the more you learn about nyc, the more in awe you become. one fact after another.
- NYC contains the largest man made object on earth as i've read. it has more volume than the Great wall of china. it was 25 meters (around 75 feet ) taller than the Statue of liberty. it was a garbage dump: the Fresh kills landfill
- in Fort green Brooklyn lies a monument and crypt called the Prison Ship Martyrs monument. there lies remains of maybe 11.5 thousand American soldiers in freeing our nation to independence who were kept in prison ships by the british and left to die. that number in perspective: that's far more soldiers than were killed in the entire war. that's almost 300 percent of those killed Sept 11.
- in down town ny, at 33 liberty st, is the country's largest Federal reserve bank. 80 feet below sea level, in manhattan bedrock, lies 25 percent of the words gold, the most known gold reserves in the world, more than Fort Knox. it's also said to exchange over a 1.8 TRILLION dollars worth of funds DAILY
Those are interesting facts! I haven't been to New York as an adult and only got to spend one day there as a teenager. I am dying to go back. I know that I would love it!
ReplyDeletethanks. let me know if u all come over, would love to show u around etc
ReplyDeleteI do love and miss NY. There are many times yearn to have my feet hit that pavement...walk about35-40 blocks and just take it all in. (With stops for pizza,pastrami,alcohol,coffee & cigarette). I miss the NY Public Library on Fifth, and the adjoining Bryant Park. I miss the Village Vanguard. I miss Museum of Natural History and the Met. I miss the drone of the subway conductor "Stand clear of the closing doors"...while riding after being up for 30 hours straight. I miss diners....ham,egg&cheese on a roll or spaghetti & meatballs, no matter what time it is. (Ken-- Can you believe they put lettuce,tomato&mayo on a freaking ham&egg&cheese sand out here?!?) I miss buying and reading the NY Times IN New York. I buy it and read it out here, but it's not the same. I miss New York.
ReplyDeleteif u ever need advice on most of what u mentioned let me know, i know so much now. Zagat is great. hate to tell you but most of the Metro n trains are automated (announcements) now, including "Fleetwood". keep in mind i lived in L.A. 6 years, and i DO NOT miss most of the food. besides fast food as u probably know! by the way reading the NY Times on line is great, you can do the Metro sections, Arts etc as i do, just as good i think.
ReplyDeleteI DO read the NY Times on line all the time. And all the Starbucks (I have four within a short walk of my apt) sell the NY Times. Plus, my favorite bookstore,Vromans sells the times. I prefer the hard copy. I don't know, there is something about holding the paper with a cup of coffee...and I like the ink on my fingers.But,yes, on days I don't buy, I usually check it out at some point during the day on line. Same with books...I'll never get a kindle or nook or whatever...I need the physical book in my hands...and i need them on the bookshelf to perpetuate my pseudo-intellectual persona.
ReplyDeletewe may be the last generation to like the regular newspapers (im past it myself, the web is much superior i think). the kindle stuff i don't understand as much yet, doesn't seem as advantageous, and eye straining. i think u read my post about Po folk and the rest: when a poor person has lots of info in papers stacked up it's clutter, when a rich one has knowledge leather bound, it's a library haha.
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