We made it on our first subway ride- we got the unlimited pass for seven days $33 and we made
it safely to somewhere in downtown new york. I don't know where we're at yet- Aster Place stop.
So my family has a history of music, specifically punk rock music
-and we were told to check out the st mark's neighborhood for some historic spots so we're
going to walk around there now from the Astor street station. We just arrived at st marks
place we haven't even started walking down the street and we already found a bomb bagel shop!
these bagels are bomb they're amazing this area of town did not disappoint there's so
much personality here on st marks place it's definitely worth checking out the whole family
it's got a very unique vibe. The New Yorker sums up the saint mark's bohemians as those
who were beats in the 50s hippies in the 60s punks in the 70s or anarchists in the 80s
time
looks good so this building really caught my eye as we were walking by
and it's actually the ottendorfer branch of the new york public library and it opened in 1884 it
was new york city's first free public library originally it was set up by the german society
for the healthcare needs of immigrants in the 1850s
um
so i walked right by this apartment building and had no idea that i was walking by the cover of the
1975 led zeppelin classic physical graffiti this iconic cover was of these two apartment buildings
at 98 st mark's place there's one other musical connection for the same building recognize this
guy yep mick jagger the rolling stones shot their video waiting on a friend at the same building
dude
to our surprise we stumbled upon the spring sign fair
this fair featured over 40 new york-based independent publishers and sign makers as well
as other various community activities to honor the east village's rich counter-cultural history
uh
no i mean it goes to boot one and boom
we're still enjoying this neighborhood the kids did some shopping bought some cool stuff
and now we're headed for some cheesecake if you remember that little shop when we first got to
st mark's place had some really good looking cheesecake in the window so we're gonna go
try to sample that and then we're gonna head to washington square in greenwich village
so we're at washington park near nyu in manhattan and there appears to be a festival uh something
indian in nature so we're gonna check it out looks like it happened in place this afternoon
what i loved most about new york city was all the
unexpected multicultural celebrations that we ran into during our visit all over the city
dealing with
is
wow
oh my god all this crazy excitement and we haven't even had lunch yet
happen to eat at murray's bagels and right now there's no seasoning inside the tiny
little place and there's only about four tables outside and they're all taken so
we're just gonna hang out on this park bench and the food in there looks really really good
they had a nice selection of bagels and look at all that cream cheese
get to the menu
we ended up snagging a table outside
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