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BobbyLayne said:
Sat with a close friend tonight in SICU who was struck by a car while riding his bike. Broken ribs, punctured lung, facial lacerations, traumatic brain injury (bleeding on the brain.) He's stable; he regained consciousness for a few moments and his eyes light up when he saw me.

They have built hundreds of miles of NYC bike lanes in the past decade. Far too often it just means placing us in the gutter with nowhere to go whilst riding next to cars zipping along at 35-45 mph, racing to beat the next light. More than two dozen cyclists are killed by cars in NYC every year. Half of the time they are in the bike lane when they are hit. No witnesses to my friend's accident (happened around 1am) but he was found in the bike lane.

Sorry. It's been a hard day. Just needed to vent.
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####. So sorry about your friend. :(

He going to be ok? Where'd it happen?

As a daily bike commuter, I've seen a shift the last few weeks where it's complete mayhem out there now. Without everybody emerging from the pandemic, People have forgotten how to share the city with eachother- cyclists, pedestrians, cars...it's been ####### scary.

 
El Floppo said:
####. So sorry about your friend. :(

He going to be ok? Where'd it happen?

As a daily bike commuter, I've seen a shift the last few weeks where it's complete mayhem out there now. Without everybody emerging from the pandemic, People have forgotten how to share the city with eachother- cyclists, pedestrians, cars...it's been ####### scary.
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too early to tell. non-life threatening injuries at this point and he is responding to commands but not forming words yet. the doctor told his girl the range of outcomes might include 1-2 years of rehab before he's fully functional again.

somewhere on the west side, Chelsea/Meatpacking District area. we're not exactly sure, he and his girl were riding together and split a few minutes earlier. I didn't mean to imply it was a hit n run, the driver called it in and waited for the police/EMTs to arrive. his girl was running on no sleep and was pretty frazzled so I didn't press for too many details. I read a local feed when I got in last night and didn't see it reported.

after I got in last night I received a phone call from my sister in Michigan. brother (63) had a heart attack Tuesday and is having emergency open heart surgery this morning to do a bypass. when it rains it pours eh. but none of us are immune to these kind of things, just gotta roll with it and keep pressing forward.

I'm living in central Harlem now (148th St & Bradhurst Ave -ish) and ride a CitiBike most Saturdays to The Father's Heart food pantry (E 11th St in Alphabet City.) Adam Clayton Powell to 110th, West Drive through Central Park, 7th Ave to B'way, B'way to Madison Sq Park, et al. even at 6 am with light traffic it's a thrill a minute adventure.

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related but quite a stretch from car centric America - I've been learning a little bit about urban planning alternatives this spring from a couple YouTube channels:

  • Not Just Bikes - these are pretty informative. Canadian guy who has lived in a bunch of North American cities but is now raising his family in Amsterdam. commence #eyerolls. it seems completely foreign to our way of designing roads and streets but they had a car centric society but started building their streets differently in the last 30-40 years. it's pretty amazing to think about if you keep an open mind. his channel is great but a couple personal favorites are Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam and The Ugly, Dangerous and Inefficient Stroads found all over the U.S. & Canada. The latter was my introduction to thinking about this topic and it's pretty insightful. Stroads are why I live in NYC, I literally made the decision to come here 22 years ago while stuck in traffic in suburban Detroit on a mother####ing STROAD. It's the futon of transportation, neither a good road (sofa) or a street (sleeping bed.)
  • Strong Towns - nonprofit in Brainerd, MN, advocating for "a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient." Make fun of bikes and public transport all you want, the 75 year experiment of suburbanization development is bankrupting our cities and states. It's a ponzi scheme with no viable long term solution of maintenance; the only way out is more and more development (it is literally madness.) What Is a Stroad and Productive Growth and 1-Minute Lesson: The Danger of Street Design are a good starting point.
I'm preaching to the choir here. Do we have an urban planning thread in the FFA?

 
BobbyLayne said:
I'm preaching to the choir here. Do we have an urban planning thread in the FFA?
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Former long island guy, moved to Texas.... Can't believe I'm forgetting his name- very good dude... He was into urban planning and had a thread going...I think worked in the field.

 
El Floppo said:
Define "worth"
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Restaurants, tourist attractions, clubs, indoor activities.  Just wondering how covid-friendly NYC is for fully vaccinated folks right now.  I'm sure Central Park and Times Square are fine.  Just wondering if everything is shutting down early and whether the city feels like itself yet.  Was considering a weekend trip..

 
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shader said:
Restaurants, tourist attractions, clubs, indoor activities.  Just wondering how covid-friendly NYC is for fully vaccinated folks right now.  I'm sure Central Park and Times Square is fine.  Just wondering if everything is still shutting down early and whether the city feels like itself yet.  Was considering a weekend trip..
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Fully up and running, except for Broadway.

 
El Floppo said:
:goodposting:

This weekend felt like a genuinely normal NYC spring/summer weekend...packed, busy, open, activities (I checked out Little Island on the Hudson in Chelsea). Stores, restaurants, bars, sidewalks all bopping late into the night.
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Nice.  I'll be up for part of July/August.  Austin is still slow moving but Houston has been up and running for a while now.  Doesn't even feel a pandemic anymore here. 

 
70% vaccination and 0.4% (or sumtin' miniscule) transmission rate.

So....we can do anything we want now, right?

Bc I'm still seeing masks everywhere and haven't noticed retail stores relaxing the mask mandate. 

But I can't be bothered to spend two minutes reading a news article so feel free to enlighten me.

 
BobbyLayne said:
70% vaccination and 0.4% (or sumtin' miniscule) transmission rate.

So....we can do anything we want now, right?

Bc I'm still seeing masks everywhere and haven't noticed retail stores relaxing the mask mandate. 

But I can't be bothered to spend two minutes reading a news article so feel free to enlighten me.
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UPDATE:

While it seemed like most people were wearing masks during the day, I saw virtually no one wearing one on the street just now. Maybe 1/3rd of the customers in the large grocery store in the neighborhood (old white people mostly.) Still required in hospitals, public transport and schools.

Anyone see the fireworks to celebrate the 70% vax rate?

 
BobbyLayne said:
UPDATE:

While it seemed like most people were wearing masks during the day, I saw virtually no one wearing one on the street just now. Maybe 1/3rd of the customers in the large grocery store in the neighborhood (old white people mostly.) Still required in hospitals, public transport and schools.

Anyone see the fireworks to celebrate the 70% vax rate?
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Despite what my wife says I’ve decided it’s ok for me to start sleeping with strangers again. But definitely going to wear a mask. 

 
Other than buses & subways went all day without a mask for the first time in around 463 days. In n out of restaurants for takeout twice, retail stores, et al. Oh, had to mask up to get inside the hospital for an appointment at the VA, but the doctor & I both unmasked once I was in his office.

Weird stuff eh.

ETA: Friends up from Virginia for the day kept masking up all day (everyone is vaxxed.) Habits…

 
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BobbyLayne said:
Other than buses & subways went all day without a mask for the first time in around 463 days. In n out of restaurants for takeout twice, retail stores, et al. Oh, had to mask up to get inside the hospital for an appointment at the VA, but the doctor & I both unmasked once I was in his office.

Weird stuff eh.

ETA: Friends up from Virginia for the day kept masking up all day (everyone is vaxxed.) Habits…
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Mask only on MTA and anywhere private that requires it...so far, most restaurants (for lunch takeout) and stores. The building where i work asks for them too...so I put it on heading into the lobby, halls and elevator. Off once I'm inside the office.

 
Just booked 4 nights the weekend before Christmas.  My daughter moved there 2 years ago but she's spent more time with us in CA to get away from COVID than anything.  Been wanting us to go visit her.  Staying at Hilton Club on W 57th.  Got great seats to see Dear Evan Hansen and the Rockettes Christmas show (Good seats at weekend shows already going).  We'll work around those 2 and do other Christmas-y things like Rockefeller Center + a bunch of great restaurants.  Anything else we should for sure do while we're there?

 
Judge Smails said:
Just booked 4 nights the weekend before Christmas.  My daughter moved there 2 years ago but she's spent more time with us in CA to get away from COVID than anything.  Been wanting us to go visit her.  Staying at Hilton Club on W 57th.  Got great seats to see Dear Evan Hansen and the Rockettes Christmas show (Good seats at weekend shows already going).  We'll work around those 2 and do other Christmas-y things like Rockefeller Center + a bunch of great restaurants.  Anything else we should for sure do while we're there?
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Hit a great steakhouse. Plenty to choose from.

I’m not a great resource for midtown as I’m more downtown + Brooklyn centric. But Christmas in New York with fam is pretty special regardless of activities.

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Hell, Michigan (15 miles northwest of Ann Arbor) is 87 degrees today.

The City is 96. HTH

Heat index over 100 for the third straight day. S/b be a little better Thursday & this weekend.

I escaped to a friends waterfront home. Not much cooler (91) but 10mph breeze off the water. Or so I’m told, not actually venturing out except early morning bagel runs.

 
RC94 said:
When I went out to get lunch today I thought weather.com got it wrong when they said it was sunny and clear today because it looks hazy.  Apparently they weren't wrong, it was smoke heading east from the fires out west: https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-ominous-hazy-sky-smoke-spreads-western-wildfires/story?id=78948371&cid=clicksource_4380645_3_three_posts_card_hed
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DelMarVa has been socked in with the smoke/haze the last two days with the same "sunny and blue skies" forecast...crazy stuff.

 
I went to Raffetto's last week and picked up some lasagna and some sauces.  The lasagna is good, although nothing has yet to beat my mom's.  I made pasta and grilled chicken with their Alfredo sauce tonight and it was good.  Their white clam sauce wasn't bad either, although it was a little too watery for me.  When I make it, I make it thicker.  I wanted to get some fresh saffron pasta but they were out of it.  They said to order that ahead of time so next time I'll get it.  There's a restaurant in Hoboken that makes saffron pasta Bolognese and it's great, but expensive, so I'd rather get the pasta and make it myself.

 
Not really up to going through 167 pages.  I haven't been to NYC for over 15 years.  My wife and I will be there a few nights mid-September.  First night is free, we will be staying near Times Square.  I need a list of MUST DOs.  Second night we are staying in financial district and seeing a concert at Pier 17, so looking for restaurant recs near there.

 
shuke said:
Not really up to going through 167 pages.  I haven't been to NYC for over 15 years.  My wife and I will be there a few nights mid-September.  First night is free, we will be staying near Times Square.  I need a list of MUST DOs.  Second night we are staying in financial district and seeing a concert at Pier 17, so looking for restaurant recs near there.
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some supposedly great restaurants right in Pier 17. I've been hearing really good things about each- and there's a range of them in terms of cuisine.

 
what kind of stuff do you and wife like to do? show? music? bar? "cool" local vibe? up/down-scsle?

midtown/times square is kinda...ick. but easy to get somewhere else via subway, uber, taxi or walking.

 
El Floppo said:
what kind of stuff do you and wife like to do? show? music? bar? "cool" local vibe? up/down-scsle?

midtown/times square is kinda...ick. but easy to get somewhere else via subway, uber, taxi or walking.
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Definitely music, but we'll be getting plenty of it this trip.  Possibly a show, just because we've never done it.  Kind of interested in walking around some, seeing the sights.  Nothing too fancy for dinner but a cool local vibe.

 
shuke said:
Definitely music, but we'll be getting plenty of it this trip.  Possibly a show, just because we've never done it.  Kind of interested in walking around some, seeing the sights.  Nothing too fancy for dinner but a cool local vibe.
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shuke said:
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Missed this GB.  Great time to be in NYC.  I'm a bit out of touch as far as eating and shows due to the COVID even though I'm in town every day.  I'm pretty sure most shows open in the next two weeks.  Tickets will likely be tough but ask your concierge or swing by TKTS in Time Square.  The museums are all open, so I would suggest MOMA or heading up the east side to the Met.  If you walk up the east side send me a PM and you and the Mrs. can come up and try on some jewelry and get a good view of the Park.  

You probably don't want to do too much in mid town as far as eating.  Maybe walk east and eat at Smith and Wollensky. 

As far as other must dos, High Line, 9/11 memorial, Little Island on the Hudson River, go to the east village and vomit in El Floppo's doorway.   The usual stuff.  

 
Nick Vermeil said:
As far as other must dos, High Line, 9/11 memorial, Little Island on the Hudson River, go to the east village and vomit in El Floppo's doorway.   The usual stuff.  
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Little Island requires a reservation (free)- it's definitely a cool spot, but harder to get to all the way out on the Hudson. Great at sunset. They have food cart/trucks and booze on site.

Brooklyn Bridge walk is nice too- can walk to the apex for great views of the city and brooklyn and harbor (including Statue of LIberty) and turn around come back- it'll put you walking distance close to Pier 17, fwiw. Can also walk all the way to Brooklyn and take the subway back. Make sure to walk in the bike lane like everybody else for an added "ay yoo, fuhgeddabowdit ####### biker ####s" ny attitude.

High Line and Chelsea Market for lunch. 

I second MoMA or the Met- all-time world classics normally only seen in books art all under a couple rooves. Met can be combined with a walk across or into Central Park- Strawberry Fields is straight across on the west side.

I mentioned a bunch of spots right in Pier 17 that are supposed to be really good for dinner- caveat that I've never eaten at any of them. 

I'm in the East Village/Lower East Side. A whole bunch of good spots to eat here on the cooler vibe side- not cheap, but not pricey either. Lots of live music spots and bars as well. I can go into more details if you have specific types of food that you like. Nick covered the puking- but please make sure to further mark our doorway with piss.

 
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Curious how you locals are liking NYC currently?  From a random sample of friends living there, they seem to love it.  Not many tourists and kind of have the city to themselves.  

 
Major said:
Curious how you locals are liking NYC currently?  From a random sample of friends living there, they seem to love it.  Not many tourists and kind of have the city to themselves.  
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This was true of peak quarantine but less so now. Still pretty greet though. I’m just a bridge and tunnel guy now though I was commuting in during the peak. There are more like me post Labor Day so the vacation for locals may be over. 

 
Major said:
Curious how you locals are liking NYC currently?  From a random sample of friends living there, they seem to love it.  Not many tourists and kind of have the city to themselves.  
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just heard that from a Tribeca living Restaurant designer guy I'm working with.

LES EVil is back to packed with party-going dopes. And now there are lot more aggressive homeless. Not loving either of those.

But can't beat Sept in NYC... and my kids have been loving things reopening.

10yo floppinha and I have been going to Seward Park to play tennis (Essex below Grand)... that's had a great neighborhood feel to it, with a lot of repeat regulars there playing tennis, hoops, jogging around the tiny track, skateboarding, doing old person synchronized martial arts. Always see people we know and recognize and have become friendly with. Unfortunately a lot of whiteys have found the tennis courts, which has put a wait on them for the first time in years.

 
El Floppo said:
just heard that from a Tribeca living Restaurant designer guy I'm working with.

LES EVil is back to packed with party-going dopes. And now there are lot more aggressive homeless. Not loving either of those.

But can't beat Sept in NYC... and my kids have been loving things reopening.

10yo floppinha and I have been going to Seward Park to play tennis (Essex below Grand)... that's had a great neighborhood feel to it, with a lot of repeat regulars there playing tennis, hoops, jogging around the tiny track, skateboarding, doing old person synchronized martial arts. Always see people we know and recognize and have become friendly with. Unfortunately a lot of whiteys have found the tennis courts, which has put a wait on them for the first time in years.
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Interesting about Seward.  That was my tennis spot for many years and rarely a wait.  That's surprising.  I guess folks have more free time on their hands.  I find myself randomly taking off for a 3 hour nap or a quick 5 mile run.  

 
Major said:
Curious how you locals are liking NYC currently?  From a random sample of friends living there, they seem to love it.  Not many tourists and kind of have the city to themselves.  
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Still love the city though it is much more open up then at anytime since the beginning of Covid.  September/October is the best time of year in the city and don't think it will be any different this year.  

 
Major said:
Interesting about Seward.  That was my tennis spot for many years and rarely a wait.  That's surprising.  I guess folks have more free time on their hands.  I find myself randomly taking off for a 3 hour nap or a quick 5 mile run.  
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changed about a month ago...like overnight some white person blog wrote it up or something.  Before that it you'd just walk on any time of day. 

 
Redwes25 said:
Still love the city though it is much more open up then at anytime since the beginning of Covid.  September/October is the best time of year in the city and don't think it will be any different this year.  
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Appreciate the info.  And yes, Sept/Oct along with April/May are easily my favorite times in NYC.  I think I'll enjoy the Fall much more as I know I'll be back in Texas for their "winter".

 
I was supposed to drive down tomorrow to see My Morning Jacket at Forest Hills but the plan just got blown up by #### I can't control. :(

Saw them there last year, amazing outdoor venue, weather is going to be perfect and I'm sure there will be a 9/11 angle that will make it even more memorable/magical. Somebody please go and report back. 

 
Nigel said:
I was supposed to drive down tomorrow to see My Morning Jacket at Forest Hills but the plan just got blown up by #### I can't control. :(

Saw them there last year, amazing outdoor venue, weather is going to be perfect and I'm sure there will be a 9/11 angle that will make it even more memorable/magical. Somebody please go and report back. 
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Wow, wish I knew about that.  I did make it up to Forest Hills last month for George Clinton's 80th bday.  That was fun.  

 
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Redwes25 said:
I love their beer and drink it all the time. Though think their only location in NYC is Brooklyn and as much as I love BK (I do live here) not sure it is worth a journey into BK if only here for a weekend and staying in Manhattan. 
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Agreed.  You can get the beer pretty much anywhere in Manhattan right now.  

 
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