Guess where I took this photo:
You'd probably guess (correctly) New York, even if you've never been here. After all, I haven't announced any trips to exotic places or given you any other reason why I'd be anywhere else.
I took the photo today, with my cell phone. Now that you know what city is the setting, can you tell me which neighborhood?
You probably know that it's not Williamsburg. I'll tell you that it's not Park Slope, Carroll Gardens or the Upper West Side.
Actually, it's Harlem: West 137th Street, between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards. It's next to a part of Harlem called Strivers' Row and, to me, one of the most beautiful blocks in New York.
Now I'm going to show you another famous New York locale I've cycled many, many times, though not with the guys in the photo:
This photo, I'm guessing, was shot in the early 1970's, given the style of the photo and clothing, from the blue-on-orange St. Mark's Place street sign--and, of course, the bikes.
You'd probably guess (correctly) New York, even if you've never been here. After all, I haven't announced any trips to exotic places or given you any other reason why I'd be anywhere else.
I took the photo today, with my cell phone. Now that you know what city is the setting, can you tell me which neighborhood?
You probably know that it's not Williamsburg. I'll tell you that it's not Park Slope, Carroll Gardens or the Upper West Side.
Actually, it's Harlem: West 137th Street, between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards. It's next to a part of Harlem called Strivers' Row and, to me, one of the most beautiful blocks in New York.
Now I'm going to show you another famous New York locale I've cycled many, many times, though not with the guys in the photo:
This photo, I'm guessing, was shot in the early 1970's, given the style of the photo and clothing, from the blue-on-orange St. Mark's Place street sign--and, of course, the bikes.
That's interesting! Never thought there we multiple views on cycling in New York!
ReplyDeleteJohn--There are multiple views of just about everything. I just happen to have lived and cycled long enough to have seen them in New York.
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