Last Weekend, Battery Park City...

Last weekend, Fiona and I attended a daytime farewell party for my friends Maddy and Torah, and their brand new baby August at their apartment in Battery Park City.   They are moving to Arizona from NYC.  (We will miss you guys!!)  

The weather that day was PERFECT and it was fun being so far downtown since I rarely make it down there.  So I decided to take a quick walk in the park after we left before we came up town.  The parks and playgrounds down there are new and stunning and I can see why people with kids end up there.  There are TONS of kids and families down there.  But it was the breathtaking view of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty, along with the sailboats that felled me.  I took these pictures but I don't think it does the scene justice.

There are also stunning views from Battery Park City of the Freedom Tower in progress, which recently surpassed the Empire State Building to be the tallest building in the city.  Woohoo!!  I think it's pretty amazing that since Sept. 11th the tallest building in this city was built in the 1930s!  A testament to the ambition and talent of those that built the Empire State Building, I believe.

And I also took a picture of this pedestrian bridge that connects the lower part of Battery Park City with the rest of downtown.  I think all the angles make this an interesting bridge.

Man, I'm going to miss this place if we have to leave!