Archive for June, 2017
Hopper’s View from the Manhattan Bridge
Posted in Art, Lower Manhattan on June 14, 2017|
Spotlight: South Walkway, Manhattan Bridge
Posted in Common Law Urbanism, Spotlights on June 13, 2017|
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Was up on the walkway of the Manhattan Bridge. The view is really incredible, especially of the rooftops of Chinatown, and the lower stretch of the East River. The walkway sways a little bit in the wind, and — there are subway tracks right beside it — it really shakes when a subway goes by. It’s much less touristy than the Brooklyn Bridge, and still reminds me a little bit of how the city was in the 80s and early 90s: lots of graffiti, neglected infrastructure, homeless people. I saw three street people getting high, and another lying flat on the walkway.
