Dilettante Fascination

doctorwho:

Went to get coffee….

For the record, Rory’s coffee route makes no geological sense. He walks all the way out to Grand Army Plaza to get the coffee (which is sensible; no place to get coffee in the park), and then walks through Bethesda Terrace to get back to the cliff. However, Grand Army Plaza and the fountain are on opposite ends relative to the cliff, with the cliff being much closer to the Grand Army Plaza side.

Of course, this could’ve just been creative license by the writers, designing a route in a way which showcases the beauty of the city. Just like how Winter Quay is really Tudor City and is further uptown, or how Amy and the Doctor had to walk all the way down from Central Park, through Times Square and presumably the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn to get to the TARDIS.

Instead, I’d just like to think that Rory got lost on his way back, walked past the cliff and walked directly to Bethesda Terrace, and then backtracked when he realized he went too far. Damn you Rory for not picking up a tourist map which can be conveniently found in various places in the park!

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Yeah, I know that part of the city very well. I like to spend off days in the area around Rockefeller Center, and I wander into that sector of Central Park up to the fountain quite frequently with a newspaper or book in hand.

On a somewhat related note, the Chipotle that’s located in that business district is absolutely wonderful.

discoverynews:

beautiful and sad.

this situation pushes a range of emotions.

theatlantic:

In Focus: One World Trade Center: Construction Progress

Tomorrow will mark the 11th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. After years of effort and numerous setbacks, three of the proposed seven towers to be built at the World Trade Center complex have “topped out,” reaching their structural maximum height. Seven WTC was completed in 2006, Four WTC topped out in June of this year, and the tallest, One World Trade Center (formerly known as Freedom Tower), just topped out at 104 floors on August 30.

Financial difficulties have left the future of the remaining towers in doubt, and have raised concerns about the still-incomplete National September 11 Memorial and Museum, as the foundation that runs the memorial estimates that it will cost $60 million a year to operate. 

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