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It took us to the working parts of the NY / NJ port - seeing container ships, seeing the old Erie Canal Basin (with a few barges still there). We saw the salt yards, the container yards.
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It was a fun tour.
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But coming back we saw a gift to the people of New York from somewhere foreign. it is kind of proof that art is cultural. You see it is meant to be a memorial commemorating those that died in the Twin Towers attack. It is one of the Towers, attacked with a teardrop.
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That is not what most people see when looking at it for the first time.
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It is in part of the harbor "temporarily" while they figure out where to put it.