Our Lady will be receiving visitors again.

[In_The_Wind]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/us-usa-statue-idUSBRE96215R20130703

By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK | Wed Jul 3, 2013 5:41pm EDT
(Reuters) - The Statue of Liberty will reopen to visitors with a July 4 ceremony on Thursday, more than eight months after its home island in New York Harbor was flooded and wrecked by Superstorm Sandy.

Lady Liberty was protectively closed by the National Park Service last October as the historic storm approached.

Before the shutdown in October, the statue had been open for only a day following a year-long renovation.

The statue itself was left largely unscathed by the historic storm, but floodwaters left docks, buildings, walkways and electrical systems badly damaged or even destroyed on Liberty Island between lower Manhattan and New Jersey. About 75 percent of the island was covered by the storm surge.

About 3.5 million people visit Liberty Island in a typical year, according to the National Park Service. The copper-clad statue, a gift from France to the United States, was dedicated in 1886 and declared a national monument in 1924.




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[Graybeard]

1. Spiral stairs up to the crown.

As a youngster. It was so fabulous climbing up inside amid all of the struts and girders that hold her together. We were only allowed to go as far as the crown because even then, in my childhood, the arm was closed and deemed unsafe.

One really doesn't appreciate how huge the statue is by looking at photos or video. When you stand at the base her size is awesome.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Liberty Park was beautiful when we were there.

I've never felt so small. We didn't do the climb to the crown.

It's wonder to hear from someone who did!

[Graybeard]

3. Especially a native New Yawker.

Why is it that so many of us just don't do the "touristy" things?

[In_The_Wind]

5. I've been here since 1969. I've tried to do/see all that's worth seeing.

Love the Cloisters. Wish I'd gone to Radio City many years ago but I've missed that one. Went to a few musicals on Broadway; Cats, Raisin in the Sun, a few more.
Enjoyed the Cyclone lots of times ... in my younger days.

[MrScorpio]

4. Took a trip to the island

The Statue was closed for repairs, but I got a good look at her close up.

If I can find the pic I took of her, I'll post it sometime

[In_The_Wind]

6. I'd love to see it. She leaves her mark on the heart of anyone who has been there.

I sailed the Harbor in my little tanbark gaff rigged boat many times. After I got caught in the currents under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, I stayed between between NJ and Staten Island in Great Kills exclusively. I never felt so small as I did while living down there.


The currents kept me right here until the tide changed. After that day, I put a small one horse power motor on a boat that had only been used under sail. Sigh. I miss my boat. The Tara Belle was so small that I sailed alone 99% of the time.