Posts Tagged ‘subway’
Union Square Station – L Train Platform – 6:40 p.m.
Moral Majority This is how you know a) you're in New York and b) you're on your way to Brooklyn.
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Obama, K-ville resident
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I'm certainly not the first person to blog about this Washington Post article from Sunday, but I felt like giving it a space here, too. On that Friday in January, those private questions would be answered in an unusually public way. No one knew it, but the fiddler standing against a bare wall outside the…
Read MoreRinging the tin bell
New York Subway N Train Map Ever since I been Ridin, right on the Subway Train You can hear the whistle blowin' Ya might think I'm goin insane — The New York Dolls, "Subway Train" Something happened when the weather dropped into single digits. I think my brain froze. Kind of lost interest in the story…
Read MoreReal-life hero makes good
The Subway Hero So, an update to the post below: You have about 5 minutes to get your television on and watch the hero — whose name is Wesley Autrey — on David Letterman. He's gotten more than just a TV appearance, too: He got that medal. According to this story from the AP: Autrey,…
Read MoreHeroism, New York style
NY-Subway Who says there aren't real heroes? And who says they aren't in New York City? From the New York Times: Mr. Autrey was waiting for the downtown local at 137th Street and Broadway in Manhattan around 12:45 p.m. He was taking his two daughters, Syshe, 4, and Shuqui, 6, home before work. Nearby, a…
Read MoreScenes from a subway ride, part 1
Either riding the subway is getting weirder, or I'm just noticing it more. Scene No. 1The train: The Uptown 6The time: Weekday, around 6:30 p.m. While standing in the indented well between seat benches, near the sliding doors, I'm waiting to get to 42nd Street so I can change for the 7. Metallica's "Unforgiven" comes…
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