Staten Island and Manhattan

After going outside from Atlantic City, we berthed at Great Kills Yacht Club on Staten Island.  It is a small private club that allows transients from other clubs for short visits.  Our host John Calascibetta was very gracious and even drove us to the train station for our quick visit to Manhattan.

We took the train up Staten Is to reach the ferry,

which took us past the statue of liberty,

to the lower part of Manhattan.

We first visited the Trade Towers Memorial with the reflecting ponds and tall skyscraper:

We had lunch at Rockefeller Center, then visited St Peters Cathedral,

and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  They had a large exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural designs.

and even a few of his models:

There was an assortment of modern and classic paintings as well, including several by Van Gogh:

Later on we saw another "van gogh".  NY has everything!