Seeing "ground zero"
Dec 7th, 2001, 05:57 AM
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Seeing "ground zero"
We'll be in NYC for a couple nights over the holidays and having been talking about whether we should venture down to view the site of the WTC. It's one of those "repelled-but-compelled" types of things... voyeuristic in a way, but also respectful (I hope). When we visited last Spring, the trip to the top of WTC was one of the highlights... and now this.
If we decide to go and pay our respects, what's the best viewing point?
If we decide to go and pay our respects, what's the best viewing point?
Dec 7th, 2001, 06:08 AM
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Here we go again...I smell another free-for-all in the works, but take the A, C, 2, 3, 4 or 5 subway line southbound (downtown) to the Fulton St. stop. Come up out of the subway and find Broadway. No idea how close you can get these days (or how close you want to be) but try starting there and improvise.
Questions of impropriety aside, it's living history and well worth a visit.
Questions of impropriety aside, it's living history and well worth a visit.
Dec 7th, 2001, 06:39 AM
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As of today, the subway maps have not been updated. Just keep that in mind as you head downtown.
The best view may actually be from the water. Take the New York Waterway boat from Pier 11 (near the Seaport) to Hoboken. It is $5 each way. The boat goes around the tip of Manhattan and passes The World Financial Center which is still standing, but with significant damage.
Personally, I don't think it is a tourist site. But, that decision is up to you.
Alternatively, walking down West Broadway in Tribeca or Broadway and Liberty St, will provide clear sightlines.
If you really want to see the impact, walk past the firehouse on 8th Ave. and 48th Street, Over a dozen members of their company were killed.
The best view may actually be from the water. Take the New York Waterway boat from Pier 11 (near the Seaport) to Hoboken. It is $5 each way. The boat goes around the tip of Manhattan and passes The World Financial Center which is still standing, but with significant damage.
Personally, I don't think it is a tourist site. But, that decision is up to you.
Alternatively, walking down West Broadway in Tribeca or Broadway and Liberty St, will provide clear sightlines.
If you really want to see the impact, walk past the firehouse on 8th Ave. and 48th Street, Over a dozen members of their company were killed.
Dec 9th, 2001, 07:22 AM
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just got back from NYC/New Jersey. Did go down to Ground Zero, you look from afar. There is still evidence of the devastation but on a smaller scale as they continue to work on it day and night. It is very humbling. There is a wall of tributes/pictures,etc that is more than a block long. It will change your mood , emotions, etc for a long moment. It does not hurt to go and say prayers for those that were lost so unnecessarily.
