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Ken Valentine   12-04-2006, 09:11 PM
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Maggers Wrote:Check out the Metropolitan Museum (5th Avenue and 85th Street) and you'll see a wonderful museum and the steps where "All the Rage" opened.

Or check out the Museum of Natural History (Central Park West and 81st) because it's fabulous and that is the neighborhood in which Jack lives.

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.
Pleiades   12-04-2006, 10:25 PM
#22
All this discussion got me to remembering when my son was in kindergarten or first grade and my wife took him into the City. She pinned a $20 bill to the inside of one of his pockets. Of course, he wants to know why, so she tells him it's in case mommy loses her money. He says "Oh, I understand. Don't worry, if someone tries to rob us I'll just say 'I don't have $20 in my pocket'". He walked around all day with his hand over his pocket.

You really only need three things: WD-40, Duct Tape, and a pointy stick. If it's supposed to move and doesn't, use the WD-40. If it moves and isn't supposed to, use the Duct Tape. If you want it to move and it doesn't want to, use the pointy stick. The rest of life is easy.
Silverfish   12-05-2006, 12:07 AM
#23
NewYorkjoe Wrote:Remember, uptown (street numbers increasing) is north, downtown is south, the East River is (you guessed it) east, and the Hudson is west. Central Park is in the center (hence, the name). Avenues run north-south, streets are east-west.


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NewYorkjoe   12-05-2006, 11:08 AM
#24
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."
ccosborne3   12-14-2006, 09:00 PM
#25
Hey Lon! So how'd the day go?
ccosborne3   12-14-2006, 09:02 PM
#26
Maybe Joe was right after all. Big Grin Haven't heard from Lon since he went.
KRW   12-15-2006, 11:09 PM
#27
ccosborne3 Wrote:Maybe Joe was right after all. Big Grin Haven't heard from Lon since he went.

A country mouse in the city...Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.Wink
Lon   12-16-2006, 12:11 AM
#28
Heh. I'm alive and addicted to the city. I ended up meeting an old friend who popped up on short notice and had a blast. We wandered around aimlessly and saw the Met, a couple dog vendors, a cabbie on Rakoshi serum, Roosevelt Center, Grand Central's sound and light show, 5th avenue and Macy's. Went back in last night (on a work night, no less) to meet another friend for dinner at Union Square, and managed to figure out which subway train to get me there and back all by my little lonesome. Smile If I didn't have the kids this weekend, I'd be there again tonight.

I actually did a quick blog with a couple pics here: http://lonfiction.livejournal.com/12753.html if anyone is interested.

Thanks for all the helpful insight and advice gang. NYJoe I was the only guy standing on the subway, and no pigeons got me as I pressed my back to the buildings to get my bearings and take it all in. I get the feeling I could still just be scratching the surface of Manhattan when my tour in New England is over...
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Maggers   12-16-2006, 12:56 PM
#29
Lon Wrote:Heh. I'm alive and addicted to the city. ...

Lon, glad you had a great time and that you simply let your feet lead the way, which was pretty much what I suggested. You couldn't go wrong. On every block in the City you'll find something interesting. I'm still discovering blocks that I've never walked, all over town.

The subway was perfectly fine, right? No issue, really, other navigating it.

Merry Christmas, Lon, and do come back.

Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005


Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.

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NewYorkjoe   12-18-2006, 11:59 AM
#30
Lon Wrote:Thanks for all the helpful insight and advice gang. NYJoe I was the only guy standing on the subway, and no pigeons got me as I pressed my back to the buildings to get my bearings and take it all in. I get the feeling I could still just be scratching the surface of Manhattan when my tour in New England is over...

Watch the original "Death Wish" with Charles Bronson and you may see why it is advisable to stand on the subway! Big Grin

The only things worse than the pigeons are the cab drivers, but for different reasons.

You don't say if you took Maggers and my advice about traveling down to Sutton Square (maybe next trip). Don't forget Il Vagabondo at 62nd St., just off 1st Ave.

Glad you survived your trip to the big city. Believe it or not, others have not.

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."
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