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Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
LPR Advisory for GOP Convention Delegates:
Those open-air red (Gray Line) tour buses

AUGUST 21, 2004 --

LPR is not sure that you will be able to take a tour bus on 33rd street, past Madison Square Garden, during Convention days.

Yes, the Empire State Building will
be visible to you as you enter Madison Square Garden for your infomercial.

What will happen to you if you are on a red bus and the skies open up?

Most likely the bus will pull to the side of the road and wait out the storm. LPR took photos of a red bus on West 86th Street, during a heavy downpour.

Some tourists chose to stay out in the open; most squeezed-in down below.

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The Delacorte Theater summer season will be over by the time you arrive in New York, but perhaps you might find a
musical duo like 13 playing near the Delacorte
.

This duo of musicans are calling themselves "13". They were
photographed entertaining outside Delacorte Theater, now in midst of Joe's Pub music festival.


The Open Air Red Tour Bus, heading on 33rd to Eighth (and presumably back to starting point, 47th and Broadway).

View of Empire State looking east on 33rd Street, from Eighth Ave.


LPR spotted this tour bus on Central Park West, near 86th Street, as the
skies opened up.


A few souls braved the downpour on the open air top of the bus.


The remaining tourists squeezed into the bottom portion of the bus to wait out the rain.