New York City skyline (pre 9/11/2001) viewed from Atlantic Highlands NJ. Sandy Hook NJ, now part of Gateway National Recreation Area, which is located in both NY and NJ and includes the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The tallest buildings on the left are the World Trade Towers, and the tall one just to the right of the center is the Empire State Building. (From Wikipedia: The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1972, and is now once again the tallest building in New York after the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.)