Manhattan Marathon Part 2 of 3

Picking up on Day 2 with the "See it all tour" of Manhattan:

We met our guide, "J" and hopped on a small bus that held about 20 of us. He was great and kept up a running commentary about the sights we were driving by. There were at least a dozen spots that we hopped off and got more information from him as he accompanied us. Some of the stop off and drive by points of interest were:
the Dakota Building where John Lennon was shot and where his widow still lives
Central Park /Strawberry fields
Rockefeller Center
Wall Street and World Financial Center
Trinity Church
Flatiron Building
Times Square
South Street Seaport
5th Avenue
NBC Today Show
9/11 Memorial
Trinity Church
St. Patrick's
Woolworth Building
Shopping Mile
Broadway
Lego Store
Central Park Zoo
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
Greenwich
Chelsea
Highline Park
Little Italy and Chinatown
SoHo and NoHo, Tribeca, West Side of the park, etc.

GREAT way to see NYC if you only have a few days. Click on most of the pictures below for an enlarged view.

Wall Street: Actual part of the original 'wall' of Wall Street, built for protection by the Dutch in New Amsterdam.

George Washington in front of the Federal Building on Wall Street.

NYSE on Wall Street.

Trinity Church as seen from Wall Street and the NYSE.

9/11 Memorial reflecting pool. See all the trees in the background? Over 400 planted in memory of the first responders who died.

Just a shot of our tour guide, "J" with his umbrella (he held it above his head while walking in front of us so we would not 'lose' him!)  and the group on Wall Street.

From our boat ride on the Zephyr: view of Manhattan from the Hudson

The beautiful Statue of Liberty

The Brooklyn Bridge!

Another shot of the lower Manhattan skyline.

We ended the day about 8 pm! So in 7.5 hours we saw quite a bit!! We headed back to Jersey and enjoyed a quiet dinner in our little neighborhood. Here's the view as we got off the ferry: