title	Times Square, the Empire State and Ground Zero, New York, US - 1st May 2006
intro	Having stood at the top of the Twin Towers some eleven years before, it felt necessary to return to the site anyway, but as it happened Nosher had to head down to the financial district to meet mate Phil at his place of work, which happens to be right on the south-east corner of Ground Zero in the World Trade Center complex. Building had started on the towers' replacement - the subway is already in place - but there's still a huge, improbable, gap where they used to be. Whilst there were people there who were quietly observing and reflecting, there were also those who seemed to be there just to have their photo taken with the site as some touristy back-drop. There are also a few photos of some of the crew of Ladder Company 10, whose fire station is only metres away from Ground Zero and who must have been some of the first on the scene. Before that, there's a chance to explore Midtown from the base of a Marriott hotel near 42nd Street, and later on there's a trip with Phil to the top of the Empire State Building, which was supposed to be sunset but thanks to extreme queueing was just after dark. There are also a couple of emergency camera-phone photos of all-round legend Les Paul at the Iridium Club on Broadway - emergency because it turns out that you're actually allowed to take cameras in, but that was unknown before so the proper camera had been left behind at the hotel. Instead, Phil's Motorola Razr had to make do. Afterwards, fuelled by several pints of Brooklyn beer, it's down to Times Square with the tripod.
imgp9666	Food stalls in mid-town somewhere
imgp9670	A taxi speeds past on 5th Avenue
imgp9672	Mid-town buildings
imgp9673	The Empire State Building on 5th and East 33rd
imgp9675	A "Papaya Dog" shop on the corner of 5th and 33rd
imgp9681	A cross-walk by a souvenir shop
imgp9685	Tacky souvenir shop
imgp9687	A Sabrett hotdog stand
imgp9690	Another street, another hot-dog stand
imgp9696	Prayer ribbons at the Dutch Protestant church
imgp9700	Advertising on The Breslin
imgp9706	Golden-topped spire behind a park near 24th Street
imgp9709	Street scene on 24th Street
imgp9713	The Flatiron Building
imgp9721	A hotel not related to old 70s and 80s computers
imgp9722b	Looking up the Broadway and 5th Avenue
imgp9726	A homeless guy with his world in a shopping cart
imgp9733	A bright bar/café
imgp9735	A porcelain toilet, used as a giant ash-tray
imgp9737	More street food
imgp9738	The Chelsea Cinema on West 23rd Street
imgp9739	A memorial made of iron girders from Building 6
imgp9742	South of Ground Zero, a damaged building remains
imgp9744	Engine Company Number 10
imgp9746	The crew of Ladder 10/Company 10, World Trade Center
imgp9749	The hole where the Twin Towers were
imgp9750	The remains of a 1909 train tunnel
imgp9751	Patches and hats from service crews in 9/11
imgp9754	Part of the memorial wall
imgp9765	Another view of Ground Zero
imgp9768	Tourists peer through the secure steel fence
imgp9774	An emergency call station
imgp9778	Part of a service staircase in the North Tower
img01-05-06_2202	Les Paul and the band
img01-05-06_2231	Les Paul and guest vocalist Stephanie Powers
imgp9851	Looking down at the streets from the Empire State
imgp9858	Looking south over Manhattan
imgp9859	The Chrysler Building, to the right
imgp9885	Looking towards the ConEdison building
imgp9887	Down in Times Square
imgp9891	Times Square
imgp9895	Looking west past Loews Theatre
imgp9899	The streets of Times Square
imgp9901	People mill around outside Planet Hollywood
imgp9903	A blur of taxis stream past
imgp9905	An iconic steam vent outside Planet Hollywood
imgp9911	Caricature artists ply their trade
imgp9914	Times Square in black and white
imgp9916	A crosswalk in Times Square
imgp9921	A view with the army recruitment hut