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Greenpoint is the Bomb!
What a week! First I was on the Leonard Lopate Show. Then it was Poles without pants. After that I discovered the CRACK PROS. And last— but not least, I finally got a photo of Greenpoint’s very own Jeep-riding Doginator. How can I possibly keep up this kind of momentum? Well, after several long thankless hours I found a tale from Greenpoint’s past that is in keeping with this especially magical week here in the Garden Spot.
See the big thing those police officers are attempting to move? That’s a 500 pound World War II bomb. Where was this bomb located? Under the Pulaski Bridge. Why was it there ? Because Greenpoint is a very special place. From the December 4, 1969 edition of the New York Times, I present to you a cautionary tale of what happens what Greenpointers will do with a couple of (yes, TWO) bombs. Enjoy!
“There used to be another bomb”, he added, “but a man took it and put it in front of his house.”
The above statement is why they’ll have to drag me out of this neighborhood kicking and screaming. God I love Greenpoint!
Miss Heather
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3 Comments on Greenpoint is the Bomb!
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rheingold on
Sun, 30th Sep 2007 3:52 pm
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missheather on
Sun, 30th Sep 2007 3:59 pm
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nick on
Mon, 1st Oct 2007 8:49 am
How times have changed. Now if a kid plays with a 500-lb WWII bomb his parents would make him wear a helmet.
Correction: his NANNIE would make him wear a helmet.
I want one of these bad boys for my front yard. I do not have a front yard, but that is immaterial. Give it a nice paint job, flank it with a couple garden gnomes or toilets (employed as planters) and there have you. Greenpoint at its very Greenpointiest. Betcha no one in Park Slope has (or had) a bomb in their front yard. Wimps.
park slope had a freakin plane land on it.
old bombs are for pussys
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