The World Trade Center Webcam in New York

When you’re a writer waiting for inspiration to strike this is not a bad view to contemplate in the meantime. There’s something magical about the New York skyline no matter whether you see it by day or by night. There’s always plenty of maritime traffic on the Hudson River to watch if you get bored with the buildings.

If literary inspiration doesn’t strike, just keep watching because lightning might. The electrical phenomena has a tendency to direct its force at the Empire State Building and the city’s tallest structure, the One World Trade Centre with frequency. If you join the cam and there are storm clouds looming, don’t blink or you might miss it.