tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297336856832809382011-07-28T20:20:10.263-07:002009 Christmas House TourJJ Plainfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147438713559379348noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29733685683280938.post-41076436711886104722009-10-27T15:17:00.000-07:002009-10-27T15:41:25.309-07:00Directions to the 2009 Old-Fashioned Christmas House Tour<span class="widget-item-control" style="font-family:arial;"> <span class="item-control blog-admin"> <a class="quickedit" href="http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=4738953761309847607&widgetType=Text&widgetId=Text6&action=editWidget" onclick="'return" target="configText6" title="Edit"> </a> </span> </span> <p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" class="bodycopy"><strong></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" class="bodycopy"><strong style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:100%;" >Getting to the VanWyck Brooks Historic District of Plainfield NJ 07060</span><br /></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" class="bodycopy"><strong style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">From Manhattan & Newark Airport</strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T<span style="font-style: italic;">ake I-78 approximately 20 miles west to EXIT 40 (</span></span><st1:place st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:city st="on">Plainfield</st1:city></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">). Follow </span><st1:street st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:address st="on">County Road</st1:address></st1:street><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> #531 South. It will take you down the side of a mountain into a traffic circle. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" class="style1">Notice the BLUE HOSPITAL ARROWS to <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Muhlenberg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>. You cannot cross Rt. 22. As you approach Rt. 22, the arrows will take a LEFT TURN on a bridge over Rt. 22. BE CAREFUL HERE LEST YOU MISS YOUR TURN!! This turn will come about 1.5 blocks after the Mobil Gas Station. The sign is on the left side of the road. If you DO miss the turn, go ahead and take Rt 22 and do a U-turn as soon as you can to come back to the Somerset St. Exit.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> Continue across the bridge and (left at end of bridge) into </span><st1:place st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">North Plainfield</st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">. Follow the blue arrows 1.5 miles south on </span><st1:street st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:address st="on">Somerset St.</st1:address></st1:street><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> (continues as) </span><st1:place st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Park Avenue</st1:place><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> to </span><st1:street st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:address st="on">9th Street</st1:address></st1:street><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">. This 5-point intersection has a library, a church, and a big Victorian house. Turn right on 9th and go 3 blocks till it ends on Central Ave. Turn left. <span>935 Central Avenue</span> is the fifth house on the left.</span></p><p face="arial" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="bodycopy"><strong style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">From the Northeast</strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">Take the Turnpike or </span></span><st1:street st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:address st="on">Garden State Parkway</st1:address></st1:street><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> to I-78 and follow the above directions from </span><st1:city st="on" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><st1:place st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">.</span></p><p face="arial" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="bodycopy"><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">From the Northwest</span></strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Take I-78 to exit 40 and follow the above directions from </span><st1:city st="on" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><st1:place st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:city></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" class="bodycopy"><strong style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">From the Southeast</strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Take 440 south/I-287 north from the Garden State or Turnpike (exit 10) and follow the above directions from Brooklyn/Staten Island</span>.</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:arial;"><strong style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">From the Southwest</strong><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="bodycopy1"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I<span style="font-style: italic;">t looks inconvenient, but Expressways make it the least complicated and quickest - follow the directions from the South</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;">east</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;">.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" class="bodycopy1" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;"><a href="http://anoldfashionedchristmas.eventbrite.com/">Click here for ticket sales</a></span></span></p><p face="arial" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="bodycopy1"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://vanwyckbrookshistoricdistrict.blogspot.com/">Click here for information about The VanWyck Brooks Historic District.</a></span><br /></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29733685683280938-4107643671188610472?l=vanwyckbrookshistoricdistrict2009tour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JJ Plainfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12147438713559379348noreply@blogger.com