Wednesday, September 9, 2009

09.09.09 @ 9:09pm

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empire state building @ 9:09pm on 09.09.09 - map it here
The color du jour is orange for the Empire State Building, in honor of the 400th anniversaire of Henry Hudson's arrival at New Amsterdam.
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You can learn more about this week's events:
• with this NYT article, where you'll learn that the Dutch invested 24 dollars to purchase the island of Manhattan and more great pieces of information
• and the site dedicated to the week-long celebrations: http://www.ny400.org

5 comments:

Hilda said...

400th anniversary? That should be a big celebration!

That first photo is fantastic!

Daryl said...

How pretty .. so where'd you find a ladder that tall? ;-D

Babzy said...

J'adore le titre , tous ces 9 , c'est très joli !

Ken Mac said...

love the blue lights below

slim said...

This is a classic NYC night pic . . . like it a lot. I'm happy to see that you are still blogging from the city that never sleeps.