Boarding Gate 101

St. Paul's Chapel is the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan. I visited the church during my   trip to the Ground Zero in March.  Built on Georgian architectural style, the  boxy church's main feature is the tall octagonal steeple and a portico supported by two columns. Made largely of bricks, the church also has a burial ground in its front yard that still bears the tombstones of the prominent people buried there. The burial ground  The interior was simple. The ceiling, painted blue, is semi-rounded vault supported by several columns. The walls and the columns are painted in pale colors. The altar is on the other end of the hall, and the nave and hall are lighted by several glass-cut chandeliers that evoke 18th century America. Interior of the church The  Episcopal    church figured a lot in American history.    It  was built in 1764, on a land grant given by Anne, Queen of Great Britain (and daughter...

Everybody remembers where they were on September 11, 2001. I was at home, watching television when all of a sudden a news flash interrupted the program I was watching. A footage of two burning buildings appeared, which I mistakenly presumed was just on fire. Later the other horrific footages appear involving crashing planes and falling people, images that forever burned on my mind.  A little over 12 years later I was able to visit the site. I skipped visit it the first two times I've been to New York as I was the place was still in the process of being rebuilt. Most of the new World Trade Center complex is still under construction when I got there, even the One World Trade Center, which was to replace the fallen twin towers. Still, it was an impressive sight. I saw it right away as soon as I emerge from the subway. One World Trade Center The One World Trade Center, which topped off just a few days ago, is 1776 feet high, the number a reference to the year of Decla...