Pedestrians on 42nd Street, near the Port Authority Bus Terminal (where I arrived).
 
 

Sunlight fails to reach the street at Times Square.
 
 

Trees, bedrock, and bridge at Central Park.
 
 

Another view of this suprisingly peaceful, expansive, and natural park.
 
 

The American Museum of Natural History, site of my conference.
 
 

A subway musician - sorry the picture is blurry.
 
 

Aunt Sally outside the Browns' brownstone in Brooklyn.
 
 
 

Trip #2:  Visiting the Browns and sightseeing in Manhattan
 
 

The World Trade Center Plaza (one month before the disaster).  Live music to the left, fountain on right.
 
 

Looking toward Brooklyn from the 109th floor of the World Trade Center.
 
 

Standing high above the hazy Manhattan skyline (World Trade Center roof).
 
 

Aunt Sally at a garden between the financial district and Battery Park.
 
 

A view of Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferry.
 
 

From below the Statue of Liberty.
 
 

The Escher-like interior of Lady Liberty.
 
 

Luggage inside a building on Ellis Island.
 
 

The intersection of two fairly well known streets.
 
 

The United Nations Security Council.
 
 

Artwork at the United Nations (written is the golden rule).
 
 

Samurai armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.