View from observation deck of the GE Building ("Top of the Rock"), Manhattan, New York City

This photo was taken from the observation deck atop the GE Building, dubbed "Top of the Rock", which reopened to the public on November 1, 2005. It had been closed since 1986 to accommodate the renovation of the Rainbow Room. The deck, which is built to resemble the deck of an ocean liner, offers sightseers a bird's eye view of the city, competing with the 86th floor observatory of the Empire