dc koop

Yep it's a fright. Saw some of it on TV. Absolute vulgarity at it's best

SultanOfSwing

It's what I imagine living inside a stream of urine might look like.

dc koop

There must be a secret room somewhere in there with shelving full of books, an overstuffed worn very comfortable old sofa, spittoon, mini bar, TV set and a corner where one can practice putting shots. In other words a place where sanity can be restored after being surrounded for hours by all that piss colored shit

SultanOfSwing

I don't think his servants' quarters are that well appointed.

scrubbedexpat097

Hmm...quite an appropriate answer

RICH

Pretty sure you meant the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Courtney Campbell is not so impressive, although nearby

Skyway

Courtney

SultanOfSwing

Holy crap was that a fortuitous revelation or what? I could have thrown a million darts at a million boards and never hoped to hit that bullseye

london_calling

Nobody would disagree with that. Personally I prefer tall buildings from a distance but I should look closer when walking around Manhattan. The horror of having to work in those places may have tainted me (though perhaps less than an Irish kid growing up in the Catholic church).

scrubbedexpat097

Totally brilliant

Rete

Its a lovely ride along the Hudson and parts of the East River on the Hudson line of Metro-North. You change from the East River to the Hudson River scenery at Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx. I took that branch of the railroad for many years in the 60's and 70's switching over to the Harlem line/branch in the 80's.

The Harlem line is all that Nutmegger said when you get past North White Plains. I've taken it several times to the end of the line in Wassaic and it is pasture, forests, small towns and villages and stops that are nothing more than road crossings to let off and on passengers.

For lovely river crossings for the Hudson there are the Mid-Hudson Bridge in Peekskill and the Rip Van Winkle Bridges.

Either in Manhattan or in one of the small suburbian towns pick up a boat to ride the Hudson River north. Can't think of a nicer way to cool off in the summer time than a water trip up the Hudson (discount the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown).

I found the ride once pass Garrison to rival the river cruise I took down the Rhine.

SultanOfSwing

While I like being in the middle of them in Chicago, I do agree they look better from a bit away, so you can see them in context. But again, I also enjoy a skyline that doesn't have skyscrapers as well. I just like it all in different ways.

Moments like these come along but once in a lifetime ...

Nutmegger

Walkway Over the Hudson is also worth checking out. It's an old railway bridge in Poughkeepsie that has been made into a pedestrian walkway -- you can really savor the views that you only see fleetingly when driving across the river.

https://walkway.org/mission

Hiro11

I'll take the Bear Mountain bridge near West Point.

The Hudson is beautiful directly outside of NYC. The Palisades Parkway is a gorgeous road. It's no wonder that there was an entire school of art dedicated to the area. It's also no wonder that Alpine, NJ is the most expensive town in the US: beautiful and minutes from Manhattan.

livinginnyc

I'll second that - the views are stunning! And a perfect vantage point over the Hudson itself!

You can also see the CIA building too (Note - that's the Culinary institute, not spies. I found that out the hard way through public ridicule on said bridge).

SultanOfSwing

I was going to say, that would be a hell of a vantage point if you could see Langley from the Hudson