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One of the most important sights in the city is of course the 102-story Empire State Building from 1931.









Rising 443 metres and 1,454 feet above the streets of Manhattan.



ESB is another art deco masterpiece and the lobby alone is spectacular.



First elevator takes one up to the 80th floor.





After long line-ups and two elevators, we had finally made it to the observation deck above the city.



Classic view of Manhattan looks epic.









Flatiron Building marks where Fifth Avenue and Broadway intersect.









Lower Manhattan skyscrapers.



One World Trade Center was still being built back in 2011. I loved visiting the completed observation deck in 2018.





Jersey City across Hudson River has also seen new skyscrapers go up since our visit.



Liberty Island in the distance.



Busy Midtown streets below.









Looking north, all recent supertall buildings were still plans ten years ago.





30 Rockefeller Plaza observation deck is another epic place to visit high above Manhattan.













Chrysler Building is a New York City icon.





View towards Brooklyn.







View from the upper observatory on the 102nd floor. Also this view looks very different today after completion of Hudson Yards.







Back on the ground walking up Broadway.



More to come...