Matthew Monday: Our Trip to Photo the Freedom Tower

We've had beautiful weather lately.  Spring is my favorite season, and when we get that perfect week of 68 degree sunshiny weather, then it's an occasion to get out of the house.  My wife had plans to have lunch with her friend, a sort of girl's afternoon out.  I got Matthew all day, and so we embarked on an afternoon boy's adventure. 

Last week, the Freedom Tower (replacing the collapsed Twin Towers) that has slowly been going up this past year had it's spire put on, reaching it's final height.  I wanted to get some photos of it.  So on such a beautiful spring day I took my little buddy on a bus ride to the Staten Island Ferry, a ferry ride over to lower Manhattan, and a walk through Battery Park to the Freedom Tower. 

So how about a couple of pictures of the Freedom Tower, spire on top but still incomplete, and some pictures of Matthew.

 

This one is from the ferry as it approaches Manhattan.

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This one is from a few blocks down, where you can get an angle of the entire building from ground to peak. You can still see a couple of cranes at the top

 

And here's what Matthew really wanted from the adventure, an ice cream cone. 

 

 

And he wanted to chase the pigeons around...lol.

 

And a nice photo with the Statue of Liberty in the background.  He was also fascinated with the fishing pole there on the side.

 

Finally Daddy and son.