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May 22, 2012

Travel Report - New York - Pictures from Top Of The Rock

For years I have been dreaming of viewing the Manhattan skyline from Empire state building. During last year visit, my son convinced me to go to 30, Rockfeller Center's Observation Deck, instead. Truly, amazing sight.

Many of the buildings are more than 100 years old and there were no modern machineries while building them. Truly some of these buildings are architectural marvels.



In the following picture, the famous Central Park is at the background:












Following one is probably the best.




(pictures, video taken with my iPhone4)

By the way, the famous TV sitcom '30 Rock' derives its name from this building i.e., 30 Rockfeller Center.


28 comments:

  1. debajyotiMay 22, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    these are some lovely photographs and liked the videos as well :)

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  2. NSMay 22, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    Excellent pics

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  3. AmitAagMay 22, 2012 at 9:12 PM

    wow...great pics Ravi! Thanks for sharing:)

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:07 AM

      Thanks, Amit. It was my pleasure. Happy that you liked them.

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  4. VMay 22, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    wonderful presentation

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  5. Jayashree SrivatsanMay 22, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    Very Nice.Supposed to be one of the best skylines in the world!

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:09 AM

      You are right. I was there on the observation deck for nearly 20 minutes. The weather was so fine, got couple of excellent pics.

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  6. abhinavrMay 23, 2012 at 12:40 AM

    Amazing views of the city you have captured!

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  7. Shalu SharmaMay 23, 2012 at 3:07 AM

    Amazing set of photos. Breathtaking.

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  8. AnonymousMay 23, 2012 at 7:32 AM

    landed on your page from someone else's page.. :) good pics!

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:10 AM

      Thanks for stopping by. Happy that you liked the pics.

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  9. Sunaina PatnaikMay 23, 2012 at 8:39 AM

    Lovely pictures! :-)

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  10. Debanish AchomMay 23, 2012 at 1:10 PM

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  11. Saru SinghalMay 23, 2012 at 4:19 PM

    It's one of the most beautiful places in NYC. Lovely photos Sir.:)

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:11 AM

      You are absolutely right, ma'am. Thanks for your kind comments. Regards.

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  12. D.NambiarMay 23, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    NY, NY! I wish I could see this place sometime. For now, thank you for sharing these pictures.

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:12 AM

      You will, sure and soon. Thanks for visiting my page and for the comments. It was my pleasure.

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  13. RajeshMay 23, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    Excellent images.

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  14. Jayadev MenonMay 23, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    Ravi,

    Nice photographs with a useful intro about the age of some of those architechural marvels.

    Here are my thoughts:

    After the first 4-5 pictures it got a bit monotonous because all the pictures were similar wide perspective / landscape photos.

    If you had zoomed in to focus on one element in some photos, add some human interest and maybe a short note after each photo it would have become even more interesting.

    However, its great that you brought a different view of New York to us.

    Cheers!

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:15 AM

      Thanks, my friend for your frank comments. Really appreciate it. Point taken. Pictures with human element/interest i.e., pictures with me or my son are for my wife's FB ;-)

      Thanks for visiting my page.

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    2. Ravi AkulaMay 24, 2012 at 7:18 AM

      For sure, you will like these pictures, that I posted on my earlier post.

      http://chroniclesofraviakula.blogspot.com/2012/05/las-vegas-pictures-part2-spicy-stuff.html

      Cheers.

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  15. Avanish MauryaMay 25, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    Ultimate pictures sirjee...the second last photo of skyline is amazing..thanks for sharing New York skylines..

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    1. Ravi AkulaMay 25, 2012 at 6:51 PM

      Thanks for your comments. You are right, the second last photo is the best one in my opinion too. Let me brand it as such. Thanks again. Cheers.

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  16. happy quotesMay 25, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    Amazing pictures.........

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  17. AnonymousMay 28, 2012 at 6:44 AM

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