{"id":18685,"date":"2020-04-14T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=18685"},"modified":"2020-11-09T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:18:39","slug":"weekend-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/weekend-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of my first work week in New York, I had to take my weekend to know Manhattan and Brooklyn obviously. Actually, I didn\u2019t wait until the weekend to start visiting some of the New York\u2019s most awesome landscapes,<\/strong> so after finishing my workday, I headed directly to Times Square to seize its steady illuminated night.<\/p>\n

During my first weekend in Brooklyn, I had the opportunity of seeing two of the world\u2019s most famous and stunning suspension bridges: Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.<\/p>\n

As a civil engineering structures lover, I obviously took some time only looking at these beautiful steel constructions. Despite the fact that they\u2019re both very old, they\u2019re still pretty well preserved<\/strong>. The Brooklyn Bridge is the older one, built in 1883. It was the first bridge to cross the East River, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

When I came to visit those bridges, I decided to cross the river by walking on the Brooklyn Bridge and, before arriving in the middle of its span, I didn\u2019t realize the Manhattan bridge was so close. In the picture above, you can see me on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan bridge right behind. Although it was a sunny day, it was quite windy and that\u2019s why I\u2019m wearing my jacket. After living more days in NY, I realized the wind in here gets the day much colder. Well\u2026 at least that\u2019s what it feels like.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After that, I went to downtown Manhattan with my two friends I\u2019m sharing an apartment with. There I saw what I\u2019ll probably see many more times during my stay in New York: the skyscrapers<\/strong>. It seems they\u2019re even taller when looking in person!<\/p>\n

After this simple tour between Brooklyn and Downtown Manhattan, I got very tired. One funny thing is that, before coming to New York, I thought Manhattan was much shorter than it really is. So, I didn\u2019t expect I had to spend an entire weekend just knowing some of the basic tourist destinations of the city. I\u2019m already planning my next visits!<\/strong> There are a lot of parks, museums, restaurants, and buildings to be seen!<\/p>\n

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