Ken Valentine Wrote:Listen to Maggers!
If I remember correctly, when Jack stepped from his apartment building onto the street in THE TOMB, he looked off to his right and could see the Museum Of Natural History. I presume he was looking down and across the street.
Ken V.
The Museum of Natural History (and the attached Hayden Planetarium) is on Central Park West, facing Central Park and directly across from it. That neighborhood seems a little too pricey and not anonymous enough to suit Jack, but who knows? The Dakota (Rosemary's Baby and where John Lennon was killed) is only a handful of blocks away, as is the Ghostbuster's building. My school was on 63rd, CPW, next to the Westside YMCA.
Interesting that MM gave the same directions to Lon as moi regarding taking the subway to Bloomies and walking to Sutton Square (I guess it's true great minds think alike). The most important info, the right train to take, is invaluable, just to keep from getting lost on the subway (which I hate).
Maybe, as some suggest, Manhattan is largely less hazardous than when I was growing up there, but there are still mean streets and it pays to be watchful and cautious in the big city.
Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods,"
"Well, John Henry said to the Cap'n, "A man ain't nuthin' but a man. But, before I let that steam drill beat me, gonna die with my hammer in my hand, Lawd, Lawd, gonna die with my hammer in my hand."