After a bit of a sleep-in for Jesse who has caught a cold, we headed out to Grand Central Station. Along the way we found a road side Sunday market so had a browse through it. Grand Central Terminal was not as busy as expected, but it was a Sunday and it is still a pretty impressive building.
From Grand Central we took the subway out to uptown 87th St, where the Guggenheim Museum is located. Unfortunately the spiral portion of the museum was close for repairs so we did not get to visit it. Central Park is right next to Guggenheim so we had a wander through the muddy paths in the park. Portions of it where still covered in snow that had not melted despite the mid afternoon sunshine.
Next on the agenda was to go to the top of the Empire State Building. It was completed in 1931, just one year and forty five days after breaking ground. They built one floor per day! A pretty incredible feat. In the lobby is an Art Deco Masterpiece made out of 23K gold and aluminium leaf, depicting the building set against a map of the Empire State and surrounding areas.
There was a bit of a queue and strict security screening. After an hour's delay we managed to get tickets to head up to the observation deck. The elevators only go to the 80th floor, and there was the option to wait half an hour for the other elevator or to walk up 6 floors. Time to stretch those legs! :) We paid a bit extra to go to the newly reopened 102nd floor, which turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. The area had glassed in windows that were smudged so could not get any good photos. The 86th floor had the open-air area which was nice but really, really cold. The sun was starting to set by this time, so we got great twilight and night views of New York.
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