— for the RNC.<\/p>\n
Barricades are already piled up outside Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
Secret Service guys on the loose. You can recognize them by the blinding whiteness of their shirts. I stare at them, looking for the little microphones stuck in their ears.<\/p>\n
There are these mobile police commando centers – on wheels – stationed about in Penn Station and in Madison Square Garden. Enormous. Like roving space ships. I have no idea where these things have come from, but they’re everywhere.<\/p>\n
33rd Street itself is like one big long police station\/FBI office\/Secret Service hangout … It feels like there are literally no civilians on that street.<\/p>\n
All trains going into Penn Station will be re-routed through Hoboken, for the days of the RNC. What this is going to mean is … well, some pretty damn packed trains, that’s all.<\/p>\n
I know bus service will continue as usual … nothing will change there … but my office is in the middle of the lock-down area. So it will all be very interesting.<\/p>\n
As well as highly annoying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
— for the RNC. Barricades are already piled up outside Madison Square Garden. Secret Service guys on the loose. You can recognize them by the blinding whiteness of their shirts. I stare at them, looking for the little microphones stuck … Continue reading