NYC during GOP Convention
Jun 29, 2004, 2:30 pm
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NYC during GOP Convention
Just found out we're going to be in NYC, Upper East Side, but doing usual tourist sightseeing with our 13 year old, during the GOP Convention - if I don't wear my John Kerry button 
will we be impacted anyway?
While I'm at it, any excellent UES or 52nd Theater restaurants that our 13 year old would enjoy too would be appreciated. I definitely want to hit Paola's & a nice French brasserie - Orsay?
will we be impacted anyway? While I'm at it, any excellent UES or 52nd Theater restaurants that our 13 year old would enjoy too would be appreciated. I definitely want to hit Paola's & a nice French brasserie - Orsay?
Jun 29, 2004, 2:53 pm
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They keep saying security will be extreamly tight, for example trains coming into Penn Station will all be boarded and searched then allowed to go on. I would assume there will be security like at any major event or when the rest of the country goes to chartruse security or whatever, they may take way all the garbage cans, may have lots more dogs around sniffing you, etc.
Traffic should be a nightmare, and as recent stories this week in the paper have said, they are bringing in high priced call girls from all over the world.
Traffic should be a nightmare, and as recent stories this week in the paper have said, they are bringing in high priced call girls from all over the world.
Jun 29, 2004, 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by cordelli
They keep saying security will be extreamly tight, for example trains coming into Penn Station will all be boarded and searched then allowed to go on.
Jun 29, 2004, 6:25 pm
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There's a story about closings and the rest here:
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/...ines-manhattan
and from another story
. Penn Station: Stops for Amtrak, NJ Transit, LIRR, and seven subway lines; no train or subway car gets into the station without a search by bombsnifiing dogs.
What I had read previsosly is they will stop someplace (an earlier stop), every car will be boarded at once, swept by the dogs, then released to go on.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/...ines-manhattan
and from another story
. Penn Station: Stops for Amtrak, NJ Transit, LIRR, and seven subway lines; no train or subway car gets into the station without a search by bombsnifiing dogs.
What I had read previsosly is they will stop someplace (an earlier stop), every car will be boarded at once, swept by the dogs, then released to go on.
Jun 30, 2004, 8:26 am
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I take the E train to and from Penn. As long as it runs smoothely, I don't mind the dogs.
Would they prefer that passengers from the NJT, Amtrak, and the LIRR leave Penn by foot to walk to a different subway station or to hop onto the 7th & 8th Ave subways right from the station? I would think that the latter would be safer as the people would come and go quickly.
Would they prefer that passengers from the NJT, Amtrak, and the LIRR leave Penn by foot to walk to a different subway station or to hop onto the 7th & 8th Ave subways right from the station? I would think that the latter would be safer as the people would come and go quickly.