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Facing west.
The big black block is 1 Penn Plaza. Built: 1972. Height: 55 stories.
The lines by the river to the left of that are the Long Island Rail Road West Side Storage Yard.
The big building facing us in front and to the left is Two Penn Plaza. Penn Station is located below it. Built: 1968. Height: 31 stories. This big office complex replaced the late, great Penn Station.
The round structure behind Two Penn Plaza is Madison Square Garden. It's the home of the NY Knicks, Liberty, and Ranger teams as well as Barnum & Bailey.
Behind that is the Farley Building General Post Office.
To the right of 1 Penn Plaza, the interesting shape on the Hudson River is the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Designed by IM Pei. Built: 1986.
On the New Jersey shore, you'll see a brown building to the right of center. Somewhere by the docks there, Aaron Burr fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in 1804. |