A View from Brooklyn

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Some of these are from Brooklyn ... but all show the Manhattan skyline. The Manhattan skyline is easily seen from the other four boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. It is also seen easily from New Jesey across the Hudson River.




Obviously taken from a helicopter. Yep, in The Big Apple many of us do live in the sky. Way down there it is easy to tell who the tourists are; they are the ones carrying maps and cameras. Here you see the Hudson River on the left with George Washington Bridge in the background (connects New Jersey with Manhattan). What I like about the picture is that from this height you can actually see the curvature of the Earth.

  


Remember when some of the views of the skyline looked like this? Just another memory but let me tell you ... oh yeah, it's going to look even better. Left and right pictures probably taken from lower New York Bay, even from the Statue of Liberty. I'm sure the center picture was taken from the New Jersey side of the Hudson River (from the way the Towers are lined up and from the location of that beautiful moon; la bella luna).

  

Well, you get an idea why we have so many tourists from all over the world visiting New York City.
And for more information ... Wikipedia ... all about my New York City.
Just be sure to come back; after all, I'm the guy who lives here.
Any corrections? ... ... you be my guest.

All right, here's the way ... Old Brooklyn Used To Look ... some years ago, 1920?
Now for the history buffs ... Coney History 1609-1880 ... very humble beginnings.
And if that's too much ... Brooklyn - a Quick History ... for those in a hurry.
Great, here you can see an ... 1879 Map of Coney Island ... where everything was.
All right, here's the way ... Coney Island Hotels ... used to look years ago.
Look, old Coney Island's ... Beach & Boardwalk ... used to looked like this.
And now, just for fun, only ... Old Brooklynites ... could possibly understand.
And a Brooklynese letter - Brooklynese ... from Bill Gates himself.
And what do we have here - The Cyclone ... known all over the world.
They'd say, "Hey, I'll kick you to ... Canarsie" ... they never thought much of us.
Finally, old Brooklyn ... Remember When - fond, recollections.
Oh yeah, lest we forget - Brooklyn Now - The Modern Way - you will recognize it.
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