in the early '40s it was fairly safe for a tween to travel the subway system around nyc. i was only abused once very briefly (and walked away) on the subway system which scared me but here i am. perhaps the guy moved to new jersey and got a job in the human resources department at my defense intallation. who knows? just sayin'.
during high school, assignments requiring attendance at some of the nyc museums in manhattan was required.
for my 13th birthday a great uncle gave me $20, probably the rough equivalent of $200 today. i went downtown and squandered this fortune in one day. i took a tour of nbc studios, probably the museum of science and industry which was in the basement at 30 rock** (which no one remembers but me), bought some luminous paint, played some games at an arcade, had lunch, and other stuff, returning home broke.
yes i should have turned this money over to my parents and never seen it again. they would have done the same things i did only without me.
(to be continued)
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WHOA - JANE KRAKOWSKI OF 30 ROCK IN NEW YORK CITY.
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