Lifers

Before

0.3 mi · 5 min walk - Paulus Hook - Exchange Place

A fifty-foot octagonal clock face standing on its own at the foot of Essex Street, left behind when Colgate pulled its soap works out of Jersey City in 1985 after a hundred and forty-one years. The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway runs past it on a paved path, with lower Manhattan across the water. The clock was put up in 1924 and moved to this spot when the factory came down.

After

short ride recommended · 6 min - Tribeca - Hudson Square

A bar with a stamped tin ceiling and an oak counter from the late 1800s, on the corner of North Moore and Varick. There has been a bar in the building since the 1880s and the current operators named it Walker's in 1987. The kitchen does a burger until 10pm and the bar keeps going until 3am.