Sounds so wholesome!
The big rusty arrow in the background is a relic of the long-defunct ferry service that preceded the Bayonne Bridge in connecting Staten Island to Bayonne, New Jersey.
Day 851
Mom’s Liquor Store
April 29th, 2014
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
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!
how do you learn things like what the old, rusty arrow was all about?
In this case, “Bayonne Ferry” is still faintly legible on the arrow. I didn’t even notice it when I walked by, however. I found out about it by reading the Forgotten New York page linked above while researching something else. I made a note to check it out the next time I walk by, but then I found that I had inadvertently captured it in a photo.
Some of Momma’s liquor breathed the spirit of knowledge into the boy who walks