The Statue of Liberty, New York (Taken Summer 2012). On my very first visit to NYC last 1994, Marc, my partner, took to this most iconic NYC site. WE went all the way up to the crown.

This was the very first picture I took of the Statue of Liberty last 1994 with my camera. There were no digital cameras then. How time flies!

A view of the original Tiffany glass torch that was replaced when the statue was refurbished last 1986

The statue of Prometheus at the Rockefeller Center

At the Rockefeller Center during my very first visit to the Big Apple last 1994

It took roughly seven years before I returned to NYC for a second visit. Then in 2001, I traveled to New York several times even for a quick weekend stay. I took the red eye flight from SFO on a Friday night then flew back to San Francisco the Sunday after. (Fall 2001)

The world flags at the Rockefeller Center

Here's Marc selling the Brooklyn Bridge to me for a buck. He was my guide to the city. (Summer 1994)

The Columbus Monument and Circle. I stayed in this area of New York on my very first visit to the city last 1994.

The New York Stock Exchange (Winter 2002)

Grand Central Terminal

Inside Grand Central Station, NYC

The clock inside Grand Central Station

Times Square (Spring 2002)

Times Square (Spring 2002)

Taken in the Summer 2016. Marc and I dined in the Rainbow Room on my very first trip to the Big Apple. It was an unforgettable evening.

Inside the NBC Building at the Rockefeller Center (Fall 2001)

During my most recent visit to Manhattan, I saw two groups of students go inside the NBC Building for a field trip. This group was one of them. (Summer 2016)

I would love to visit NYC during the holidays and actually watch a Christmas show here at Radio City Music Hall. (Summer 2016)

A partial view of the lobby of Radio City Music Hall

On Fifth Avenue during Easter Sunday (Spring 2002)

The Plaza Hotel next to Central Park (Summer 2016)

In front of the Plaza Hotel (Fall 2001)

A view of the Plaza Hotel from across the street (Summer 2016)

Back in the day, there used to be an FAO Schwarz Toy Store for kids. This particular branch was right across the Plaza Hotel.

A portrait of Eloise in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel (Spring 2002)

Taken in the Spring of 2002

The very upscale Bergdorf Goodman along Fifth Avenue

Bloomingdales! Just had to see it for myself after watching the movie, Moscow on the Hudson

My favorite Japanese store, Uniqlo, along Fifth Avenue (Summer 2016)

The famous Trump Tower (Summer 2016)

A Central Park scene (Summer 2016)

In Central Park (Spring 2002)

Art Deco on an NYC building (Summer 2016)

Inside a subway station (Summer 2012)

The very chi chi Gramercy Condo Building in Manhattan (Spring 2002)

In front of the Staten Island Borough Hall

The Staten Island Courthouse

The Staten Island Ferry

In Washington Square (Summer 2009)

In front of the Museum of Natural History of New York (Summer 2009)

In the lobby of NYC's Museum of Natural History (Summer 2009)

Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton (Summer 2012)

One of our favorite stops in NYC, a Chinese Cuban restaurant in the Upper West Side

Southstreet Seaport

Inside the United Nations

Inside the United Nations Building

Marc inside the United Nations Building

The General Assembly

Dining in a seafood restaurant in Citi Island with my first cousins Emma and Ruth

With my first cousins Emma and Ruth in Citi Island, New York (Fall 2001)

Fall 2001

Fall 2001

With my cousin, Ruth, and her daughter in Midtown Manhattan