Jasper Jottings ————————— The daily achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of Manhattan College

http://islander505.blogspot.com/2009/11/next-stop-broadway-and-168th-st-change.html

THE 505 WALKING TOUR OF NYC
A 12 hour tour (or longer), where “516 the boy, became 212… an older boy”.
$15.00…no children under the age of reason allowed.

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This extensive tour of the Bronx and Manhattan features a panorama of what life was like in NYC between 1973 through 1977 when a young 505 matriculated at Manhattan College (and held some non-“government sponsored bullshit jobs” to get himself through school).

The tour begins once a week at 242nd St and Broadway (the terminus of the #1 Subway Train) on the campus of Manhattan College. We’ll initially follow the route that 505 and his future roommate/lifelong buddy took on their first day of college. A short stroll from the main campus to nearby Van Cortlandt Park. While the rest of the freshman class were attending welcome seminars and speeches, 505 and his friend spent the day golfing in the Park. (paid for 9 holes, played 18). “So this is college”.

Following a bucket of balls at the range, we’ll head back to 242nd Street and Broadway for a kickoff cocktail at each of the bars that sat underneath the elevated subway platform. Special “beer and schnappes” prices have been negotiated with The Green Leaf, The Pinewood and The Terminal Bar (or whatever their names are now). As my new roommate had declared so often, “My final selection of a college to attend was based upon how many bars were in walking distance.”

[JR: And on and on rambling at length.]

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[JR: I found it, but still don’t know who wrote it or if it’s a Jasper. Opinions?]

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