and Chrysler Building and making a brief tour through the NYC Public library. The chandeliers in the library are absolutely amazing.
We then walked up to Grand Central Station and walked around inside there
before heading back down Park Avenue for lunch at Franchia, a Korean vegan restaurant.
I had the asparagus and avocado salad with the sushi combination platter. Got the vegan cheesecake for dessert and it was amazing!
After lunch we headed back up to Park Avenue to see the Waldorf Astoria. Just as we arrived, the surrounding streets and subways were shut down and hundreds of NYPD officers surrounded the area. We were basically stuck outside of the Park Ave. entrance to the Waldorf for a half hour while the area was swept by the secret service. After two sweeps and lots of helicopter activity overhead, President Obama arrived (at the entrance around the corner from us) and within minutes all of the NYPD officers and secret service agents disappeared and everything went back to normal as far as traffic activity.
After that we went on to St. Patrick's Cathedral.
It is the one thing I remember so clearly in my mind from my trip to NYC with Nana 26+ years ago. After St. Patricks we crossed the street to Rockefeller Center. We took the hour long Architecture and Art History tour there (we were the only ones on the tour and it was well worth the $10), in addition to Top of the Rock tour.
For dinner we ate at John's Pizzeria in Times Square. It is a church that has been converted to a restaurant with all of the stained glass still in place. Ben had pizza and I had the grilled vegetable platter with a large spinach salad.
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