tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6910426221835176765..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: This year's Summer Streets celebration includes rocks and bubbles on Astor PlaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17747897069902039942018-07-25T12:23:31.238-04:002018-07-25T12:23:31.238-04:00I love Summer Streets, too. I'm a pedestrian-...I love Summer Streets, too. I'm a pedestrian--as opposed to a runner or cyclist--and I enjoy both the car-free walk and the little breaks for the activity areas and info booths. Start early in the morning before it gets too hot! (And if there's an activity that you think is infantile/stupid/not for you, just walk on by . . .)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23545084664864709712018-07-25T12:07:06.485-04:002018-07-25T12:07:06.485-04:00Summer Streets is one of the best events of the ye...Summer Streets is one of the best events of the year, and the side events are a nice addition, providing much more value and entertainment than most street fairs with lots of free sample giveaways. The annual water slide by the courthouses is great fun, kids love it, along with the outdoor dance party, hammocks and free coconut water. Along the way they give away free bike helmets, do free bike repairs, give away water bottles and plenty of food samples. I agree it should be expanded to more uptown streets, but you can ride it back and forth and get in a nice 10 mile ride, then do loops around Central Park a;; day with the spandex ballet of that’s not enough. These are the few days that cyclists can really enjoy the streets, glad to see itls still going strong.Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12423627655495274482018-07-25T10:41:12.416-04:002018-07-25T10:41:12.416-04:00This is stupid. The "meat and potatoes" ...This is stupid. The "meat and potatoes" if you will, of Summer Streets, is the streets. For biking, running, walking. All these little brainless side activities are like, sprigs of parsley, at best.<br /><br />If they really want to make people happy, they'd give us more of the meat and potatoes. Use all these resources to open more of Park Ave, make a longer route. That way, you'd enable people to have a genuine tour of the city. As it is, on bike at least, the whole route feels short of a real outing. It's over before you know it.<br /><br />I go to this thing every year and while I've never actually stopped to partake in any of the side events, to me they look extremely marginal. I.e. nobody's clamoring for any of this crap, and nobody's really having any significant fun at them. The cynic in me feels that their only real purpose is to provide instagrammable moments and images to use for publicizing future Summer Streets. Look! People havin fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86392788293244822552018-07-24T13:36:43.394-04:002018-07-24T13:36:43.394-04:00The infantilization/kidultification of NYC marches...The infantilization/kidultification of NYC marches on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-15375272209559669652018-07-24T11:45:55.457-04:002018-07-24T11:45:55.457-04:00"Mind-blowing bubble magic, spectacular laser..."Mind-blowing bubble magic, spectacular laser lighting effects and momentary soapy masterpieces."<br /><br />Will the magic mushrooms be provided?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com