Alice’s Drive update!
Posted on Dec 18th, 2007 at 4:00 am by Emily
Our family trekked out to New York City to pay my two brother’s a visit and to spend some time in the Big Apple. Today (the 18th) my dad and I decided to put a little Alice Ramsey time in on our trip, even though it was a vacation. So this morning we went in search of 1930 Broadway where 22 year old Alice Ramsey started her cross-country trek. Nineteen-thirty Broadway at the time was a Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company car dealership. As we surfaced from the #1 subway at Lincoln Center we were bombarded by tourists and holiday shoppers and the towering buildings all around. Lincoln Center, under full construction was just across the street and is still a pretty impressive sight. I would love to have them onboard for our departure in some capacity! Perhaps an all female orchestra playing some inspirational Americana as we crank start the car…who knows!
It took us a few minutes to locate #1930 amidst the hubbub of NYC during the holidays. Deep inside I was hoping we wouldn’t find it to be a large shopping mall in place of the old car dealership. To my surprise 1930 is now a large and quite classy apartment building. We spoke with the doorman for awhile about our trip and plans. He gave us some information about contacting the property manager about the drive in 2009 and wished us good luck and a Merry Christmas.
Walking out of the building my Dad walked over to the ground just in front of the street and set down a penny and said, “Right here…let’s start right here.” He was excited. I could see it in his eyes. Sometimes I think he’s more pumped up about this than I am, but I think it’s because right on that spot, where he set the penny, is exactly where he’ll be parking one of his pieces of art - the 1909 Maxwell DA. Pretty exciting, indeed.
There is still so much to do. Planning a road trip isn’t easy and this is no ordinary road trip. Ha!
See you all there!
June 9th, 2009 - save the date!