Introduction
On December 29, 2004 a brave band of explorers from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Midwest and Colorado joined together for an excursion into the teeming, bulging and line-choked metropolis of New York City. These are some images from their journey, which included a ferry ride from Jersey City, a pilgrimage to Ground Zero, and culminated in an ascent to the observation deck of the Empire State Building. After surviving the slow torture of multiple lines and stuffy windowless hallways, our fearless crew arrived precisely at dusk, from which the city's spectacular skyline spread out before them in all directions, in all its glimmering holiday glory.
