The NY/NJ Summer Bucket List!

[PeteE]

Name some cool things you are planning on doing, have done, or would love to do this Summer (or any Summer) in the New York Metropolitian area.

[Roger]

Find a local roller derby league and attend a bout. It's a hoot.

[Datalapper]

Kayaking on the Hudson River off Manhattan - for FREE! (http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/6/21/16394/8466/travel/New+York+City+Kayaking:+Completely+Free,+Not+as+Sl imy+as+You%27d+Think+and+Fun+as+Hell)

[Philly]

Seeing the road show product of "August Osage County!"

[Lyn]

Go to a bar!

[Jane]

Go to a bar!

WHERE?? I'm there!:D

[Kat]

Bryant Park has different events during lunchtime during the week, plus a movie every Monday evening.

[Datalapper]

Bryant Park has different events during lunchtime during the week, plus a movie every Monday evening.
Good one (http://actiondeb.com/bryantparkmovies.html) Kat. I haven't been in Bryant Park since '07-08 when we finished putting up the new BofA Tower.
It's been nothing but a steady diet of lower Manhattan for me since then. But even here there is plenty to do if you take the time to look around...

The public space at 55 Water Street (the 'Elevated Acre') also has free Monday Nite movies. The space is certainly smaller than Bryant Park, but not being as well known it may not be as crowded?
Here's their movie schedule (http://actiondeb.com/elevatedacre.html), The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 is playing on the 13th. (The original (http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/events/eventDetail.php?eventID=2978), that is)

[Kat]

I don't know if they still do this, but Trinity Church used to have a lunchtime music concert during the summer. I can't remember if it was a once a week or daily thing, but if you work in the area, it's worth checking out. Given the location, obviously, when I say music, I don't mean thrash metal. :)

[Datalapper]

Given the location, obviously, when I say music, I don't mean thrash metal. :)Hey. You mean that 'Blue Moose & the Unbuttoned Zippers' (http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/webcasts/videos/music-at-trinity/concerts/blue-moose-and-the-unbuttoned-zippers) isn't a metal band??;)

There's gotta be some metal in their 'nykelharpa':D

[Datalapper]

The long abandoned, elevated rail line on the West side of Manhattan is being converted into a 1-1/2 mile long park, 30 feet above street level.
The tracks, (originally built in the 1930's to bring freight and Mid-Western cattle into Manhattan's meatpacking district) had their last train roll over them in 1980.

Now the metamorphosis into a unique urban oasis is a reality. The first section (of an eventual three) of the High Line (http://www.thehighline.org/), opened last month
It runs from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, to West 20th Street, in Chelsea, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3655/3615429342_21ebac25d1.jpg?v=0

I still haven't made it up there yet, but the Summer is still young.

Here's a slideshow (http://www.thehighline.org/design/designslideshow.htm) of the design. And an interactive map. (http://www.thehighline.org/design/index.html?iframe)

This video from the opening day is also worth a look (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCcUp5QB05U&feature=related).

[PeteE]

I visited Maya Lin's wave fields (part of the Storm King Art Park) on July 4th..

http://www.stormking.org/images/SKAC-LIN-SITE-4171.jpg