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“Although Roosevelt Island is located directly under the Queensboro Bridge, it is not directly accessible from the bridge itself. A trolley connected passengers from Queens and Manhattan to a stop in the middle of the bridge, where passengers could take an elevator down to the island. The trolley operated from the bridge’s opening until April 7, 1957.”
Ding, Ding, Ding!!! Correct!!! The trolley elevator combinatio was replaced by the no-name automobile bridge that connects Astoria with Roosevelt Island. Folks continued to complain, however, as there was no direct connection between Manahattan and RI. Moreover, this new link was only good for automobile drivers. Hence, the tram between Manahattan and RI was born. This latter link was supposed to be only temporary. It was only supposed to be there until a subway link was built, which eventually happened. However, the tram proved to be so popular that it stayed.
CGar, sounds like the clown car. You could probably host next week’s drinks in that tent. Impressive!
“CGAr, can you fit CGAR-dog AND a penguin in that tent?”
Yes, bitter retort, as a matter of fact the CGar-dog has a stuffed Opus the Penguin (Bloom County) she likes to play with.
dave, your building in Hong Kong has a different name in Chinese than it does in English. A lot of buildings in Hong Kong are like that.
Yu Ging Fa Yuen means “Abundant View Flower Garden”.
I know the buildings–they are next to the Gleanealy School, at the intersection of the shortcut road I use to hike up to the Peak. It’s a big mess there now–lots of construction. The gov’t engineering department is doing something with the drainage.
DIBS, see my 11:19 post.
IJ, your post got cut off.
DH, we had IJ’s kamikazes, lechecal’s Jameson, my Jameson…those are the ones I remember. I also had three Jamesons on the rocks (which unfortunately had more rocks than Jameson) and two PBRs. At least.
Kens – We did the mansion tour but not the boat ride. I now have plenty of period-appropriate ideas for the place I buy when I win the mega-millions tonight. Was fascinating but actually ended up feeling rather sad for a lot of the owners.
jester – just sent e-mail
“infinitejesterwillfuckyouup is not available”
that’s OK, I was f*cked up well before I knew the jester.
Sounds like so much fun! Can you imagine how much more intimidating lechacal would be if he were a Marine 😉 On the other hand,
“How can you tell a marine from a sailor on an aircraft carrier?
The marines are the ones throwing bread to the helicopters.”
haha sixyears – what was the final shot count? i can’t even remember.
Jester, you rule.