Once in awhile there will be a break to write about other things in NYC that interest me or I may stumble upon while running.

Tonight was Manhattanhenge, one of the cooler events in NYC that nobody really knows about and hope this little blog may spread the word on it. Here is the Wikipedia description and some pictures from tonight May 31st 2007:

Manhattanhenge (also sometimes inaccurately refered to as Manhattan Solstice) is a biannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan‘s main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices. It was coined by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, in several of his writings in 2002.

The dates of Manhattanhenge are usually May 28 and July 12 or July 13. The two corresponding mornings of sunrise right on the center lines of the Manhattan grid are approximately December 5 and January 8 (as with the solstices and equinoxes, the dates vary somewhat from year to year).

I tried to make it over during my run tonight but could not make it. I will just have to plan it for the next time