I had lived in New York for a little over four years, but had never visited the Statue of Liberty nor the Empire State Building. This past summer however, I was relentless. The view from the Top of the Rock observation deck is by all accounts breath-taking - you see the world as though it were layered: you at the top, New York city, and the the rest of the universe. Amongst others, my F.T.P.O.A.T. (favorite tennis player of all time), the great Roger Federer, shares the 'view'.