Day 83
East River waterfront
March 22nd, 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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Maps: Progress | Photos
~9,954 miles walked
Your donations allow me to keep walking full-time. If you think what I'm doing is valuable and you'd like to offer some support, I would be very grateful. On the other hand, if you think I'm a worthless bum, feel free to email me and tell me to get a job, bozo. Both are excellent options!
Keep walking and you´ll always be free…
Why aren’t you running, tard?
Love what you are doing here- very creative idea! I enjoyed reading your photo blog, too. I am sure the great pics only capture a small part of all the fantastic things you have seen and coll people you have met. I have a desk job, which I enjoy very much, but what you are doing must be very freeing. I made a donation, so keep up the good walk :)
like your comment moli. can relate except for the fact that i have a desk job too – but that i could do without, but can’t. i admire this project beyond words… can anybody else relate to this?: neil young just announced he is puttling out an album with crazy horse called americana. all covers of classic american folksongs including This land is your land. this on woody guthries 100th birthday. Matts project somehow ties this together for me… blows me away
Hi Matt! This is so awesome. You are walking the Earth, like Caine from Kung Fu. I really dig what you’re doing and where you’re coming from. I hope I can find a project like the ones you’ve done for myself, and the guts to do it. Best of luck on your journey! Peace, Anne
That orange palm tree – is that one of those “camouflage the cell phone tower” things?
Fab project and photos. I’ve just returned to UK from NYC – if I’d known I’d have inflicted my company on you for a couple of hours, even though you’re less than half my age!! I was in Brooklyn, near Greenwood Cemetery. Keep on walkin’, dude.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/nyregion/matt-greens-goal-is-to-walk-every-street-in-new-york-city.html
You are actually making me consider liking NYC! Love your photos and humor and historical notes. Being from the West Coast (yup, near Rockaway Beach in Oregon – well….actually Portland) I think it is instilled in us at birth to remember we are WEST COAST people, and if you cross the Mississippi, you are too far from home! I disobeyed it all; having now lived in Ireland, Greece and the Czech Republic. It is amazing how many people from Euroupe have proudly announced they have travelled to America, and when queried where exactly, the answer is always “New York City”! They love it! So, Matt, seeing it through your eyes, has made me want to come and experience your wonderful city. You are a fantastic ambassador and tourist agent. Thank you so much.
Karin
now in Prague