Interesting Links
McBurney High School was a small private high school on West 63rd Street in Manhattan. It used facilities that were part of the West Side YMCA. We used the YMCA facilities such as the pools and gym.
This New York Times article from November, 1979, discusses the plans to build the first seaport development. Titled South St. Plan leaves dissention in it's wake the article describes many of the existing businesses and occupants of the area. This project resulted in the market building between front at south streets, and the original Pier 17.
When I took a class on the Global Positioning System, I chose a project around the tide and currents in New York Harbor. GPS Project I set out to prove that the current changes at Pier 16 in the east river at the same time as it changes at Verranzano Narrows.
In the 18th century, when there were few railroads and no highways, canals were the primary way to move goods for commerce. There were two canals across New Jersey from the Delaware River to New York Harbor. The Delaware and Raritan Canal was one of the two canals that crossed New Jersey. The D&R canal extended from Trenton to Raritan Bay.
I had always dreamed of flying. But I learned sailing before I learned flying. I felt that learning soaring was a good preliminary step to powered flight. I joined the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association in Fredrick, Maryland. I learned that soaring was more like sailing than I could ever imagine and that the atmosphere was more exciting and more alive than I could imagine.
My first motorcycle was a 2-stroke rocket, a Yamaha RD350B It had front disc brakes and six gears. I bought it at Village Cycles on W 3rd St in Greenwich Village. Julio let me in the shop area and I learned how to do my own maintenance.