Day 690
LET’S GO
November 19th, 2013
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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METS!
:Let’s Go” at the top of the center, brick building. ??? Interesting round silver colored “item” on the sidewalk. ???
That’s a DOT bike rack on the sidewalk.
Cool. Thanks. :-)
Been wondering about this since you posted it a couple of years ago, Matt, and I finally found an answer: 863 4th Avenue was home to the Let’s Go Pleasure Club of Kings County beginning in 1923 (and was probably built by them around the same time). The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that it was founded by seven WWI veterans who were “restless still with the spirit of ‘let’s go let’s go.'” In 1934, the group changed its name to the Let’s Go Democratic Club of the 7th A.D. They were there until at least 1937, but I can’t find anything later than that date. You can read a couple of articles that mention the place at http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59996512/ and https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52690871/.
What a great find — thanks, Ben!