On the Brian Lehrer show on NPR today, one of the segments was about the census maps of New York City. Scroll down his website to get to the spot where you can click on the slideshow and find several different maps with information about the city. The map on the right shows the dominant ancestry identified by the people in different regions of the city. Pretty cool, huh?
Plus, there's a program this summer in the city where the government is going to shut down major streets and only allow pedestrian and bike traffic. On August 9th, 16th, and 23rd, from 7am to 1pm, the government will close a route from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd and 5th Avenue. How cool is that?? How much fun would it be to ride your bike down the middle of Park Avenue??
Also, there's a bunch of free stuff to do in the city. Check out the website for the River to River festival. Highlights include Terence Blanchard playing Castle Clinton on August 7th. Wow!!
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