the trains, amtrak and metro north, still run on this elevated train trestle....right near my house almost....you can hear their whistles in the dark and it is haunting....hell, the first time was like 3am and it was really scary...woke me up and i didn't know if i'd really heard it or not.....
underneath, an entire city block, salvaged 50 years ago by fiorello laguardia (then mayor of nyc, later the subject of the fabled musical, "fiorello") and made into a neighborhood green-market....now it's an indoor market with an entire city block of empty space outside that's fenced in and has great potential...i think it's the holiday market for christmas shopping, trees, etc....it's very close to the harlem terminal of this train at 125th....which is a very large terminal and ticket office...i guess a lot of folks come into the city by train and exit here so they can get to the airports more easily by bus....either way, it's a great place to shop (butcher, fish monger, flower market, veggies....plants....etc) and an even better place to walk by when you just want to peruse.....
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