{"id":2705,"date":"2007-09-04T07:41:51","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/09\/on_the_one_hand_you_have_fort_wadsworth_and_a_couple_of_boring_guys_taking_you_to_a_few_museums_on_the_other_hand_you_have_fort_wadsworth_and_a_bridezilla_stuck_on_the_sie.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T16:33:50","slug":"on_the_one_hand_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/on_the_one_hand_2.html","title":{"rendered":"On The One Hand You Have Fort Wadsworth And A Couple Of Boring Guys Taking You To A Few Museums, On The Other Hand You Have Fort Wadsworth And A Bridezilla Stuck On The SIE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The forgotten borough gets PBSed<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The history and culture of Staten Island — from Dutch settlement to Denino’s pizza — will be the subject of an hour-long Thirteen\/WNET documentary to air during the station’s pledge drive in early December.<\/p>\n

Co-hosts David Hartman and historian Barry Lewis reunited for “A Walk Through Staten Island,” the latest in an acclaimed PBS series that has featured 10 other walking tours of various sections of New York and New Jersey over the past decade.<\/p>\n

Filming ended yesterday.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

The documentary will begin with a ferry ride, the starting point that Islanders have long lamented is also the ending point for tourists who don’t go on to see the rest of Richmond County.<\/p>\n

Hartman and Lewis disembark to explore Borough Hall and the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George; the Conference House in Tottenville; the Greenbelt; the Alice Austen House, Sandy Ground and the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum; the Sea View Hospital Historic District; the Seguine Mansion; the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art; Historic Richmond Town; the 9\/11 “Postcards” Memorial; Fort Wadsworth, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Livingston.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then you can tune into something a little less fancified<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The path to the altar isn’t all bell chimes and roses — least of all for the brides in distress typically showcased on WE-TV’s “Bridezillas.”<\/p>\n

The reality show that has a crazed bride decapitating an ice swan during its opening credits will feature one of Staten Island’s very own tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

As we’d expect, the South Shore’s former Suzanne Montijo and her high-school sweetheart, Justin Stadler, face a dramatic string of premarital hurdles: A dress that might not fit; a hairdo that may not pass muster with mom, and — in true Staten Island style — traffic halting the church-bound bride along the Staten Island Expressway.<\/p>\n

To add further drama, the bride-to-be vowed she wouldn’t go through with the wedding if she failed to pass the New York state bar exam, and the official results came in the mail just hours before the nuptials.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Island sites to spot on the show include Mrs. Stadler’s former block in Rossville; Arthur von Briesen Park, Fort Wadsworth; St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church, Pleasant Plains, and the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. All that, and Justin Stadler receiving a facial.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: Next You’ll Tell Me That Melanie Griffith’s Depiction Of Working Girl Tess McGill Was Inaccurate!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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