Thursday, October 5, 2023 – TIME TO ENJOY THE CITY ON A GREAT DAY
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
WANDERING AROUND
THE CITY AND ISLAND
OCTOBER 5, 2023
ISSUE# 1092
On this beautiful autumn, really summer day it was time to get to Manhattan and take my #7 Covid 19 vaccination. The ferry was ontime and I was with about 50 island commuters to 34th Street.
Arriving at 35th Street it was a 15 minute walk to Bellevue Hospital for my vaccination.
Vaccinations at Bellevue are open to the public, as the largest hospital in our municipal Health+ Hospitals system. The impressive lobby leads to this round room where WPA murals decorate the walls.
Check-in takes a few minutes and I was asked to wait in a spacious area. Today I could have the new Pfizer BionNTech Covid 19 vaccine. Moderna is also available along with Flu shots. (RSV is not available here).
A nurse called me into a private cubicle. She asked my the routine questions about allergies and health.
She gave the the vaccination and asked me to wait 15minutes. She told me if there were any reactions, I was literally 50 feet from the Emergency Room.
After 15 minutes of waiting I was presented with my new Covid 19 vaccination card.
I have tried to get an appointment for a vaccination at our Duane Reade. I find that the area is tight, overbooked and our stressed out pharmacy staff is being asked to do double duty with their primary job as pharmacists.
If you are having a reaction at a pharmacy, 911 must be called. I would prefer to have mine in a medical facility. It is worth the trip to feel more safe.
A quick bus ride up to 42 Street where the UN was back to normal. The security staff was friendly and glad that the the General Assembly events were a memory.
Passing the Ford Foundation building the garden view was boarded up. More renovations from those just done a few years ago. Work never seems to stop in this city. Miss seeing the greenery this time.
After lunch and a trip to Costco in Manhattan the ferry was the perfect ride home.
As I was leaving the ferry pier a woman was trying out a Citybike coming on the road from the tram to the East promenade. As I was about to warn her of the deteriorated pavement, she fell off the bike. The “pavement” here is dangerous especially to a novice rider on the sharp hilly curve.
She said she was not hurt but walked the bike back to the Citibike stand.
This is such a dangerous site, if someone fell and cars coming around the curve.
THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
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WEDNESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
Image from 1941 brochure celebrating opening of East River Drive
TUESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
Beaux Art Lamp post to the right of the Manhattan entrance of the Ed Koch/59th Street Bridge. The other lamp post was taken down when the tram was installed and could pass with out problems. Judy Berdy, after much time searching, located the base of the one removed, had it restored and it was place in front of the kiosk on R. Judy Schneider
Text by Judith Berdy
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