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  1. Curtis Sliwa woke up this morning and said to himself, "Self, there are still more than zero people taking me seriously. How can I fix this?"

    bsky.app/profile/jaythurber.bs

    (Apparently in some video interview where he discusses this, he goes one step farther and says he is "sitting shiva" for the restaurant? Oof. He's Catholic, even.)

    #NYC #TimesSquare #RedLobster

  2. Midtown construction! This is 42nd at 9th. Shown is 42nd, but there are lanes closed on 9th also, from 43 to 41st.
    Especially dangerous for bicyclists heading south on 9th, with no bike lane.
    #midtown #Manhattan #theatre #district #dump #truck #bike #lanes #closed #southbound #avenue #TimesSquare #traffic

  3. I worked in 7 Times Square (a.k.a. Times Square Tower), directly across from 1 Times Square #NYC. We would watch them test patterns on the #ball and test it going up & down.
    I went from walking to a #LawFirm at 7 Times Square, to commuting to a law firm at 7 World Trade (across from One World Trade, the #WorldTradeCenter). When I started, #1WTC hadn't opened, the construction elevator still on its face.
    #7WTC #TimesSquare not #Time #Square #subway #BallDrop #NewYorkCity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Sq

  4. The #NYTimes outgrew the building quickly. Apparently, the #printing presses in the basement were so affected by the #subway underneath, they had to put sand under them! They moved to a huge #building on 43rd & stayed there until 2007, expanding to 44th.
    Owner Ochs started the #NewYear's celebrations on Dec 31, 1904, & for years they just lit fireworks on the roof until the city outlawed it. The ball drop started that year, 1908.
    #NYC #TimesSquare #NewYearsEve #BallDrop
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Time

  5. If you find a wooden-looking round earring (french wire) on the E train, it's mine. I was wearing it when I put on my face shield & respirator to leave for work...
    #lost #earring #today #commuter #NYC #subway #jewelry #NewYorkCity #MTA #straphanger #TimesSquare #WorldTrade #7WTC #times #square #world #trade #center #Chambers too

  6. Caught the express at Times Square today and boy, was he down on getting us there right quick. Zippy trip this morning, the skipped stations going by in blurs.
    #blurry #commute #today #NYC #subway #NewYorkCity #work #WorldTradeCenter #station #7WTC #express #take the A #train #zippy #trippy #ride #fast #trip #TimesSquare #conductor #quick #driver #speed #morning #coffee no #decaf