I lived in NYC since 1981 and never saw this one.
The Most Obscure Street in Manhattan
Ted Rall
http://rall.comTed Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Apparently this is Staten Island – different borough from Manhattan
Nope. Midtown Manhattan!
Just think. Tom Friedman could write a whole column about this. (And he’d probably get a Pulitzer for it, too.)
First he’d talk to his taxi driver. Then his bellhop.
RIght – You don’t see so many of these glassiine office palaces on Staten Island, do you? The edifice in the photo is 900 Third Ave., conclaveplex of attorneys (who outnumber human beings 2-1 in NYC), and there are several retail meccas around. This is probably one of those bogus street signs marking out one of those boutique mini-mazes. Funny – I worked across the street from there until about twenty years ago and never saw any Depew Pl. Must be new.
It’s actually 100 East 45th St. Here’s a google map street view where you can see the sign:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=100+e+45th+st&hl=en&ll=40.753781,-73.975577&spn=0,0.00284&sll=40.752564,-73.976843&sspn=0.002682,0.005681&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.753813,-73.975651&panoid=GnEC55sKGshe4K5oQTPIhg&cbp=12,149.47,,0,-0.14