This bridge, a double-leaf rolling bascule, spans the picturesque Gowanus Canal. In the distance, you can see a wondrous blue bridge, which we'll learn more about in due time.
Day 160
Looking south from the Union Street Bridge
June 7th, 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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~9,954 miles walked
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Thanks for the wiki link, that’s a cool animation of the movement of the bridge.
Very interested to hear your travels/insights/historical anecdotes surrounding the Canal (and, if possible, the Culver Line overpass). This blog is continually engrossing.
Maybe not as interesting (and certainly not as well lit), but if you ever considered visiting every NYC subway station and riding every line, I’d definitely read that blog, too. But, obviously, one thing at a time.
He already did! Kinda .. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40814F6395A0C708EDDA10894DE404482
And here’s their route .. http://gawker.com/195774/riding-the-entire-subway-in-record-time-and-other-lessons-in-defying-reality
Matt’s been there, done that. Read up on him. Matt and one of his friends already did the subway thing several years ago.