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NYC's Empire Diner on a Monday morning
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Overlooking Chelsea from High Line Park around W. 20th
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Pineapple, a symbol of welcome, on the newel post of this Cushman Row house
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From Lawrence Fahey's 1960 map of Greenwich Village, in Jefferson Market Courthouse, now a NYC library
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Nine fingers show this MacDougal Alley house number
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Squirrels burying nuts already... in Washington Square
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Chess & chatting under the sun
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Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived in this, the narrowest house in the Village
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Outside the memorial on Church Street
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Guide to the names on the memorial
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Looking north from the South Tower pool
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Many tributes lay in this area dedicated to First Responders
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Tower One reflected in the museum's mirrored exterior
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Rebuilding all around the memorial
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Victims' names from everywhere
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From the north-west end of the memorial park
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Laid at the foot of one of the oaks
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Visits by reservation only meant we had space to reflect
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Survivor Tree, a Callery pear, grows despite wounds
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The beaten-up trunk was pulled from the ashes of Ground Zero and brought to horticulturalist Richie Cabo to save
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Redeveloped World Trade Center Site
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Entry to the memorial, still admitting people late on the first day
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Historic St Patrick's cathedral, just opposite Ground Zero, was a center for mourning
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Also across from Ground Zero, this chapel fed & supported relief workers
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Along the fence hung pages from Whitman's poem of the American character
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Some of the tributes, thank yous, and mementos left at St Paul's over the last ten years
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Finished the day with dinner on 42nd St, the heart of the theater district