I'm Just Walkin'

USA | NYC

Day 827

Peter Cooper

April 5th, 2014

Borrowing from a previous post:

The founder of Cooper Union, Peter Cooper was an extremely successful inventor (his creations ranged from America's first steam locomotive to an early version of Jell-O) and entrepreneur (we saw the site of one of his glue factories covered in snow back in 2012), a beloved philanthropist, and the cultivator of one of history's great beards.

You can read the text carved into the monument here.

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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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