MAY
22, 2005 --
NYC2012
Countdown
On May 16 there were 50 days left to the day, July 6, when the International
Olympic Committee chooses the site for the 2012 Games. NYC2012 marked the occasion
by displaying countdown clock and banner in Manhattan's Union Square. The ceremony
included presentation of NYC2012 medals to Olympians and Paralympians. LPR
got this photo of Kerri Strug, Gail Marquis and Carlos Arena after they spoke
in support of New York City as site for the 2012 Games. Ms. Strug received
a bronze medal at the 1992
Olympics and a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics (gymnastics). Ms. Marquis won
a silver medal in 1976 (basketball). Mr. Arena was on Mexico's swimming team
in the 1996 Olympics.
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Carlos
Arena (l) Kerri Strug (c) and Gail Marquis (r) last Monday.
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The
50 Day Countdown Clock, along with the Olympians photographed
above, were on hand -- with other Olympians and Paralympians
-- to help inaugurate.
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The
Red Car Removed
LPR returned, early last week, to the site of the Henry Hudson Parkway wall collapse,
just before removal of the little red car that survived the landslide. This was
LPR's first opportunity to see the front of the car which seemed not to have
escaped damage. Two northbound lanes were open, but the northbound access lane
remained blocked.
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Frenchy,
from Bronx River Towing, had just loaded the red car
on his red truck.
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Loaded
up and on its way …
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The
little red car on the red truck about to leave.
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The
access road now with an official "END" sign
to indicate it remains blocked.
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