View of the Empire State Building from the Atlas Building

View of the Empire State Building from the Atlas Building
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So at around 12:30 to 1:00 am, the first night there, I’m lying in bed looking up at the Empire State Building, right outside the window, and here comes this plane and buzzes the top of the Empire State Building, then does a U-turn and flies out of sight again.

I didn’t know people were allowed to do that.

Marty happened to be awake and saw it as well.

When I’d heard how high up we’d be staying, I wasn’t thrilled. But it turned out not to be unnerving…once I got used to the fact you could open the windows four inches.

I wondered how many high rise windows have seen engagement and wedding rings fly out them at the height of arguments.

What was wild to me was that here we were over forty floors up and yet we could clearly hear people talking on the street below.