A crazy trip in a "long weekend", with a special company : an ex army mate that I know since the year 1986.
A crazy trip in a "long weekend", with a special company : an ex army mate that I know since the year 1986.
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Day | What | Notes |
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30 May 2014 (Fri) | Milan - New York City, Financial Center, Times Square
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31 May 2014 (Sat) | Fulton, B/M Bridges, Rockefeller Center
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01 Jun 2014 (Sun) | Fulton, Central Park, Liberty Island, Ellis Island
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02 Jun 2014 (Mon) | Roosevelt Island, New Jersey, New York City - Milan
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Flight(s) | Flight # | Departure/Arrival | Notes |
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Milan Malpensa MPX -> New York JFK | DL 419 | 10:15 | Seat 42G |
Hotel | Room # | Notes | Cost |
Holiday Inn Wall Street (51 Nassau St) | 1903 | prepaid | |
Expenses | Notes | Total | |
Metrocard Airtrain (Howard Beach subway station) | 5$+1$ new card | 6.00$ | |
Metrocard unlimited 1 week (Howard Beach subway station) | 30$+1$ new card | 31.00$ | |
Mini screwdriver set (Global Discount Inc, 145 Fulton st) | $1,49+0.13 tax | 1.62$ | |
Hotdogs (Zuccotti Park) | 1,75$x2 | 3.50$ | |
Dinner (Planet Holliwood, 1540 Broadway at 45th Street) | 64.47$+15$(?) tip for both of us. Served by Fabio | 79.47$ |
Nice surprise at the airport : the departure time of our flight was anticipated to 9:55 due to a strike of the airport personnel.
A rare example of a useful strike.
Expenses | Notes | Total | |
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Breakfast (Dunkin' Donuts, 100 Maidel Lane) | 10.17$+0.67tax for both of us | 10.84$ | |
Gift for Dani (American Girl, 609 Fifth Ave at 49th st) | 86+2.49 tax | 88.49$ | |
Top Of The Rock Observation Deck (Rockefeller Center) | 29$x2 for both of us | 58.00$ | |
Dinner (Mark Joseph Steakhouse, 261 Water St) | 192.38$+35$ tip for both of us | 227.38$ |
Expenses | Notes | Total | |
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Breakfast (Dunkin' Donuts, 122 Fulton St) | 8.58+0.60 tax | 9.18$ | |
Campbell soup can (CVS/Pharmacy 630 Lexington Ave) | Bean with Bacon | 2.27$ | |
Liberty Island/Ellis Island ferry (Battery park) | 18$x2 | 36.00$ | |
Sandwich (Panini & Co., Zuccotti Park) | 6.95$+0.75 tax | 7.70$ | |
Hoody sweater (grey, 2XL) (Libertees Inc, 114 Liberty St) | 41.99$+3.72 tax | 45.72$ | |
Dinner (Il Brigante, 214 Front St) | 86$+17.20 tip+7,63 tax for both of us | 110.83$ |
Flight(s) | Flight # | Departure/Arrival | Notes |
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New York JFK -> Milan Malpensa MPX | Delta 1046 Operated by Alitalia - AZ605 | 20:30 | Seat 41 or 42, right side, window |
Expenses | Notes | Total | |
Ferry WFC - Paulus Hook (World Financial Center Ferry Terminal) | 6$ x 2 x 2 | 24.00$ | |
Snack : 2 x potato chips, soda, IBC root beer (Potbelly Sandwich Shop, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City NJ) | 6.50$+0.46 tax for both of us | 6.96$ | |
Metrocard Airtrain (Howard Beach subway station) | paid cash to an attendant for both of us | 10.00$ |
The clock is located here , near the base of the Goldman Sachs Tower.
Honestly, I could not imagine that this clock has such an important history... I thought the clock was just a temporary landmark that would not have survived for long, but instead it's a piece of history of New Jersey and for that reason it will be preserved.
As of 2005, the Colgate Clock stands on an otherwise empty lot; all of the other old buildings in the complex were demolished in 1985, when Colgate left New Jersey. The lot is located on the Hudson River waterfront and the clock itself is 100 meters south of the Goldman Sachs Tower, the largest skyscraper in the state of New Jersey. The construction of that building in the early 2000s forced a relocation of the clock southward to its current location. At the time of the relocation the size of the Colgate advertisement attached to it was reduced to comply with the Hudson River No Billboard law. As a part of the relocation agreement Goldman Sachs now maintains the clock.
The clock is a mandatory reporting point for flights below Class B airspace in the Hudson River VFR corridor.
In June 2013 it was announced that the clock would be refurbished and raised in order to allow for greater visibility.
The mandatory trip to Roosevelt Island .
A little bit of shock when we arrived : the Franklin D. Roosevel Four Freedoms Park was closed.
Right when we were about to leave, at about 8.50am we found out that the park opens at 9am, so we waited there until the opening.