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Lower Manhattan Restaurants in generalNewest Review: ... a media circus being outside the courthouse due to the trial of someone called Martha Stuart. My American girlfriend told me she was quite a celebrity involved in a big money scandal, I?d never heard of her. Stark trees in barren squares reminded us that winter was just drawing to a close but I could imagine in summer the whole area was quite lush and beautiful. ... more |
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by Darkley - written on 20.05.04 (Very useful, 63 readings)
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It was late in the afternoon when, after day of sightseeing, we caught the subway down to lower Manhattan. Compared to Manhattan in general it was clear that there was something different about downtown. For a start, gone where the 90o angled roads, up-down, left to right, numbered in streets and Avenues so that it is almost impossible ever to get lost. This was more like my native Belfast, streets shooting of in whatever direction they feel like. The comparison ends there though. In Belfast you don?t eventually end up with a crook in your neck because you?re constantly staring up at the magnificence of the ...



