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Days in October and 3 Anniversaries (See Below) |
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always stay in Midtown Manhattan for easy access to everything including a local family restaurant in Hell's Kitchen with a beer refrigerator as old as we are |
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Starting
from our hotel, we walked through Bryant Park to Rockefeller Center and St Patrick's Cathedral |
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This
took us through the garment district where Joe's Grandmother
worked We passed many ornate historical buildings |
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We vistited Rockefeller Center often when we lived in New York  |
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We used to go to the ice rink and the NBC Studios here  |
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Anniversary
#1 - 62 years ago we began "Going Steady" (10-5-63) We saw a movie at Radio City Music Hall. I think it was "Charade" |
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Anniversary
#2 - 115 Years ago today St Patrick's Cathedral was dedicated |
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Anniversary
#3 Celebrating 1000 years of the Kingdom of Poland |
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We saw a Sunday Matinee on Broadway The Musical Hadestown  |
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Dinner was at our favorite Mexican Restaurant in Midtown Maiz -450.jpg) |
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Day
2 - Subway to Brooklyn |
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To
visit Joe's Alma Mater - The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Now the NYU Polytechnic Institute |
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Searching
for the Bridge to Manhattan Joe walked across the Brooklyn Bridge between school and his Wall Street job |
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The
area between the Brooklyn and Mahattan Bridges was redeveloped in the 70s
and called DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) |
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St Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church is the oldest surviving church in Manhattan Joe's Great Grandparents (Vanden Wyngaard) worshipped at both churches  |
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Joe
worked in the Equitable Life Building (120 Broadway) during High School and College |
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This fascinating new museum has
been built near the site of the World Trade Center You are surrounded by sight, sound and art powered by technology |
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Click
the picture below or HERE for
a video of this amazing experience |
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Additional
pictures & videos from our 2 hour experience are HERE Mercer
Labs |
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This
new subway access was built as part of the redevelopment of the area
after 9/11 It includes a large shopping center |
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Back
in midtown we went to our evening Broadway Musical |
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Day
3 - Today we will visit Queens - very important in our history We took the subway out to Jamaica, Queens |
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This
was the Valencia Theater where Richmond Hill High School held its graduation ceremonies (Eileen 1964)  |
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was the F W Woolworth Building where Eileen worked during High School and College Joe used to wait on this corner for her to leave work |
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A
few blocks from Woolworth's was Parson's Blvd where Eileen would take the bus to Queens College |
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The 50 acre campus has changed
very much over the last 50 years  |
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Photos
of our walk through the campus are HERE |
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Back
in Manhattan, another evening Musical on Broadway |
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