$30 million dollars later, and the Lady – the Statue of LIberty which has been closed down since October 2011 reopens today, on July 4th. Hoards of people and a $17 ferry ticket will be the price to visit on this momentous occasion. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9161196
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Looked Up Again…
and it’s gone. Refer to the posting of 25 June. Now that’s spooky.
In Cold Blood
When a crime happens in the neighborhood, it’s shocking. When it’s a hate crime in cold blood, it is even more shocking. And when it happens on a corner that one frequents it is incomprehensible. This was all of the above and more.
Again, Coincidence?
520 8th Avenue is a huge office building, and a place with many, many, many audition spaces where each and every aspiring actors in the City will at one time or another, enter. Today, outside on the street was heavy artillery: 1 fire truck, ambulance and assorted other rescue vehicles. I tell you, this entertainment …
Marathon
The Del Close kind. Yesterday, until 1 July there are 390 shows of improv available all over the City. And a four day pass is $30!! An unheard of price and it’s a fun adventure. Once a year, the highs and lows of improv come out and strut their stuff. Some of it is terrific, …
Birthday
Another year, amazement in finding myself here in this period of my life.
Never Seen It From This Perspective
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/75-years-since-the-hindenburg-disaster/100292 A friend, Frank, sent me this historical perspective on the crash of the Hindenburg. The moment I clicked on it and saw the photographs of the dirigible flying low over the City, it struck me anew -what a sight it must have been. And all that Nazi propaganda right here in the US. Never …
Rude Awakening
If one has a car, and parks it on the street, figuring out which days it has to be moved for street cleaning and then leaves town, because the move-the-car-to-the-other-side-of-the-street-day is the day before you leave or after you return, these little colored notices could be a nasty surprise. These went up yesterday, to say …
Bus is Faster
When there is work congestion on the Avenues, it is expedient to take a bus, not a taxi. The bus has the right-a-way over all traffic, and can ease out a cab at any intersection, and fudge on the red light, green light. Of course the best of all is to go underground and take …
You Look Up
And there it is! I don’t know how long it has been placed on this parking sign post. Or how long I have walked by it, days? weeks? months? years? and then one day, you look up and there it is. Why it is there, or who placed it there or any other information about …