aerial photography of Empire State Building during nighttime

I’m currently spending 10 days in New York, and by spending almost 2 hours on the roof of “Top of the Rock”, I had the chance to see a complete sunset, from a sun still high in the sky, to the golden hour, and then until New York City turn its lights on. I come from Paris, called “La ville des lumières” (city of lights), but when I see New York revealing all its buildings while the night is falling, I feel the same than when I look at my hometown, Paris : full of light.