Tag: bicycles

The adventures of Tony Pizzo, the sailor handcuffed to a bike

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date May 22, 2014
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It’s Fleet Week! The streets of New York are filled with hundreds of Marines and sailors who arrived yesterday in New York Harbor. I’m pretty sure, however, that none of them hit the streets handcuffed to a bicycle. That distinction goes to the enigmatic Tony Pizzo who, in 1919, rode his bicycle from Los Angeles… Read More

Tags bicycles, Fleet Weel, Herald Square, sailors

Podcasts

Bicycle Mania! The story of New York on two wheels, from velocipedes to ten-speeds — with women’s liberation in tow

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date November 16, 2012
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Alice Austen’s iconic photograph of a telegram bike messenger in 1896, a year where many New Yorkers were wild about bikes. Austen even rode one around with her camera. PODCAST The bicycle has always seemed like a slightly awkward form of transportation in big cities, but in fact, it’s reliable, convenient, clean and —… Read More

Tags Alice Austen, bicycles, Central Park, Coney Island, Podcasts, Prospect Park, transportation, women's history