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![In the name of art they put this stupid rock<br>in front of the fountains at Rockefeller Plaza.](IMG_1884.jpg)
![The personality-deficient security guard to the left chewed people out<br>for standing on the piece of art's platform.](IMG_1887.jpg)
![I was one of them.<br>And this is the view that stupid rock blocks.](IMG_1893.jpg)
![Rockefeller Plaza](IMG_1898.jpg)
![Rockefeller Plaza](IMG_1903.jpg)
![What's a trip to NY without another couple pictures of Mattlas?](IMG_1909.jpg)
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![Subtle warning](IMG_1918.jpg)
![Nintendo's Wii <i>Cooking Mama</i> tournament.](IMG_1921.jpg)
![<i>The Pirate Queen</i>](IMG_3472.jpg)
![Mattopia Jones and the Pirate Queen<br>Gosh. Sounds like a great movie title. Photo by a <i>Pirate Queen</i> groupie.](PICT3150.jpg)
![A moment for reflection.](IMG_1929.jpg)
![The Mattsonian bows in abject humility before the Pierpont Morgan Library.](IMG_1935.jpg)
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![Another NY birthday, another shot of Aries in Grand Central.](IMG_1946.jpg)
![Grand Central](IMG_1954.jpg)
![Grand Central](IMG_1955.jpg)
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![M&M opened a bigger, splashier store right across the street from<br>Hershey's hole in the wall shop.](IMG_1962.jpg)
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![Two favorites.](IMG_1975.jpg)
![The NEW House That Ruth Built: Opening in 2009](IMG_1988.jpg)
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![Gromit's in awe of the House That Ruth Built](IMG_2127.jpg)
![The OLD House That Ruth Built](IMG_1998.jpg)
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![2 April 2007: Opening Day!](IMG_2023.jpg)
![Monument Park](IMG_2033.jpg)
![Monument Park](IMG_2034.jpg)
![Monument Park](IMG_2039.jpg)
![Monument Park](IMG_2040.jpg)
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![The National Anthem](IMG_2072.jpg)
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![Cory Lidle's wife and son throw out the first pitch](IMG_2080.jpg)
![Y-M-C-A-!](IMG_2093.jpg)
![The Legendary Mariano Rivera](IMG_2101.jpg)
![A post-win pic of the new ballpark](IMG_2110.jpg)
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![The Empire State Building by the fog of night](IMG_2133.jpg)
![The Empire State Building by the fog of night](IMG_2139.jpg)
![The Empire State Building by the fog of night](IMG_2140.jpg)
![The Empire State Building by the fog of night](IMG_2151.jpg)
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![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3153.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3155.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3157.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3158.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3159.jpg)
![View from Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3160.jpg)
![View from Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3166.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3171.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3190.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3192.jpg)
![I don't get along all that well with heights.<br>It was quite the accomplishment to walk all the way across the bridge and back again.](IMG_3194.jpg)
![I call this one Black and White.<br>Note black emphasis on the left, white on the right.](IMG_3205.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3220.jpg)
![The Brooklyn Bridge](IMG_3222.jpg)
![Ground Zero](IMG_3226.jpg)
![Ground Zero](IMG_3228.jpg)
![Ground Zero](IMG_3235.jpg)
![Ground Zero](IMG_3238.jpg)
![The start of the Freedom Tower](IMG_3241.jpg)
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![Ground Zero](IMG_3246.jpg)
![Ground Zero](IMG_3248.jpg)
![Things are getting back to normal across the street.](IMG_3265.jpg)
![Lady Liberty](IMG_3278.jpg)
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![Something's missing...](IMG_3286.jpg)
![... never forget.<br>Photo circa 1991 courtesy of the Mattsonian National Library](WTCenter.jpg)
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![Back up in Central Park](IMG_3300.jpg)
![Central Park](IMG_3303.jpg)
![Central Park](IMG_3307.jpg)
![Central Park](IMG_3309.jpg)
![Times Square](IMG_3316.jpg)
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![Empire State Building in Red](IMG_3333.jpg)
![Another favorite photo opp](IMG_3347.jpg)
![Les Halles, 411 Park Avenue South...](IMG_3355.jpg)
![... excellent breakfast...](IMG_3356.jpg)
![... with a nice French ambience.](IMG_3358.jpg)
![Still keeping track of the debt](IMG_3400.jpg)
![At Joe's Corner Bar...](IMG_3402.jpg)
![... Joe.](IMG_3404.jpg)
![She's back on Broadway.](IMG_1976.jpg)
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![Spider-Man and the Phantom](IMG_1983.jpg)
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![Lea Salonga, now appearing as Fantine in <i>Les Miserables</i>](IMG_3410.jpg)
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![City Hall](IMG_3416.jpg)
![In the Visitors Center](IMG_3417.jpg)
![In the Visitors Center](IMG_3418.jpg)
![1818: Rocky's old house](IMG_3419.jpg)
![My house number?<br>It's also 1818.](IMG_3421.jpg)
![Those are steps upon which Rocky swooned over Adrian.](IMG_3422.jpg)
![The Hard Rock Philly, next door to the Philadelphia Convention Center](IMG_3424.jpg)
![The Irish Pub featured in <i>Rocky Balboa</i>. A nice, friendly place.<br>They even played the Killers while I was there.](IMG_3428.jpg)
![City Hall by night](IMG_3431.jpg)
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![The Courtyard by night](IMG_3433.jpg)
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![Following in Rocky's footsteps.](PICT3162.jpg)
![A little fatigued, Rocky Mattciano strikes a pose. Photo by a visiting New Yorker and fellow <i>Rocky</i> fan](PICT3165.jpg)
![Even Gromit wanted in on the action.](PICT3159.jpg)
![Bonus! The Liberty Bell](IMG_3460.jpg)
![This Bell's got legs!](IMG_3462.jpg)
![Back at the hotel.](IMG_3468.jpg)
![And back in NYC...](NY.jpg)
![... the Brooklyn Bridge by night.](IMG_3482.jpg)
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![Whatever.](IMG_3503.jpg)
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