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Three quick articles
Jul. 31st, 2008 06:30 am
One about attempts to increase tourism on Staten Island.
I've seen those booths in the Ferry Terminal, and all I can say is "wishful thinking". (Seriously, there are a lot of tourists to Snug Harbor, which is really pretty, but all the shit that's going on there means it's not nearly as good as it could be. That's a problem with a *lot* of tourist-potential spots on SI, they're badly run or badly managed, or simply badly designed, because people figure "nobody's heading out here anyway", and so there's nothing for people to head out here *for*, and there could be!)
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One on the much-touted official double dutch teams in NYC public schools. (Interesting fact about me, I can't jump rope.)
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And one about a cop, and a bicyclist, and a collision, and a heck of a lot of videos of the event.
It's possible the cop isn't actually lying, just that his memory is seriously flawed. I guess.
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I've seen those booths in the Ferry Terminal, and all I can say is "wishful thinking". (Seriously, there are a lot of tourists to Snug Harbor, which is really pretty, but all the shit that's going on there means it's not nearly as good as it could be. That's a problem with a *lot* of tourist-potential spots on SI, they're badly run or badly managed, or simply badly designed, because people figure "nobody's heading out here anyway", and so there's nothing for people to head out here *for*, and there could be!)
( Read more... )
One on the much-touted official double dutch teams in NYC public schools. (Interesting fact about me, I can't jump rope.)
( Read more... )
And one about a cop, and a bicyclist, and a collision, and a heck of a lot of videos of the event.
It's possible the cop isn't actually lying, just that his memory is seriously flawed. I guess.
( Read more... )
