32nd Street and South Korea Way and 32nd Street. The section of 32nd Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue is called "Korea Way." A Korean bank is seen at Broadway entrance to Korea Way. Restaurants on Korea Way. There are too many. Another view of the Restaurants. Two Japanese ladies at the restaurant called Geum-Gang-San. They seem to be quite familiar with Korean foods. 35th Street. The second Korea Way is growing on 35th Street. Korean Book Store. Koreans believe in books written in their own language. Korean Tea Room, where young Korean boys and girls meet and talk about things. Lincoln Continentals. There is a hotel on this street where many Korean tourists stay. They like to use Lincoln Continentals for their taxi services. They are OK. Since they don't come to New York often, they like to be treated as king, presidents, or capitalists while there. The taxi fare is not bad. It costs $40 to go to the Kennedy Airport from their Korea Town, about the same as for yellow cabs. Hotel Radisson Martinique. This is one of hotels on Koreaway where many Korean visitors stay. There are also many non-Koreans. I am with an Egyptian family in this photo. This hotel accommodates airline crews from many different countries. In the afternoon, there are many airlines persons waiting in front of the hotel waiting for their bus to the Kennedy airport. I ask them whether I can have photos with them. They always say YES. Let us look at some of them. Virgin Atlantic. I met these cheerful Virgin Atlantic ladies on Broadway at 32nd Street (March 2007). Austrians. I met them there in November of 2009. They became very happy when I told them I go to Vienna very often. We promised to meet again in Vienna. Swiss International Airlines ladies in New York (November 2009). In the middle. I was invited to stand between them. Egyptian Airlines. They just arrived from their flight from Cairo. They are tired but still cheerful (November 2009). Jordanian Pilots for the Royal Jordanian Airlines (2006). In the middle is a Jordanian lady pilot. Lady pilots are very rare, especially among Moslem ladies. Therefore, it is a valuable photo. Korean Airlines (2004). When they come to New York, these Korean Airlines ladies used to stay in this hotel. Since they were in the Korea Town, they used to enjoy their good times. Alas, the company thought too much good time for them is not good for its business. Thus, the Korean crews are not accommodated at hotels far away from this prosperous Korea Town. Click here for more photos of airline people. Hotel Pennsylvania on 7th Avenue. This hotel used to host the January meeting of the American Physical Society until 1962. It was called the "Statler Hilton." It is now a moderately-priced hotel, and many foreign visitors stay here. Hotel Lobby. I used to meet many colleagues in this lobby. These day, I meet many interesting people from all over the world. Pakistan International Airlines Crews staying in this hotel (February 2001). These Moslem ladies were polite and cheerful. Czech Airlines ladies I met them in an elevator (December 2007). They became very happy when I talked about my experience in their country. I met students from England. I always enjoy talking with young people. My photo with Japanese students staying in this hotel. They became very happy when I spoke Japanese. Penn Station faces the Hotel Penn from the opposite side of 8th Avenue. It is the busiest railway station in the United States. There is a unique culture within this building, in addition to train stops. Tiecoon is my favorite shop selling necties with crazy designs. I bought many of them from this shop. The Pennsylvania Railroad used to be, may still be, the biggest railroad company in the United States. This New York hub played its unique role for many years. It is still the major transportation hub for the East Coast of the United States extending from Washington, Dc to Boston. Click here for more about this station. Madison Square Garden Center is behind the Penn Station building. I was inside this buidling in 1970 with my son (5 years old) to see the Mary Poppins show. Click here for the history of this important place. Flatiron Building at the intersection of Broadway and Madison Avenue (photo 1975). 1903 Photo of this building. Still there! in 2009. Flatiron District seen from the Empire State Building. Children's Corner at the Madison Square. Brasseri Les Halles French is in this district. Since the prices are reasonable, you can meet many interesting people. Unfortunately this restaurant was closed in 2016. I went there six times. The hostesses were students, and were happy to talk with me (2006), but they seem to be happier without me. In 2009, I went there again, and I met these nice-looking young ladies. Also in 2009, I met this young lady from Poland. She came to the United States with her parents when her father was assigned to the Polish Embassy in Washington. When her father went back to Poland for a different duty in the government, she decided to stay in the United States to build her own life. I told her I cam to this country when I was 19 years old, and worked hard to establish myself. She said she misses her father, and we produced this photo. 17th Street and South The Union Square has its history. It was originally developed as a market for farm products. People then used this place to stage peaceful protests. Mohandas Gandhi's statue was erected by Indian Americans. He accomplished many things by staging peaceful protests. Here is a side view of the statue. The tradition of farmers' market is still alive and well. This is a festival for animal foods. Statue of George Washington. Front of George Washington. People take their free-style postures. New York Film Academy is on the east side of the square, across from the Park Avenue. I was fortunate enough to talk briefly with some of the students, and here is my photo with them. I was talking about making webpages, and they were talking about movies. The issue was constructing stories from photos. Greenwich Village for Artists. Pictures for sale. Everything is on Sale. From these sale items, you can see the life style of the Greenwich artists. For Sale or Decoration, they are art works. Picture Galleries do not have to be at expensive places. Residential Apartments. Artists do not live like capitalists even in the United States. Washington Square Park where the artists can present their creative ideas in terms of paintings, music, and poems (photo from the public domain). It is naturally a meeting place for those artists. Another view of the Park Sky view of the Park (from the public domain). Creative Music Talent is shown at this park. Meet and Talk. The park is an excellent place for all Greenwichers. The Park's main function is still to provide a resting place for the citizens of New York. Garibaldi's stature. Why Garibaldi instead of Washington? There are many Italians living and doing business in the district called "Little Italy" south of this park. Click here for New York City north of New York University. New York University is a very important research and educational institution. However, I have never been to its campus. The university consists of nearly 100 high-rise buildings east and south of the Washington Square Park. There is an NYU flag on each NYU building. The Law School on the southern boundary of the Washington Square Park. The Entrance to the Law School is quite impressive. Evening class conducted in a show window. University Store three blocks east of the Park. These days, students are good consumers these days. When I was a student (1954-61), I was like a prisoner. The Physics Building is also three blocks east of the Park. Physics buildings are not stylish in any campuses, but that of NYU appears to be very ugly. This is the name of the building. This building also carried the NYU flag. The Natural Science Center is next to the physics building. This cheerful Italian lady owns two restaurants in Little Italy. Little Italy along Mulberry Street. This a photo taken in 1900 (available from the public domain). Italians played a very important political role in New York until recently. New York's LaGuardia Airport is named after Fiorello LaGuardia who was the mayor for 12 years from 1934 to 1945 covering the depression and WWII periods. He invented the present form of the city government. Mulberry Street of 2009. The place is still Italian. At the Northern End of Mulberry Street there is the standard New York. Eat and Drink. Little Italy is largely an "Eat and Drink" town. Cafe Napoli. In addition to eating and drinking, I go to restaurants to meet interesting people. She is the owner of this restaurant. She was kind enough to take off her overcoat when I proposed a photo with her. From the way she looks and talks, it was clear to me that she is a capitalist and is very confident about herself and her family. Another Italian Restaurant across the street owned by her niece. Statue of Columbus. Italians are very proud of Christopher Columbus whose statue is at the Columbus Circle near the south-western corner of the Central Park. Some years ago, Italians in New York became angry at their city government, and had a demonstration at this circle. Chinatown of 1970. The Chinatown of New York used to be a sleepy place before the United States established trade relations with China. Things are different after Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972. Chinese-style Building. This multipurpose building houses shops, cafeterias and offices. Information Booth tells about Chinatown to visitors and about New York to Chinatown residents. One of the Gift Shops, selling standard items. Gift Shop with Chinese antiques and antique imitations. Medicine Shop, also with health foods and health drinks. Fish Market. I like Chinese sea food dishes with exotic items such as lobsters and sea cucumbers. Seafood Restaurant. How can I skip Chinese restaurant while in Chinatown. Here is my photo with the owner and hostess. This is a crowded restaurant. Statue of Sun Yat-Sen in Chinatown. Sun was the leader of the Chinese revolution which overthrew the Qing Dynasty in China. Click here for more about him. Statue of Lin Zexu is also in Chinatown. He is portrayed as an anti-drug hero. In China, he is known a hero against Western imperialism. He started the Opium War in China. Click here for more about him. City Hall seen from Chinatown. Chinatown is expanding rapidly as more people are coming from China. Someday, the City Hall may come into Chinatown. Downtown Historic Seaport District. Until the end of World War II in 1945, passenger airlines were not available. When Europeans came to New York, they had to land at this seaport area. Einstein had to go through this seaport. Einstein in 1921. Dean Henry Burchard Fine of Princeton University came to this seaport to pick up Albert Einstein, who had chosen Princeton for a lecture series on his new theory of relativity. Scientists all over the United States packed the lecture hall for five talks. Einstein decided to settle down in Princeton in 1933. He died there in 1955. Photo courtesy of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. Christmas Tree (2009) at the Seaport. Fulton Market. Robert Fulton was an American pioneer of the steamboat. The Seaport is at the eastern end of Fulton Street. Antique Oceanliner and modern sky scrappers. Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges on the Manhattan side. Lower East Side apartment buildings are seen. Brooklyn across the East River seen from the Seaport. The Pacific Grille is one of the trendy restaurants at the Seaport. I go to restaurants for interesting people to talk with, as well as for good food. I met two young students there. One is from Russia and the other is from India. Here is my photo with them. St. Paul's Chapel, where George Washington held a reception after his inauguration as the first president of the United States. Of course, he prayed here also. This church is next to the Millenium Hilton, and survived the 9.11 disaster in 2001. The Church seen from the Church Street (1970). George Washington used to pray here before and after his inauguration as the first president of the United States. Washington's pew. Inside the Church. The Church Tower seen from the Millennium Hilton (photo taken in 2000). Washington Monument in the church ground. Wall Street Entrance to the New York Stock Exchange Building. The building is heavily guarded against possible terrorists. Main Entrance to the Stock Exchange. It is said that this place is the headquarters of the world capitalism. There are many people taking photos. Stock traders inside (photo taken in 1970). George Washington formally became the president of the United States precisely at this location on Wall Street. I wanted to become a participant of this Wall Street activity. On my right is a female reporter getting ready to talk to her TV camera to tell what is going on in the stock market. On my left are police officers armed with M-4 combat rifles. Trinity Church seen from Wall Street. Vending Truck and Wallstreeters taking a coffee break. Peaceful Place next to the Deutsche Bank building on Wall Street. It is not for stock traders. It is for those who wait for subway trains. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. There are gold bricks in the basement of this building. Naturally this building is also heavily guarded. Side View of the Federal Reserve Building, looking like a fortress. Chase Bank at Chase Manhattan Plaza. I was here in 1962. I had to send $100 to Korea, and local banks could not handle this problem. Things are quite different these days. Bank of New York Mellon. Fidelity Investment, One of the mutual fund dealers. New Millenium Hilton Hotel. This hotel is across the street from the twin WTC buidlings, but remained uncratched during the 9.11 bombing of 2001. Postcard of the hotel. City Hall and St. Paul's Chapel seen from a hotel room. Here is another photo taken at a higher floor of the hotel. Brookfield Center seen from the the Hotel dining room. The black area on right is the One-Wold Tower. The hotel sign seen from the site of the old Twin Towers. The Century 21 Department Store is next to the Millenium Hilton, and is also across the street from the World Trade Center. This building also survived. This is a discount store for rich people. They do not spend money easily, while looking for luxury items. Prices are reasonable for those nice-looking items. World Trade Center (before 9.11/2001) Twin towers of the World Trade Center, photo taken from a helicopter in the public domain. WTC Towers. Photo taken in January of 2000, 21 months before their collapse on September 11, 2001. WTC and the Bay of New York photo taken from the top of the Empire State Building. WTC Towers seen from the Empire State Building WTC and the Statue of Liberty, photo taken from a Staten Island Ferry boat. One of the twin towers is not yet completed. WTC towers when newly built, viewed from the Hudson River (west). . Another view. WTC towers seen from the New York Bay (south). Additional buildings started to rise up since then. Eventually many more buildings, including the five buildings for the World Financial Center (WFC). Two tallest WFC buildings are called the twin towers of WFC. Lower Floors of the WTC towers close to the street. WTC Restaurant on the ground floor. I dined there with my wife (2000). Photo of myself with my wife at the ferry point in Jersey City across from the Hudson River (2000). More Photos of WTC Twin Towers. Over the years, I took many photos of these two landmarks using different cameras. They seem to be valuable items these days. Many people came to WTC and had their photos taken. Click here for the Wikipedia page for more stories and photos. World Trade Center on and after 9.11/2001 photos from the public domain. World Trade Center after September 11, 2001. The twin towers were totally destroyed by two passenger planes hijacked by terrorists. Since then, the city of New York cleaned up the WTC ground and started constructing new sky scrappers. Click here for the Wikpedia story. Reconstruction site seen from the 25th floor of the Millenium Hotel which survived the 9.11 disaster in 2001. Closer View of the reconstruction site. One of the Cranes is working hard to raise the "One World" building. New WTC to be. This is a future plan for the new WTC. One of the completed structures (October 2013) is called the One World Building. This photo was taken from the Battery Park, about 2km south along West Street. Close-up photo taken from the 40th floor of the Club Quarter Hotel 500 meters directly south. During the night. This One World Tower changes the skylines of New York City. Downtown seen from Staten Island, and without the One World Tower. South Ferry with the new tower (2016), and earlier photo without this tower (2009). Another photo from the South Ferry. Between the two towers of the World Financial Center, and with the "One World" Tower being constructed. The Tower on the West Street. The Tower from the the Hudson River. What happened to the old WTC Towers? Their bases became two big square fountain wells. This photo was taken from the 33rd floor of the World Center Hotel. Here is another photo. Let us go down to one of the wells. There once stood the northern tower of the old WTC. Inside the well. The 9.11 Memorial Museum is those two wells at the old WTC ground. The WTC Tranportation Hub was constructed in 2014. The building was designed by a Spanish architect named Santiago Calatrava. Under the roof of this building. Ground floor and ceiling. Ground floor with shops and ticket windows. Second floor with shops and restaurant.