The Brooklyn Bridge was busier than I ever thought it would be. A fantastic place.
My mother grew up in the Bronx, married my father at 18 and moved to Ohio.
As a kid, my family made a few trips to New York to visit my grandfather in Manhattan, relatives on Long Island and New Jersey, and my mother's childhood best friend on Staten Island.
With the exception of riding the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan we'd done nothing typically touristy.
Until last year, I'd not really spent any time in New York as an adult, and I'd been wanting to walk the Brooklyn Bridge for a long time.
While in New York City last year, I stayed with a friend who was busy with work or family much of the time I was in town. The night before I left to came home, however, we met for dinner in Chinatown, then meandered back to her place on Wall Street.
Bridge over the New River on Highway 19 in West Virginia. It is the second highest steel bridge in the US.
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To the left, the new bridge; a monstrous structure. To the right, the remains of the old bridge.
Spanning the Wishkah River in Aberdeen WA, this old railway bridge presents a number of photo opportunities as does the entire town.
Highway 101 spans the Chehalis River in the background.
Spectators at the annual DUMBO Arts Festival enjoying an elephant that paints.
The clock on the street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn