This looks too fresh to be its original paint job. It must have gotten a new coat sometime in the years since.
Day 245
Another Bicentennial hydrant
August 31st, 2012
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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9,326 miles walked
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[…] of two “Bicentennial hydrants” I passed on this walk. They were painted red, white and blue in 1976 as a celebration of the […]