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July 4th 2004 in Manhattan: The area around my building is one of the best spots to see the fireworks on the East River. Here you can see a crowd of people packed together on one side of E34th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

Intersection of 34th and 1st

There were cops all around and inside my building. I had to get past a barricade with some cops and a doorman in order to get into my building. Then I had to wait 20 minutes for an elevator to get to my apartment.

My apartment isn't facing the river, but I could still hear the fireworks, and big ones would make everything bright, or red like in this photo. If you look closely you can also see people on the tops of the buildings

Empire State Building

It got really smokey since we were so close

People watching on the rooftop

Fireworks on the East River as seen from the roof of my building.
To see more photos (including many of Lola in Central Park on 7/3 and 7/4) click on the imagestation link.