What’s your favorite local theater in Astoria? Like a real theater. With seats and lights and sound and real live actors… Ahhh, but there is one: The Greek Cultural Center. It’s on 30th Street just north of 30th Ave, in the basement of one of those big apartment buildings. When else will you be able…
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Welcome to peace.A rather pleasant piece of graffiti.
Somehow without my knowledge a separated bike lane magically appeared on 1st Ave. How is that for fabulous? Two nights ago, I biked in peace all the way from Chinatown to 56th Street. The 2nd Ave bike lane goes all the way up to 49th St. And even is far North as 56 St is…
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Worth 13 minutes of your time.http://www.streetfilms.org/from-the-netherlands-to-america-translating-the-worlds-best-bikeway-designs/#more-275594
Yes, it’s Casimir Pulaski Day! Think of Pulaski when you’re biking to Greenpoint. And think, too, why the bridge named in his honor, on a four-lane road, has six lanes for car traffic (more than 70 feet) while it squeezes bikes and pedestrians into less than one lane (seven feet).
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