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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
Subject: Re: Independence Day
Date: 24 Jul 2024 23:16:03 -0000
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Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>The train arrived at Penn Station at 6:45, having taken nearly ten
>hours for a trip that never left the state of New York.  Since it was
>still daylight and I had plenty of time before my next train, I walked
>to Times Square.  On the way, I noticed a Macy's.  I checked what
>street it's on.  Sure enough it was on 34th Street, just like in the
>77 year old movie.  I went inside and looked around, but it didn't
>seem to sell anything but clothing.

Did you take the wooden escalator?  It is worth the visit.

>Times Square felt like I had walked into a website without using an
>ad blocker.  I was able to confirm that it's a myth that that narrow
>building with all the advertising screens is otherwise empty.  I don't
>know what may be upstairs, but the ground floor has an Olive Garden
>restaurant.

If you look around you can imagine you are in a Philip K. Dick novel.
--scott
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