[Harry Lavo]

"Jenn" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message
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If I looked down 7th Ave (away from Central Park,
Lincoln Center, etc,
toward the Broadway theater area), would the sky there
been filled with
the WTC towers?

Not at all. Waaay too far away, 5 miles or more. Also, the canyon-like
situation on 7th Avenue doesn't even point at the twin towers. It ends
in
Greenwich Villiage.

The WTC is so far south that most streets aren't numbered or named in way
that is consistent with midtown. If they were, the WTC would be on like
minus-20th street, In the twin towers area, 7 th Avenue would be out in
the
Hudson river someplace.

The theater district is in the high 40s, and Central Park is above 58th
st.
The usual rule of thumb is 12 blocks per mile.

Just trying to get my bearings.

Check out Google Maps in "Hybrid" mode or Google Earth. It is easy to
find
the site of the twin towers - it is a few blocks North from the tip of
Manhattan on the West Side Highway. It is the big empty spot just inland
from the Hudson.

I had such a wonderful NYC trip, but time didn't allow for a "Ground
Zero" visit, regrettably.

I took the time last time I was there, and there was more than enough
emotional response to doing so. However to be factual, all there really
is
at the site is a hole in the ground, a fairly simple memorial display and
some fragmentary construction. Or, that is how things were in early 2005.

I see. Thanks for the info. I wish that I had seen the towers while
they were there. The photos, taken from NY, Kennedy Airport, etc. show
them to be SO much taller than the next tallest buildings that I have
trouble imagining how they must have looked from ground level.

The tops just sort of disappeard from street level. My company's offices
were just two short blocks due south of the complex, and twice I took
visitors up to Windows on the World for lunch (the observation deck was too
much for me...I have that fear of edges you read about...the floor length
windows were enough for me). It truly was scary looking "down" at the top
of 50 story buildings that from our offices looked "huge". Our own 20 story
buiding was pygmy sized. By contrast, it was actually fun to look out at
heliocopters flying thirty stories below the top of the buildings.