What happened to Midtown New York?

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Today we ventured back to Rockaway Beach, the beach suburb of New York that was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Progress is still slow in repairing the infrastructure, but great fun to walk on a beach covered in snow!

Driving back home we were stopped at a traffic light and this great view of the NY skyline was outside my window …. completely different perspective to what I am used to. The traffic light had changed by the time I had unpacked my camera, so only managed a hasty photo on the go.

Surprised by how prominent Uptown and Downtown NY are …. but it seems Midtown has sunk …. or wasn't really there to begin with? Looks like One World Trade Centre has definitely overtaken the stalwart Empire State Building to claim the title of tallest building in NY.