{"id":231,"date":"2010-01-31T21:24:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T05:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=231"},"modified":"2011-03-04T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T19:07:17","slug":"september_8-14_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2010\/01\/31\/september_8-14_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"September 8-14, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always liked the view from the rooftop parking garage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/48-18northernboulevard\/index.htm\">The Shoppes At Northern Boulevard<\/a>, otherwise known as the place where there&#8217;s a Chuck E. Cheese on Northern Boulevard:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/48-18northernboulevard\/01skyline.jpg\" alt=\"Manhattan Skyline From Rooftop Parking Lot, The Shoppes at Northern Boulevard, 48-18 Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/citywide\/feed\/employeesmustwashhands\/index.htm\">Employees Must Wash Hands<\/a> sign at the Forest Hills Trader Joe&#8217;s is funny, and a departure from the usual generic version:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/foresthills\/traderjoes\/019030metropolitanave.jpg\" alt=\"Employees Must Wash Hands, Trader Joe's, 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, Queens, September 8, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/stvincentshospital\/index.htm\">St. Vincent&#8217;s Hospital Manhattan<\/a> has been in the news a lot lately. The 60s facade of its 36 Seventh Avenue building is charming, for a hospital:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/stvincentshospital\/02seventhave-12thstnw.jpg\" alt=\"St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, 12th Street and Seventh Avenue, NW Corner, West Village, Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The whimsical birdhouse-type contraptions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/mccarthysquare\/index.htm\">McCarthy Square<\/a> in the Village don&#8217;t look as if they&#8217;re Parks Department-approved, and that&#8217;s a good thing:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/mccarthysquare\/0509-09-09.jpg\" alt=\"McCarthy Square, Seventh Avenue, Charles Street and Waverly Place, West Village, Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another iteration of a Barneys ad on the side of the building next to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/tilesforamerica\/index.htm\">Tiles For America<\/a> display in the West Village:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/tilesforamerica\/1009-09-09.jpg\" alt=\"Tiles For America New York City Memorial, Seventh Avenue and 11th Street, West Village, Manhattan, September 9, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ace of Cakes guy was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/beardhouse\/index.htm\">Beard House<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/beardhouse\/09-09-09\/3709-09-09.jpg\" alt=\"Duff Goldman, Beard House, 167 West 12th Street, West Village, Manhattan, September 9, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/citywide\/tributeinlight\/index.htm\">Tribute in Light<\/a> from a corner of Long Island City:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/citywide\/tributeinlight\/2809-12-09.jpg\" alt=\"Tribute in Light from Borden Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, September 12, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/newjersey\/hudsoncounty\/hoboken\/maxwells\/index.htm\">Maxwell&#8217;s<\/a> in Hoboken:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/newjersey\/hudsoncounty\/hoboken\/maxwells\/09-13-09\/4509-13-09.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell's, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way back from Hoboken, I noticed an ancient paint &#8220;ghost&#8221; under about 250 paint layers on the 7 train tracks in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/midtown\/5av-bryantpark\/index.htm\">5th Avenue-Bryant Park subway station<\/a>. It&#8217;s not there anymore (or it is, just under a new layer of paint):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/midtown\/5av-bryantpark\/1609-14-09.jpg\" alt=\"7 Train Platform, 5 Avenue-Bryant Park Subway Station, Midtown Manhattan, September 14, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always liked the view from the rooftop parking garage at The Shoppes At Northern Boulevard, otherwise known as the place where there&#8217;s a Chuck E. 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