New York City

Welcome to the New York City 8th Grade Class Trip...Enjoy!!




Lower Manhattan from the Empire State Building's 86th Floor

Upper Manhattan and a look at Central Park...we would actually walk all the way there from the Empire State Building....a good 25 some block walk.

You can see the Statue of Liberty out in the distance. We'll visit there tomorrow.

Walked by Radio City Hall on our way to dinner at the ESPN zone in Time Square.

The kids in Times Square after dinner.

A look from my hotel room, which was only four blocks from the Empire State Building. Good night.

Early morning and on to the World Trade Center site. This was the metal cross they took from the wreckage and made into something to look at.


This is in one of the buildings of the World Trade Towers. This one was damaged, but has been repaired since and looks beautiful inside. You can go to the windows in the background and look out at the Trade Towers site.

This is Trinity Church. It was the only building to survive without any damage from the Trade Towers, which is unreal since it was literally right across the street from them. It only had one tree that fell during 9/11. It became the site where all the firefighters/police/helpers would go in the weeks after 9/11 and receive care and food. This is also the only building to survive the Great fire of New York back in history and was also were George Washington was inaugurated as our first President.

Stopped by the Brooklyn Bridge on our way to Chinatown for lunch.


Mom, this is the courthouse steps for Law and Order....thought you would like to see it.

Shopping in Chinatown after Lunch

Onto Battery Park to catch our ferry to Liberty Island where we got off and got a closer look at the Statue. If anyone gets a chance, you have to stop at this island. There is nothing like being so close to it.

Then we caught the ferry again to head over to Ellis Island. Here is a display of baggage that never made it to the owners.

This is the Registry Hall where everyone would come when they got off the boats and wait to go through all the exams and whatnot. At times this room would hold thousands of people all crammed in waiting. No joke. I didn't believe it until a ranger had to verify it for me. It's hard to imagine. And it was hotter then all get out in there. I couldn't imagine it with people packed in.

As soon as we got off the ferry we took the subway back to our hotel where we got dinner, changed, and then were off again to our broadway show at the New Amsterdam Theatre....Mary Poppins. It was great!! Les Hambridge couldn't stop talking about it and I recommend it to anyone.

The next morning it was time to say farewell to New York. Two final pictures from our hotel room. Goodbye.