I am back to a new favorite photo meme, The Weekend Roundup, hosted by Tom. The letter 'B' figures prominently as his fractured hip is healing nicely and we brought him back to his domicile in the NYC borough of Kings, ie: Brooklyn with which we begin...
One way to get to his apartment from our CT home is I-278, including the parking lot known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Alas, it is still the most direct way :)
Here I am double parked by his apartment as he and his sister brought his belongings. This is on 19th Street in the Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn, adjacent to the better known neighborhoods of Flatbush and Prospect Park. Double parking and not getting a ticket is an art around here!
Of course, there are Bridges in the city and here are two, the 1883 Brooklyn Bridge taken from the BQE (note the old cast iron guardrail). The other is the beautiful 1940 Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, both crossing the East River. Engineering and art at their finest...
New Beginning. To the left is our Son Cam, to the right our daughter Allegra, both pics their first day at home. They were very new!
Week's Favorite. I was driving and Allegra took this pic as we were taking our now healed son back home to Brooklyn. We are happy that his fractured hip is healing and he can get back to the city and his friends. Here is the Bronx approach to the RFK/Triboro Bridge to Queens and then to Brooklyn
...Ralph, it's hard to 'b'elieve that you could string so many 'B's together! Man oh man, this country boy would be a fish out of water in your neck of the woods. It's good to hear that your son is on the mend! I hope to 'C' you next week, thanks for being here.
ReplyDeleteI do like the bridges of NYC - but not driving in the city!
ReplyDeleteI hope your son's healing continues without any setbacks.
Pretty bridges, Ralph. In October we traveled over, I think on the cast iron old bridge, from JFK to the Brooklyn Naval Yard where we caught a Princes cruise ship. Then five days later we passed under on the Brooklyn / Wall Street Ferry to see the 9-11 Memorial. Also took the ferry back to the ship. It was a 27 minute ride, very nice. (BTW my bored and stroked Mercury started at 255 c.i.d. and ended up to be 297 c.i.d. -- We were racing a 1934 Ford three-window coupe then with essentially the same engine except it had a racing cam.)
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I do hope his hip continues to heal quickly. Must be a painful situation. I think that Allegra looks much calmer in her first day at home picture - perhaps because she knew she had a big brother to take care of her?! Love the bridge shots!
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