This is a bus like no other; it is like someone returned from a time warp and dragged a busload of working class NY residents from 1982 with them. In a city increasingly becoming a Bauhaus playground for the wheel-heeled this crowd was a quite the contrast from the typical mid-town Manhattan crowd. Almost all on-board were working class men in their 50s to 80s. On the way back one of them was so tanked he fell over on the way to his seat. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that this working class element has slowly been disappeared from NYC and now one of their favorite haunts has also been shuttered.
Aqueduct itself looks like a post WWII site in Dresden after absorbing the wrath of the Allied war machine. Conducting a sporting event at a venue in this state of disrepair is a surreal experience. The entire third floor grandstand and apron is shuttered while festooned with a large lot of construction/demolition debris. Would ball sports play in a stadium that looks like this? Our observations make it obvious that the casino construction is far from ready; the slot playing blue-hairs are going to have to wait much longer for their VLTs.
A few pics from the trip:
3 comments:
Good stuff PowerCap.
Looking at these pics, I don't know how they'll make the start date for VLT's in the late spring.
You stated elsewhere that you can no longer watch the races from outside. Although the grandstand is closed, are the clubhouse seats are still open? They were open at the start of January - have these been closed as well?
The seats on the third floor are closed. There are still some seats open on the second floor but the view from there is nothing special.
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