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July 05, 2006
Red Hook, Brooklyn - Fairway Market Streetcars
The new Fairway Market in Red Hook, Brooklyn is a wonderful addition to a borough that does not have enough good food markets. Behind the market, there is an outdoor cafe where you can eat by the water, right by the Statue of Liberty. But you also see three old streetcars. You might think that they're old Brooklyn streecars, but actually they're from Boston. ( Saw an old "T" sticker in one ) I believe that someone in Red Hook had the dream to bring back streetcar service to Brooklyn. Ain't gonna happen. This streetcar has truly reached the end of the line.
Don't the front of these streetcars look like the old green buses?
July 04, 2006
American Flags in Bay Ridge- July 4, 2006
A large flag graces this house on 76th Street below Sixth Avenue.To enlarge this Flickr photo, double-click on it. To make it really large, then click on "All Sizes" --it should then be larger than full-screen.
American Flags in Bay Ridge- July 4, 2006
I think that this is 73rd Street, above Sixth Avenue. A very pretty block.
American Flags in Bay Ridge- July 4, 2006
Flags fly on Ovington Avenue above Sixth Avenue. In the distance, the B-1 ( 69th Street ) bus makes its way west, where it ends its run on Shore Road.
Happy July 4 From Bay Ridge - Bay Ridge Fireworks
Happy Independence Day.
Effective immediately, View from 103 will be folded into Bay Ridge Blog. This will remain a Bay Ridge/Brooklyn-centric blog, with the occasional comment on other subjects.
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Bay Ridge, and much of the rest of New York City, once would be ablaze in fireworks every July 4, and the days leading up to it. This was the case all through the 1960s , the 1970s, and the 1980s...up until the administration of Mayor Guiliani.
He put a stop to that. It was the right move, as fireworks are dangerous things. Kids used to get hurt every year.. An errant bottle rocket caused a house to burn down some blocks from here years back. But I truly loved fireworks when I was a kid. The bigger and the d the louder and more dangerous they were, the more I loved them. We used to ride our bikes up to Bath Avenue to buy them from a a local car service, behind which a garage was filled to the roof with fireworks of every description.
We'd set trash bins afire and throw mats of 1600 fircrackers into them. We'd set off cherry bombs, ash cans and M-80s all over the neighborhood, including in the subway exits, where they would make an unbelievable echo. Then it was down to the 69th Street Pier to set off more big and small fireworks, the bombs and the rockets. Whistling Jupiters, ***chasers, "Jap Rockets". It could be dangerous to walk down Shore Road or any street in the neighborhood. It's a miracle that juvenile delinquints like me and the rest never blew our hands off. It was another time. And good God it was fun!
Happy July 4, one and all.
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