Times Square

Monday , July 25

Times Square: people, lights, advertising and hustle and bustle.  We took a city bus to Times Square in order to catch one of the double decker bus tours.  Interestingly, when we asked a Metro bus driver who was having a cigarette before starting his run, which bus to take, he gave us excellent directions and 4 transfers so that it would not cost us anything.  That was small town service at it's best.



The Ball Confirms it is 2011



We had no problem finding a tour operator and purchased a 2 day all loops package.  We started with lower Manhattan and travelled through the rest of Times Square, the garment district, past Madison Square Gardens, through Greenwich, past the Seaport, past Chinatown, through SOHO and past Rockefeller Center and Central Park before returning to Times Square. 

It was a 3 hour loop and the weather was threatening so we got off and found us an Irish Pub, Playwriters Pub, in Times Square.  It was probably the most disappointing place that we have stopped at in all of the Loop.  Oh well, can't be lucky all of the time.  It started pouring outside so we decided to head back to the boat.  We jumped on the Upper Manhattan tour bus and had the driver drop us off near the Trader Joe's near are marina.  We got a little wet but not bad considering.

I will leave you with some images from the day.

Empire State building from downtown.



Flatiron Building(for the guys it shaped like an iron)




For my Windsor Friends, the Chrysler Building.





Anybody want to buy a "walk up" Apartment?




Lots of TD Canada Trusts in NYC, even on Wall Street




Pier 17 on the East River




United Nations




Apprentice Anyone?




Waldorf Astoria Hotel

Saks Fifth Avenue (I am not impressed)

Johnny Carson's digs from a way back.