New York City
2014
Rick spent the summer and fall in Manhattan as a military analyst for CNN
The Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Lower Manhattan with the Freedom Tower on the left
Lower Manhattan with the Freedom Tower on the left
Freedom Tower from Battery Park
Freedom Tower from Battery Park
Twin Towers Memorial
Rockefeller Center
"Atlas" by Lee Lawrie and Rene Paul Chambellan, 1937
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/atlas/
Atlas
Channel Gardens and Promenade
"Prometheus" by Paul Manship, 1934
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ prometheus/
"Wisdom" by Lee Lawrie, 1933
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/wisdom/
"The Story of Mankind" by Lee Lawrie, 1937
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ the-story-of-mankind/
"Progress" by Lee Lawrie, 1937
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ progress/
"Commerce and Industry with Caduceus" (International Building North)
Attilio Piccirilli, 1936
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ commerce-and-industry-with- a-caduceus/
"Youth Leading Industry"
Attilio Piccirilli, 1936
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ youth-leading-industry/
"Gallic Freedom"
Alfred Janniot, 1934
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ gallic-freedom/
"Friendship Between America and France"
Alfred Janniot, 1934
http:// www.rockefellercenter.com/ art-and-history/art/ friendship-between-america- and-france/
British Empire Building
"Industries of the British Empire"
Carl Paul Jennewein, 1937
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/art-and-history/art/industries-of-the-british-empire/
Radio City Music Hall
"Dance, Drama, and Song"
Hildreth Meiere, 1932
http://www.rockefellercenter.com/art-and-history/art/dance-drama-and-song/
The General Electric Building, formerly the RCA Building - an art deco skyscraper built in 1933, also known as 30 Rock.
The General Electric Building
The General Electric Building
The General Electric Building
The General Electric Building
The General Electric Building
Carnegie Hall
Empire State Building
The Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building (after George "father of the skyscraper" Fuller), is located on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway and East 22nd Street in midtown Manhattan. The name "Flatiron" derives from a supposed resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron. It was designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham as a vertical Renaissance palazzo with Beaux-Arts styling, and was completed in 1902. At the vertex, the triangular tower is only 6.5 feet wide and forms a 25 degree acute angle.
The Woolworth BuUilding
The 60-story Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway (at Park Place) in downtown Manhattan, designed by architect Cass Gilbert and completed in 1913. It was designed in the neo-Gothic style by the architect Cass Gilbert, and remained the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building in 1930. The $110 million price tag for the building's penthouse unit is the highest ever for an apartment in downtown Manhattan.
Top of the Woolworth Building
The Brill Building on Broadway
The Brill Building, built in 1931 as the Alan E. Lefcourt Building and designed by Victor Bark Jr., is located at 1619 Broadway, New York City, just north of Times Square. The "Brill" name comes from a haberdasher that operated a store at street level and subsequently bought the building.
Musicians associated with the Brill:
The Benny Goodman Orchestra,
The Glenn Miller Orchestra,
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra,
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra,
Burt Bacharach,
Carole King,
Johnny Mercer,
Irving Mills and
Neil Sedaka
United Nations Secretariat
Looking south on the East River near the United Nations
East River from the 21st floor
At a party with former MSNBC colleague Vera Gibbons
Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
The Waldorf Astoria hotel
The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel in midtown Manhattan located at 301 Park Avenue. It is a 47-story Art Deco landmark designed by architects Schultze and Weaver, completed in 1931. At that time, it was the tallest (625 feet) and largest hotel in the world. The Waldorf Astoria was the first hotel to offer room service. The lobby contains Cole Porter's Steinway & Sons floral print grand piano which the hotel had once given him as a gift. Porter was a resident at the hotel for 25 years and composed many of his songs here. In October 2014, it was announced that the Anbang Insurance Group, based in China, had purchased the Waldorf Astoria New York for US$1.95 billion, making it the world's most expensive hotel ever sold.
The Helmsley Building
The Helmsley Building
Top of the Hemlsey Building
Manhattan Municipal Hall
Top of the Metropolitan Tower
Park Hyatt hotel
St. Bart's Episcopal Church
Above main portal at St. Bart's
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Vent building (used in the movie series "Men in Black").
The building has the seals (left to right) of the state of New York, the TBTA and the city of New York (this is the old 1664 seal, which has been replaced by the 1625 seal).
The Textile Building
Times Square
Times Square
The NASDAQ trading site
Times Square
Theater District
Theater District
Ed Sullivan Theater
Theater District
Theater District - Gallagher's is our favorite steakhouse
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
Time Warner Center (home the CNN New York bureau)
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle - Trump International Hotel and Tower
Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle - one of the hotels I used - this one is at 6 Columbus Circle (actually West 58th Street)
Central Park
Central Park
Central Park
Central Park
Essex House (a Marriott Hotel) on Central Park South
Essex House (a Marriott Hotel) on Central Park South
The Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue
These are everywhere
Grand Army Plaza
Upper East Side
The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection is an art museum located in the Henry Clay Frick House on the Upper East Side, Fifth Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets. It houses the collection of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Frick was associated with Andrew Carnegie and involved in the formation of U.S. Steel.
The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection
The Warwick Hotel
William Randolph Hearst built the Warwick New York Hotel in 1926 for $5 million. The 36-story residential tower was to accommodate his Hollywood friends as well as his mistress, actress Marion Davies, who had her own specially-designed floor in the building.
James Dean, Jane Russell, Elizabeth Taylor, Meyer Lansky, and Elvis Presley were frequent guests, and Cary Grant lived in the hotel for 12 years. When The Beatles first came to the U.S., they stayed in the Warwick.
In 2011 and 2012, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation stayed at the Warwick for the UN General Assembly.
The Warwick Hotel
The Warwick Hotel
The Warwick Hotel
The Warwick Hotel
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center - The Julliard School
New York City Public Library
FDNY Engine 23
If you are a Seinfeld fan....
Outside the CNN studio
Outside the CNN studio
On set with legendary CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour
CNN Tonight with Alisyn Camerota
CNN New Day with Kate Bolduan, Chris Cuomo and Micheala Periera
CNN Breaking News with aviation analyst David Soucie and anchor Anderson Cooper
CNN Set 58 with Randy Kaye
CNN Breakng News with Fareed Zakaria and Don Lemon
CNN Tonight with fellow analyst (and friend) Juliette Kayyem
In the Green Room with fellow analyst Margaret Hoover
In the Green Room with CIA legend Jack Devine
In the Green Room with Senator John McCain
In the Green Room with Congressman Paul Ryan
Interview with Michael Smerconish on his CNN show