My "Rip VanWinkle" experience was in how I learned to "deposit" exactly the sum I needed into my Metrocard, so I wouldn't get stuck with unusable dollar "investments." This was the first time that I actually found my first (and usually only) payment insufficient. When I needed the Air Train, which costs $5-, I only had $2.90 in the card and the "red-jacketed" attendant assisted me in depositing $2.10. I'm still amazed.
If I'm not mistaken, I took the following pictures when walking to the 42nd Street Shuttle. The colors and music made it a real treat! It reminded me of the Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Midrachov, closed-to-traffic street.
NYC has definitely changed - though I am too young to remember it at its baddest. :-)
ReplyDeleteI had zero qualms about taking my older kids down there last summer and just hanging around Manhattan. We took subways, it was so much fun.
We noticed, though - no fat people on the NYC subways. Everybody moves SO fast, I figure you either get fit or you get out.
I noticed lots of tourist families and local families. This has been the situation the past few years. NY has always been a "run-run" type of place. Pedestrians don't pay attention to the traffic lights, just check if cars are coming.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had fun traveling the subways in NYC. I always get a little nervous - how much am I supposed to pay? How do I insert the money in those machines? Boston subways have changed a lot, too.
ReplyDeleteLeora - like this?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mit.edu/~jdreed/t/charlie.html
Leora, you have to buy a ticket/metrocard and fill it according to how much you think you'll need it. I found all the staff very helpful.
ReplyDeleteLeah, I love that song!! Thanks
glad you liked it, Batya!
ReplyDeleteperformance by the Kingston Trio (after the 3 weeks, of course):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU