{"id":444,"date":"2012-05-02T21:42:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T01:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=444"},"modified":"2013-04-13T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T16:12:42","slug":"june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2012\/05\/02\/june-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you stare deeply enough into your drink, messages appear:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/midtown\/aldea\/0106-03-11.jpg\" alt=\"Aldea, 31 West 17th Street, Midtown Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/financialdistrict\/customhouse\/index.htm\">Custom House in Lower Manhattan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/financialdistrict\/customhouse\/06-06-11\/6906-06-11.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Lower Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/financialdistrict\/customhouse\/06-06-11\/1806-06-11.jpg\" alt=\"Rotunda, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Lower Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though we missed the scheduled tour, one of the park ranger people let us into the ornate Collector&#8217;s Reception Room:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/financialdistrict\/customhouse\/06-06-11\/4806-06-11.jpg\" alt=\"Collector's Reception Room, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, Lower Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in June, the Freedom Tower was still short enough to fit into the camera frame:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/financialdistrict\/wtc\/06-06-11\/0506-06-11.jpg\" alt=\"World Trade Center Site, Financial District, Lower Manhattan, June 6, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I already talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/spring-training\/\">visiting Yankee Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/museumofthemovingimage\/index.htm\">Museum of the Moving Image<\/a> in Astoria, Queens:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/museumofthemovingimage\/06-08-11\/1506-08-11.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the Screen Exhibit, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I could watch the exhibit showing how they produce a live baseball game for for hours:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/museumofthemovingimage\/06-08-11\/1906-08-11.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the Screen Exhibit, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, Queens\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/36avenue\/index.htm\">36th Avenue Subway Station in Astoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Block Drugs on Second Avenue:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/east\/101secondavenue\/0106-08-11.jpg\" alt=\"Block Drug Store, 101 Second Avenue, East Village, Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The remnants of Mars Bar also on Second Avenue:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/east\/25east1ststreet\/0106-16-11.jpg\" alt=\"25 East 1st Street, East Village, Manhattan, June 16, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We already talked about seeing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/outoftown\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/south\/phillies\/06-12-11\/index.htm\">Phillies play the Cubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of stuff behind fences in the East Village. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/east\/albertsgarden\/index.htm\">Albert&#8217;s Garden<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/east\/albertsgarden\/0206-14-11.jpg\" alt=\"Albert's Garden, 18 East 2nd Street, East Village, Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the New York Marble Cemetery:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/east\/marblecemetery\/0206-14-11.jpg\" alt=\"New York Marble Cemetery, Second Avenue Between 2nd and 3rd Streets, East Village, Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were even using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/east\/stmarkschurchinthebowery\/index.htm\">St. Mark&#8217;s Church in the Bowery<\/a> for some sort of film shoot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/princestreet\/index.htm\">Prince Street<\/a> in Lower Manhattan:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/princestreet\/2906-14-11.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Street at West Broadway, SoHo, Lower Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/princestreet\/1406-14-11.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Street and Lafayette Street, SW Corner, SoHo, Lower Manhattan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Funny detail: The Google Street View up right now is from right around when I went walking around there &#8212; theirs is from July 2011 &#8212; so all the billboards look the same . . .)<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a great view of Union Square from the Whole Foods cafe on the second floor. They also have a bathroom you can use:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/greenwich\/wholefoods\/0106-16-11.jpg\" alt=\"Union Square From Whole Foods Union Square Store, 4 Union Square South, Manhattan, June 16, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/astoriapark\/index.htm\">Astoria Park<\/a> at dusk on the longest day of the year; this is at 8:40 in the evening (I knew there was a reason I took this but it took a while to remember):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/astoriapark\/06-21-11\/1006-21-11.jpg\" alt=\"Robert F. Kennedy Bridge From Astoria Park, Astoria, Queens, June 21, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/astoriapark\/06-21-11\/1206-21-11.jpg\" alt=\"Hellgate Bridge From Astoria Park, Astoria, Queens, June 21, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Staring out the front door at Coppelia on 14th Street:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/midtown\/coppelia\/0106-22-11.jpg\" alt=\"Coppelia, 207 West 14th Street, Midtown Manhattan, June 22, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing more depressing than an emergency room entrance at an abandoned hospital:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/villages\/west\/stvincentshospital\/1406-22-11.jpg\" alt=\"St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, 12th Street and Seventh Avenue, NW Corner, West Village, Manhattan, June 22, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, OK, maybe <em>some<\/em> things are less depressing . . .<\/p>\n<p>I honestly don&#8217;t remember what interested me about 60 Spring Street:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/manhattan\/lowermanhattan\/nolita\/60springstreet\/0106-25-11.jpg\" alt=\"60 Spring Street, Nolita, Lower Manhattan, June 25, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Was it because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boweryboogie.com\/2010\/07\/duane-reade-opening-at-225-lafayette-on-july-31\/\">it was a blue jean store or something<\/a>? Who knows . . .<\/p>\n<p>The Astoria Market at the Beer Garden:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/bohemianhall\/astoriamarket\/0106-26-11.jpg\" alt=\"Astoria Market, Bohemian Hall &amp; Beer Garden, 29-19 24th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, June 26, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It took me two years to get two pictures of the San Antonio Abate Festival on Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria. Maybe in another year I&#8217;ll put a link up to the page:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/astoria\/sanantonioabate\/06-26-11\/0106-26-11.jpg\" alt=\"San Antonio Abate Festival, Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria, Queens, June 26, 2011\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you stare deeply enough into your drink, messages appear: Custom House in Lower Manhattan: Even though we missed the scheduled tour, one of the park ranger people let us into the ornate Collector&#8217;s Reception Room: Back in June, the Freedom Tower was still short enough to fit into the camera frame: I already talked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manhattan","category-queens","category-the_bronx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}