Hell Gate is actually a river junction just off the Upper East Side of Manhattan. There’s a great view of it from Gracie Mansion. Or, I think there is but the fence is high on that side of Gracie and I can’t see if they have a sightline. Well, they’re elevated so they probably have [...]
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Hell Gate in NYC
December 7, 2007Ankling to Gracie Mansion
December 1, 2007Gracie Mansion isn’t named after Gracie Allen (wife of George Burns), but for some strange reason I can never quite separate the two. As a name, “Grace” is pretty common nowadays; but not “Gracie”. Oh well, just one of my quirks. (Actually, “Gracie was the last name of the architect, but that isn’t as fun to [...]
