10/10/12
Ground Zero
Following on from our
tour yesterday we started our day by
heading out of town to St. John the Divine’s cathedral. Until yesterday I had not heard of it. It is the Anglican cathedral of New York
State and claims to be the largest cathedral and Anglican Church and fourth
largest Christian church in the world, this honour is however disputed by
Liverpool Cathedral who says that the ref. was biased. It was started in 1892 and remains unfinished
today. Even better it was situated half
a dozen stops on the subway north of us and although it doesn’t appear on any
of the must do lists is truly worth a visit.
Then back on the
subway and all the way down from 106th St. to Ground Zero over a
hundred blocks. The weekly metro card
has certainly earned its keep this trip!
The visit to ground Zero is very moving, the huge square waterfalls pour
into the two footprints of the twin towers while all around, the rebuilding of
the World Trade Centre goes on.
A silly diversion wad
then undertaken, as we had seen an
advert for a pet supply shop called “Dudley’s
Paw” and as it was only a couple
of blocks from where we were it had to be photographed and a present bought for
Dudley.
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