Thursday, May 3, 2012

Brooklyn

The beautifully restored 1930's hotel. 
Right up the street was a great Bagel place.
For dinner, we ate at MonteQ's. We met a nice family there who was visiting Bethel for the first time.
It turned out that they were also staying at the Bossert.
Bossert rooftop.
NY Cheesecake
It doesn't pay to be honk-happy.
All the black dots are buildings owned by the Witnesses.
STANDISH HOTEL 169 Columbia Heights
TOWERS 21 Clark St.
HOME COMPLEX 124 Columbia Heights
OFFICE COMPLEX 25 Columbia Heights
I've got butterflies.
The bridges connect the Bethel buildings together. 
The State of NY charges air space for the tunnels.
This is the 1970's MEPS original computer. It ran off of a floppy disk (60 kilobytes) the size of a piece of paper.
Vibrant paintings
Peter denies Christ
point perspective art
A revised painting of Joseph with out a shirt.
Our tour guide
Notice something familiar?
Some things you don't even think about... but Bethel has it covered!
An office just for requests.
Wanna work at Bethel?
Notice the sisters carrying bricks on their heads! 
Jehovah made sure the Israelilte's soles didn't wear out... And he is still doing so.
Michelle Wong is our lunch ticket.
At the end of lunch we were the Hawaiian table.
Felix Rivera
Panoramic view


The Statue of Liberty
The former Twin Towers
Abraham leaving Ur
Daniel's dream
Items get checked out only for inventory.
The folder given to the doctors.
 
Inside the folder.
The many schools available.
These are very prestigious awards... but they get put on a humble shelf somewhere tucked away in some building.
The first motion movie ever made. If the world only knew... or remembered.
The first print from 3 color to 4 color art.
Building 58-60
We needed to get buzzed in.  This is Towers, 21 Clark st.
The oldest infrmed Bethelite strong and lovable as ever.
Michelle, Gary and I joined these unsuspecting friends for a few songs.
Towers rooftop



90 Sands Street, a residential building (30 stories).
Tunnels and more tunnels.
JW Parking lot, a prime spot.
Another JW parking lot.
Trying out my fish lens.
This is Lexy, she was born in Chuuk, Micronesia. Her parents were stationed there and later came in the truth. Now she's and her husband are Bethelites! 
We gave her these pictures of Chuuk and Honolulu.
Brooklyn bridge and Manhattan bridge.
This was our last stop. It was the best view of all! Thanks to Lexy for bringing us on her special tour.
You can see the Statue of Liberty in the water (left).
25-30 Columbia Heights
Going through the tunnels!
Some of these buildings are really old.
The old floor and the older floor.
There are 21 washers and 21 dryers. There largest ones are 450 lbs!
Guess what the stain is then lift the tag for the answer & remedy.
Each clothing has a bar code.
It gets scanned at each stop. 
Then delivered to over 20 residence buildings.
The linen room.
The commissary, where you are the cashier. My cheddar popcorn was $0.33
The Empire State Building.
We found out there was a jogger who was out of breathe. 
Cadman Plaza Park
Beautiful in any season.
awe, for me? 
Thanks Jehovah. ;)