New York for the open

took a trip to new york to check out the us open - got to watch rafa play under the open skies with planes flying in and out of JFK

the lights of arthur ashe stadium in the early evening - the atmosphere is quite unlike other sporting events - i must say that the open is quite an experience

a view of the empire state building from the top of rockefeller plaza looking downtown

grand central station and its grand concourse has not changed one bit since i was last here

graffiti is taken to a new level - seen here, buildings in an industrial section of brooklyn along side the metro tracks

a collage of photographs of faces of those who lost their lives in the sept 11 tragedy

so sad

a casually dressed commuter returning to staten island from manhattan on the free ferry service

a port-side view of the statue of liberty from the ferry

the southern tip of manhattan

perhaps one of the best pizza's i've had in a long time - courtesy of john's of bleecker street

shopping is an experience here too - here models pose outside a hollister store - perhaps selling an attitude more than a style

a restaurant that serves cold cuts and wine in the upper west side

somewhere in the upper edges of harlem, the local and state elections is heating up - candidates working hard to reach out to voters and future constituents

new york seems to still have a healthy number of family-run businesses passed down through the generations - here a neighborhood store sells pickled fish in the lower east side

fine dining in midtown

there are pockets of serenity in the concrete jungle - jackie o reservoir in central park

another southern view from the top of the rock

a wide-angle view of time square on a hot summer night