Plan today is to ride the Staten Island ferry to catch a view of the Statue of Liberty and look back at the skyline of Manhattan. We are not getting off - no time. Just want a first view and then we are exploring the financial district of Manhattan.
It isn't a clear day but enough can be seen to give us an overview. There are some other tourists on the ferry but most are commuters. We docked and had to race off and around the corner and back onto the return ferry with the locals watching us in our craziness.
The "Freedom Tower" stands out provocatively in the skyline. It still has three giant cranes on the top. The height is deceptive but when travelling from New Jersey, it stands out on the horizon long before the rest of Manhattan starts to appear - looks like it is a tall building somewhere in Newark rather than far away in the financial district of Manhattan.
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