We had a GREAT time!! Stayed in Times Square, saw 3 Broadway shows (Avenue Q, Rent, and Wonderful Town), rode the subway, saw Ground Zero, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, ran around ChinaTown, Little Italy, the Bowery, SoHo, NoHo, East Village, Central Park, 5th Avenue......MY FEET HURT!!!!
Did not run into ANY rude people or weirdos.....or maybe I just fit in a little too well.....
Here's a few pics:
Broadway
Subway
A cool sign.....LOL!!
Look at Monday's forecast!!!
....nope....not one single weirdo....
Here's one for Mr. SSRSZ...
....how the other half lives....
Posted by ss_rs_z (Member # 1888) on :
Glad you had a great time in NYC Millie and thank you for the pic. I can see you visited Central Park and "Strawberry Fields". I believe the last pic if I am correct is the Dakota Bldg.? If so then that is where John Lennon Lived and Died.
Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
OMG! You're right!! I had just taken a pic of the memorial and then swung the camera around & snapped the other pic.....didn't even know what I was looking at....duh....
....it's a GORGEOUS building...!
Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
Glad you had a great time. Thanks for the pictures. Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :
A fantastic town and I see you did as much as you could. Glad you had a great time Posted by Opie (Member # 2007) on :
Having fun sure beats the alternative. Thanks for sharing the pics.
Posted by twobratSS (Member # 2180) on :
Thanks for the pics, Millie! One thing that surprised me was how clean the floor and the subway cars are...not what I expected, just impressed by that.
Glad you had a great time! Rest those feet!
Posted by CamaroSCG (Member # 1591) on :
Nice pictures! Looks like you had a great time! Posted by 67&02 (Member # 1570) on :
Nice Pic's! Glad you had a great time! Posted by SS_CarGuy (Member # 2065) on :
Glad you enjoyed it. A nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there if you like cars. It's difficult and expensive to own a car and keep it (I was gonna say "keep it nice", but just keepin it is hard too!)
Posted by Cavy Dan (Member # 1352) on :
Wow Millie! You SURE get around up there in NYC!!!! Glad you had a great time! last time I was up there (to see Phantom) We ate at Lennon's usual place that he ate. Forget what it was called but was awesome! Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
quote:Originally posted by SS_CarGuy: A nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there if you like cars. It's difficult and expensive to own a car
I had wondered about that.....both NYC and Chicago......what with the cabs flat running over people, seems like your car would be one big dent. I only saw one fbod the whole time I was there.....a white Z28 with a camel ragtop....fortunately, no dents in it....
quote:Originally posted by Cavy Dan: Wow Millie! You SURE get around up there in NYC!!!!
My "group" consisted of 3 boys -- my son and his two friends. I had no choice but to chase them around ALL OVER the frikkin' place!!!
my son.....
....and his friends
This place had just opened up....we ate there three times!!
Posted by 01ss87iroc (Member # 1763) on :
Glad you had a good time. Great pics!
Posted by ChuckSSter (Member # 1800) on :
Its a nice place to vist but not live . I am 70 miles from NYC and I only go there about once every year . If you live in the city a car is a headache , its better not to have 1 with all the congestion . Plus the cost to garage is out of this world Posted by blkragss02 (Member # 1801) on :
Glad you had a great time
Posted by JohnS (Member # 1073) on :
quote:Originally posted by cytruffle: Did not run into ANY rude people or weirdos.....or maybe I just fit in a little too well.....
My eldest son and his rock band went to New York City last fall. He had a great time as well. He couldn't get over how friendly and helpful the NYC people were.
Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :
quote:Originally posted by JohnS: He couldn't get over how friendly and helpful the NYC people were.
our bark is much worse than our bite.
Posted by Fbodfather (Member # 1119) on :
"Rudy" really cleaned up the city.
By the way...rumor has it you were up on the CTS Statue on Times Square putting on a couple of coats of Zaino.........
(my hotel room looks down on it....you missed a couple of spots......)
Sorry we missed each other!
Gotta run....we're letting loose 110 Silver Equinoxes (Equini???) loose on 11th Avenue.....
Posted by HotWheelSS aka HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :
Sounds like you had a great time. Thanks for the pics!
Posted by Sizzle (Member # 503) on :
Excellent. Glad you have a good time visiting our northern areas. My gf still gets strange looks in Atlanta when she orders a "pop" with her dinner. Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
Thanks for the replies, everyone!!! I really can't wait to go back, and neither can my son!!
quote:Originally posted by chrisL:
quote:Originally posted by JohnS: He couldn't get over how friendly and helpful the NYC people were.
our bark is much worse than our bite.
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: "Rudy" really cleaned up the city.
I was totally amazed, too.....everyone we asked for directions or anything else was sooo nice.....just like real people!! .....granted there was none of that "sugarplum" "sweetiepie" "babydoll" stuff goin' on like you find down here.....
OK....let's practice, Mr. chrisLModeratorfromNooYawk: "Sweetie, I'm just gonna have to lock yer li'l thread here again! Nuthin' personal, now, babygirl.....I luv ya like mah sister....c'mere, babycakes, & give yer Uncle Chris a big ol' hug 'fore I lock'er down!"
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Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :
oh, fahgedaboudit
Posted by DaddySS (Member # 848) on :
Glad you enjoyed the "apple" Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
quote:Originally posted by chrisL: oh, fahgedaboudit
LMAO!!! I bought this t-shirt just cuz of youse guys.....do ya feel tha luv???
Posted by Harry P (Member # 533) on :
Glad you had a great time! NYC can be a fun, FUN place. I grew up 30 miles up the Hudson River in W. Nyack. It is sad to hear when someone visits "Ground Zero" instead of the WTC. They were very cool buildings to visit. I know the place is more special now, for obvious reasons...
Posted by Krista (Member # 1904) on :
Millie,
I got a pic with that same silver dude in Battery Park. Very interesting.
My feet were killing me as well. Glad you had a good time.
Posted by Jim Mac (Member # 113) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: "Rudy" really cleaned up the city.
Sadly, Bloomberg seems to be taking it in the other direction.
quote:Originally posted by cytruffle:
quote:Originally posted by chrisL: oh, fahgedaboudit
LMAO!!! I bought this t-shirt just cuz of youse guys.....do ya feel tha luv???
One of the boroughs (Brooklyn?) wanted to put up a sign that said: "Leaving Brooklyn? Fahgedaboudit!" However, some do-gooders said that it was "ethnically" insulting or something like that, and the whole idea ended up being nixed.
Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jim Mac:
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: "Rudy" really cleaned up the city.
Sadly, Bloomberg seems to be taking it in the other direction.
Please explain....what was it like before Rudy?? And what did he do to clean it up that Bloomberg isn't doing?
quote:One of the boroughs (Brooklyn?) wanted to put up a sign that said: "Leaving Brooklyn? Fahgedaboudit!" However, some do-gooders said that it was "ethnically" insulting or something like that, and the whole idea ended up being nixed.
Oh good grief!! That would have been cute.... Posted by KevinA (Member # 139) on :
I took this after we left the Autoshow
Posted by twobratSS (Member # 2180) on :
quote:Originally posted by Harry P: It is sad to hear when someone visits "Ground Zero" instead of the WTC. They were very cool buildings to visit. I know the place is more special now, for obvious reasons...
I went to NYC when I was eight years old and STILL remember standing on the observation decks seeing airplanes and helicopters in the distance flying below us. Great memories of a great place. Posted by Jim Mac (Member # 113) on :
quote:Originally posted by cytruffle:
quote:Originally posted by Jim Mac:
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: "Rudy" really cleaned up the city.
Sadly, Bloomberg seems to be taking it in the other direction.
Please explain....what was it like before Rudy?? And what did he do to clean it up that Bloomberg isn't doing?
Rudy was in for two terms, roughly '93-'01. (I may have the years wrong) Prior to his becoming mayor, the city was extremely dirty, didn't have much pride in itself, had rising levels of racial strife, etc., etc. Rudy did a lot of good things for NYC, including getting the homeless off of the streets and out of the public transportation areas, rejunevating Times Square and the surrounding areas (used to be a cess pool of porno shops, boarded up and deserted buildings, hookers, drug dealers, etc.), expanding the police force while consolidating three different police forces into one, easing racial tension within the city, ......, and so much more. AND, he was an absolute rock after 911. He was the foundation upon which the people of the city recovered from that catastrophe.
Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :
I used to get off the subway at 45th and Bway.
There would be a homeless guy sleeping on the platform and at the top of the stairs would be a guy standing there saying "Smoke, mesc, something for your head".
Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
WOW!!! Rudy really did a great job, then....!! My son's teacher who organized the trip told us that people would come up to us & beg for money....that we should stay in a big group....don't look at anybody.....walk fast and don't EVER stop.....yadayadayada.....
I found it to be quite the opposite! I felt very comfortable whereever I went....even went out by myself a couple times....and Times Square seemed like Disneyland compared to what you said up there!!!
...sure wish it would stay like that....I'm ready to go back!!
Nice pic, Kevin!
[ 14. April 2004, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: cytruffle ]
Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :
Sincw 9-11 a lot has changed in NY. My brother in law moved to Miami after 15 years in the Big Apple.
Posted by buddy wagner f99-2340 (Member # 219) on :
i have been a new york city detective for twenty years. when crack hit in the mid eighties, crime was out of control. in 1992 there were 2,200 murders in the five boroughs. (NYC,Brooklyn, queens, staten island and da Bronx). last year, the new york city police dept had reduced that number to less than 600. you can say that rudy did a great job, but i didnt see him put handcuffs on anyone! come back soon!
Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
WOW!!! What a difference!! Sounds like most of the credit belongs to NYPD......good job!!
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