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> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:37:20 -0500, "Edward Dolan" <[email protected]>
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>>> Ok, so big deal. But I've lived in NYC my whole life and never did it
>>> before. Now I work only a few blocks from the bridge, and I needed to
>>> go to one of our offices which is just on the other side of the Bridge
>>> so I took the opportunity to bike over rather than take a train.
>>>
>>> It really is much nicer than my commuting route over the 59th Street
>>> Bridge, but is far more crowded, mostly tourists in the middle of the
>>> day. It's the southern most east side bridge, so you really get a
>>> great view of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. One really odd
>>> thing is that much of the path is made of wooden planks like a
>>> boardwalk so you clomp along. Not something that I'd like to do every
>>> day but fun for a lunchtime trip.
>>
>>That would have made for a very nice walk. You would have seen more and
>>been
>>more relaxed. Why is it that no one but Great Ones like ME ever think of
>>walking?
>>
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> Oh, it's definitely a nice walk, but I felt that that would be taking
> advantage of my employer a bit. I've always wanted to play tourist for
> a day and just do that kind of stuff but somehow I never get to it.
[Edward Dolan wrote:]
I lived and worked in NYC for several years and I made damn sure I saw
everything there was to see there. In fact, the whole time I was in NYC I
was nothing if not the perennial tourist. Life is very short. I would advise
you to take in the sights while you still have the energy to do so. I
played the tourist every weekend and I often took days off from work so I
could do as I pleased. Screw the employers! I don't live for them! To be in
NYC and not take it in fully marks you as a fool of the first magnitude.
> There are two places (by the towers) where there are a bunch of brass
> plaques that depict the history of the bridge and I stopped and read
> them. The bridge really was a monumental feat of engineering. The main
> designer actually invented the machine to create the cables, which
> were pulled strand by strand. It's a work of art.
But everything about NYC is a marvel. You need to stoke your imagination
more. There has never been a city like NYC in the entire history of the
world. It is privilege for a man of education and culture to live there,
however briefly.
>> Oh, it's definitely a nice walk, but I felt that that would be taking
>> advantage of my employer a bit. I've always wanted to play tourist for
>> a day and just do that kind of stuff but somehow I never get to it.
>>
> Because I don't live in New York, I feel free to play tourist when I'm
> there and have some time away from business. Walking across the Brooklyn
> Bridge (I don't travel on business with a bicycle) is one of my favorite
> things. The view is terrific. The breeze is refreshing. The
> people-watching is good. The bridge itself is a wonderful marriage of
> engineering and art.
>
> And it's free (which many tourist attractions in large cities are not).
And Brooklyn itself is a whole world unto its own. No one, but no one,
should ever leave New York without a walk along the promenade in Brooklyn
Heights (not far from the Brooklyn Bridge). This is a world class view and
one that I did every night when I lived in Brooklyn Heights. When you are
young at heart and full of the possibilities for romance, it is like being
in paradise. New York can be a magic city that you fall in love with just as
much as any young person can fall in love with Paris.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota