KEEPING YOUR BAGEL FRESH

KEEPING YOUR BAGEL FRESH

A well known bagel store published this guide to how to preserve your bagels after they have been bought fresh from the bagel baker. Follow these instructions or else your fresh bagel will taste and have the consistency of a hockey puck: A bagel’s fresh taste and...
A New Bagel in Town

A New Bagel in Town

We were exploring Greenwich Village yesterday when we came across a new type of bagel in town -the Bantam Bagel. It is a small bagel (kind of like a bagel munshkin) with either different cream cheese flavors, peanut butter or jam injected into the middle. The bagel...
Last Trolley Line in New York City

Last Trolley Line in New York City

I passed the Queensboro bridge today with traffic blocked for the the marathoners running across it and at the same time, I came across this picture. The trolley pictured was the last active trolley line in NYC. It ran across the bridge to Manhattan to an underground...
PCC (Presidents Car Commission)

PCC (Presidents Car Commission)

PCC (Presidents Car Commission) trolley car in Downtown Brooklyn – 1943. These ran until the early 1950’s but were very common throughout cities in the U.S. Notice the buy war bonds sign on the theatre across the street.
Transit Authority’s

Transit Authority’s

Had a great time on the Transit Authority’s celebration of the NYC subway’s 110 anniversary! They took out the only set of what are known as the LO-V models and ran them on Sunday and today between 42nd and 96th Street on the Broadway line. Some of these cars where...