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Battery Park

One cannot visit New York without a ferry ride to see the Statue of Liberty up close. The gateway to the Statue of Liberty is Battery Park right at the southern tip of Manhattan. The park is undergoing major renovations and upgrades and I can't wait to see it when it's done.
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Korean War memorial, The Universal Soldier.
World War II memorial.
Dedicated to those who died in the Atlantic Ocean.

Seems like a good idea to build a Merry Marine Life Go Round here.
Is that Zelda the famous New York City Turkey?
The Immigrants.

This Sphere used to stand at the World Trade Center plaza. It's now a 9/11 memorial.
Ellis Island at full zoom from Battery Park.
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Hours: 8:30a-6p in Summer
Tickets: Adults $1.50
Children 4-12 $9.50
Children under 4 FREE

Statue of Liberty

One cannot visit New York without making a trip to the Statue of Liberty. This was definitely the busiest of the tourist sites we visited with the Empire State Building being a close second.

You can visit the statue by catching a ferry from Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan. The only other place you can catch a ferry to visit the statue is from Liberty Park in New Jersey. The security before getting on the ferry is comparable to airport security with metal detectors and x-ray of all luggage. They were at least as thorough as the screeners at airports.

One there we decided to take the tour given by a National Park Service Ranger. It was less than an hour long and I learned a lot about the history of the Statue that I didn't know before. Well worth the $0 it cost.

We were not able to get tickets to the viewing platform since they were sold out for the day. They allow a very limited number of people up and tickets usually sell out days if not weeks ahead of time. It's best to go to http://www.statuereservations.com/ before you arrive to order a Time Pass if you really want to go to the platform. There are also a very limited number of passes available first thing in the morning. I'm pretty sure you still are not able to climb up the statue itself.
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The Ferry to and from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
The best I can do considering the overcast conditions.

This one is not bad.
The huge foot was the last part to be assembled.

The original fort on which the statue was erected.

July 4, 1776 for the Roman Numeral impaired.
The viewing platform for which you need special tickets well ahead of the visit.
You don't see too many pictures of the back of her head.

Close-up of the gilded flame.
On the ground they have a replica of part of the flame so you could see how it's constructed.

Liberty Park over in Jersey.
The little bugger who was trying to bite us as we waited to get back on the ferry.

Ellis Island

We were getting pretty tired so we didn't spend much time at Ellis Island, only about half an hour walking around the main building. I did look up my name on their immigration record computers and was surprised to find a lot more people than I thought with my last name.

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Nice old architecture.
The new entrance to the museum.
The great hall.

A 3D chart showing immigration patterns.

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