STL DPB ON THE ROAD - NATIVE LAND

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land!

                                        - From a mawkish poem by Sir Walter Scott 

But, my, how it's changed since I lived here. All the shiny new buildings, dominated by One World Trade Center toward the left. This is lower Manhattan taken from across the Hudson in New Jersey. There would normally be a spectacular fireworks display on the water tonight for the 4th of July but thunderstorms are likely.