World Trade Center

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World Trade Center, once the highest building in the world. No longer but it still has the world highest roof-top observatory on the 110^th floor. The queue to go up is very long. You could wait for an hour to get your tickets and up to another 2 hours to get up on peak seasons like a week before New Year’s Eve. I went on the week after New Year to avoid the crowd. Security is tight. Before you go up, all bags and personal belongings go thru the X-ray machine while you go thru the metal detectors. I guess after the bombing in the early 1990s, they are not taking any chances. There is an observatory on the 107^th floor with a souvenir shop and food court. They have fast food chains like Sbarro but at slightly higher prices than the those on ground level.

On the 107^th floor, there is this interesting coin machine. You put in a penny (1 cent) and 2 quarters (25 cents). Then turn the wheel to press the penny into different designs. There are 6 of them, all which can be seen above. And it’s all legal too. Cheap but great souvenirs. 

This is on the 1^st floor roof.

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One of the sculpture on display.

This is one of the cold days. Much colder than it looks.

All dressed up.

Right on top of the roof at the 110^th Floor observatory. Top Of The World!

East view.

North-east view. Manhattan is diagonally tipping a little to the East.

North-east view blocked by a happy tourist.

South-west view. Statue of Liberty is about 15 minutes by ferry but it sure looks far away (and tiny).

 
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