Manhattan Hillbilly

Traveling over the Brooklyn Bridge

Was in Brooklyn last night, so I thought I'd share this video of a subway car making the trip across the Brooklyn Bridge back to Manhattan ... in 1899!

 

Kind of interesting to see how the city has changed.

And if you're into these sorts of things, here's:

Herald Square in 1896:

 

And Lower Broadway in 1902:

 

A show with a built-in audience

One of the current shows running just off Broadway.Seems like it would have a built-in audience here in New York.

Pee Wee makes New York his playhouse

This is what Twitter is all about. Pee Wee Herman is bringing his "Pee Wee's Playhouse" performance -- that made history in the early '80s in L.A. -- to Broadway later this month. So yesterday Pee Wee, nee Paul Reubens, hit all the big spots in town from Katz' Deli to shooting hoops in Harlem. And he tweeted it all.

How would a Southerner sum up Pee Wee?

"That boy just ain't right."