{1930 Chrysler Building New York City}

On August 29 of 2015 we both did walk from our Hyatt Place New York/Midtown-South to the 42nd Street in New York City, to view the 1930 Chrysler Building (click the hyperlink).

That's what we loved about this hotel, conveniently close to most areas!

Yep, for Walter P. Chrysler, the car manufacturer it was a status symbol to build the tallest building in the world!
It remained the tallest building until 1974 when the Sears Tower in Chicago won that title.

There it is!

Against a perfectly blue sky again; we both got so very lucky with the weather.

Can you imagine that his building is from 1930?!

Quite a challenge for that time to build such a tall structure.

Being in such a high rise city, it is a constant struggle for capturing these giants as often they are partly hidden from view!

But contrary to what many Europeans still think; these buildings are ONLY office buildings and not for living!

There always is another tall building in the way...

Here it is, adjacent to the Grand Hyatt of New York City.

Still towering tall above the hotel as the 1930 Chrysler Building has 318 meters (1045 ft) including its spire!

Or 77 floors...

The Grand Hyatt has only 26 floors and is 90 m or 295 ft tall.

It is very hard to get it into perspective...

The Gargoyles you see here, depict the Chrysler car ornaments on this Art Deco style skyscraper.

Indeed, a very interesting piece of architecture and it's only one year younger as my Pieter is!

Hope you enjoyed this little walk to one of New York City's skyscrapers.

Thank you for your visit!

{My BLISS = Tea, Chocolate & Flowers}

For taking time to sip tea together with preferably chocolate and some fresh flowers really is My BLISS!

Don't you agree?

These fragrant Narcissus Obdam we had on March 5th...

A time to slow down and savor the goodness of chocolate with tea.

Having a nice conversation and feeling blissful!

Wishing you all a lovely week ahead and thanks for stopping by.

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{FREE Ferry to Staten Island, New York}

One of the highlights of our sight seeing trip with OnBoard Tours to New York City was for sure the included Staten Island Ferry (click the pink hyperlinks for more info!). What we didn't know was that this Ferry is FREE for everyone! 

Here we are, just leaving from the Whitehall Ferry Terminal with a spectacular view of Lower Manhattan

To the left you can see the docking station of White Hall where we all got on board

Here you can see those three bridges across the Hudson River, as I zoomed in a bit.
Brooklyn Bridge is in the front with the Manhattan Bridge behind.
In the far distance you even get to see George Washington Bridge!
Sorry, this is all from my iPhone 6 Plus

Here we are looking at Staten Island Ferry's White Hall Terminal from where we departed.

We had such a perfect sunny day on August 28!

The view of Lower Manhattan looks spectacular, seen from the Ferry.

This is zoomed in as we passed Ellis Island with the Statue of Liberty...

When we were going back, I took this photo from the Ferry docking at the Terminal on the Staten Island side in St. George, NY.

There is seating inside the huge Ferry and here Pieter is seated on a bench on the upper deck outside.
Some 6,000 passengers can be transported and that 109 times daily!

That is me, standing on the upper deck for a spectacular view!

Going back to Lower Manhattan, New York City...

Riding this FREE Ferry I can only highly recommend!

Have you been across to Staten Island?

Thanks for your visit.

Related links:
Whitehall Ferry Terminal
  Top 5 Bridges in New York City