This gap provides passage through the massive protective sand berm taking shape on the beach here in Staten Island.
They've all come running across the field (if you zoom in, you can see a few stragglers off in the background by the pine tree) because the guy standing next to me started throwing handfuls of corn kernels over the fence. He told me he doesn't live around here, but whenever he knows he'll be in the area, "I bring my corn."
There were once houses standing here. Now there's just that yellow band around the utility pole, marking Sandy's waterline.
Buy Out Needed!
Buy Out Received!
Another one of the several signs posted outside "The Little House in the Gully" reads:
Sandy, Took More(Here's an aerial view of "the Bowl", the area spanning Naughton Avenue to Seaview Avenue and Quincy Avenue to Oceanside Avenue.)
Than Homes, And
Belongings, & Lives
She Took Our Souls
Please Gov. Cuomo
Buy The Bowl
Remembering the two residents of Ocean Breeze killed by the storm
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!
Email me at matt@imjustwalkin.com
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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!
