder was there along with Woody to name but two. They pose for
photos with you (for a fee). |
| Its life Jim - but not as
we know it! To be fair he was smaller than many Americans we saw. |  |
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Lady Gaga looks even better when she is four stories high. |
| It started raining so we
popped into Macy's. Shoes - you can have any colour you like so long as it's
white. |  |
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