Ferries that run down the East River provide an easy way to see Manhattan from the water. A pleasant trip. I hadn't fully appreciated the scale and extent of architecture on Manhattan. It is mind-bogglingly massive.
The island of Manhattan was exchanged for the island of Run in the Spice Islands of Indonesia in the Treaty of Breda (1667) between England and the Dutch Republic. Run was an important source of nutmeg, then a very valuable spice. When the Dutch chose nutmeg over New York.
The Chrysler Building in the middle
Brooklyn Bridge and downtown Manhattan
Downtown Manhattan
A tug under Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
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