Thursday, the 4th, 1997.
(Chess in New York city)
Today was arrival day for my brother. On time and complete with passport, we took the subway back to Brooklyn, for a $1.50. After checking into the AYH, we walked from W103rd and Broadway, down to Times Square, from where we caught a subway to the World Trade Centre. It’s easy to underestimate its height, but 107 floors and 58 seconds later, we were gazing out over the most spectacular dusk view of Manhattan. After finishing off a roll of film out on the cold and blustery rooftop, we headed back down to take in a Jazz Club. Wandering past “The Blue Note” ($30 each, thank you), we found ourselves in the small and intimate “Visiones”. Reasonable cover charge, reasonable band, but disappointing to see it so quiet. Remembering the 5:30am start the next morning, we decided to head back at 11pm stopping back by Times Square again, and wandering past the Radio City Music Hall, where the MTV VMA’a were being held. Arriving quietly back around midnight, we set our alarms for 5:30am…

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