Open Thread Wednesday

By on May 17, 2022 11:05 pm in open thread

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  • CassieVonMontague

    Did his fake watertower pass landmarks?

    I think, in my amateur opinion, if the original architects spent a lot of thought on hiding the St George watertower, it would be absurd to put a fake one on top. One would think a world-renowned architect would be above such pastiche. The Brooklyn Watertower motif has been done to death by now.

  • Andrew Porter

    So nice and cool today that I have reluctantly decided not to go.

  • OhWhatANightDumboVersion

    So, I was walking under the Brooklyn Bridge in Emily Warren Roebling plaza with my wife and two kids on Saturday night. Two comments: First, the place is unexpectedly, extremely dangerous. As we were walking a glass bottled shattered on the plaza about twenty five feet ahead of us. It was a miracle that no one was hurt Another few feet either way and this would have been the front cover of the Post. Lincoln R. — assuming you read this blog, please check it out. It came from bridge and I can’t imagine this is the first time this has happened. Second, I haven’t been down to Dumbo on an early Saturday evening in a long time. Wow, has it become a destination for better or for worse. Would it be too much to have a traffic officer or two? It seems like everyone loses their driving skills and patience at the intersection of Old Fulton and Furman and Water Street. What a mess.

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7nPOzGeyaw Arch Stanton

    When I was a kid my friends and I spent many an after school hour, under the bridge, in that very area. It used to be the NYC Purchase Department, B-53 Salvage Yard. We would climb all over the piles of twisted metal and liberate cool pieces city memorabilia… Yes, more than once we saw a hub cap, lug nut or some other bit of a car come flying off the bridge.
    Netting on the sides of the roadway would be good safety measure.
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/52f2d65a30b26b11f01409bd73ea087e41bc7af6ab1514d14881c1848af284f8.jpg
    All that’s left.

  • Andrew Porter

    So, Karl—sorry, can’t resist this—you were the one to go to to get your ashes hauled? (Younger BHB readers can Google this phrase.)

  • Andrew Porter

    Here’s a photo I took of friends there, sitting in a reclaimed wheelchair. The place was where old traffic signs, hospital equipment, etc., went to die. I remember pieces of an NYPD helicopter sitting there once. Artists would climb over the fence to get Neat Stuff for their projects:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7nPOzGeyaw Arch Stanton

    The picture is not showing?

  • Karl Junkersfeld

    Haha…
    I have never heard that slang term before. Must be my strict catholic upbringing. hehe

    For those who are in the dark as I was:

    Slang (Ashes Hauled)
    To engage in sexual activity, especially intercourse; to achieve sexual release or gratification.

  • Andrew Porter

    Yeah, my computer suddenly thought it had dial-up service again and was incredibly slow.

    Here’s the photo:
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4430afe165d48a73af4861e56db4986a1058a4e9947dea93cf02ac92e1e5d5c2.jpg

  • Andrew Porter
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