{"id":2509,"date":"2007-07-16T11:01:59","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T19:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/07\/we_dont_need_no_stinking_dolphins_stinking_creeks_on_the_other_hand.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T12:18:06","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T17:18:06","slug":"we_dont_need_no_4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/we_dont_need_no_4.html","title":{"rendered":"We Don’t Need No Stinking Dolphins (Stinking Creeks On The Other Hand . . .)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

More proof that New Yorkers will pay for virtually anything<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A typical passenger might expect to see certain things when spending $50 for a two-hour cruise, like a wonder of the world, or a leaping dolphin or two.<\/p>\n

But yesterday, a two-story taxi boat was almost full to capacity with people who spent about that much for a tour of one of New York’s most polluted waterways, Newtown Creek.<\/p>\n

Cameras flickered away and passengers gawked as the industrial buildings, recycling plants and toxic sites that flank the creek slid by.<\/p>\n

“The $50 is a lot, but it’s worth it,” said Gene Pizzolo, 60, one of the 64 people on the boat.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Some of the creek is accessible by foot, but most of its banks are private property, so the best way in is by water.<\/p>\n

At least one passenger said she detected an oily smell.<\/p>\n

An explosion in 1950 leaked an estimated 17 million gallons of oil and gasoline, more than the Exxon Valdez spill, into the creek and its banks, and lawsuits seeking a faster cleanup continue today.<\/p>\n

During heavy rains, the city’s sewer system overflows and dumps raw sewage into the creek, among other places.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Many passengers walked back and forth on the boat trying to find the perfect camera shot.<\/p>\n

“I consider it money well spent,” said Liza Drake, 59, enjoying the view from the top deck. “I can’t think of any other way to get on the creek for cheaper.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More proof that New Yorkers will pay for virtually anything: A typical passenger might expect to see certain things when spending $50 for a two-hour cruise, like a wonder of the world, or a leaping dolphin or two. But yesterday, a two-story taxi boat was almost full to capacity with people who spent about that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what_will_they_think_of_next"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}