Did you know that Pepsi got cured of his Coke addiction by visiting Dr. Pepper? Unfortunately it made his Ginger Ale…

Now that you’ve been hit in the face with a horrid pun to start things off, I’d like to introduce the Gantry Park of Long Island City. In my opinion, the Pepsi-Cola sign is both a landmark and a piece of work in and of itself. Pepsi is no longer in New York City so many people argue against the upholding of the landmark, but I say who cares – it’s got enough gaps in it for people to still see the river from their 2 million dollar apartments, and it lights up the sky and stands out nicely.

I visited (and took this picture) of me in front of the sign one summer night at like 2 AM. The park actually had dozens of people walking around, probably because of the amazing waterfront view that is there. The park is home to free concerts on Tuesdays among other things.