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Hudson Yards Hosting FREE U.S. Open Event (2 Pretty Cool Things) · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I need to tell you two things.
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  Speaker 1: Cubby and Christine's. Two pretty cool things. If it's free,
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  Speaker 1: it's for me.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 1: I got something really cool here. Hudson Yards has transformed
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  Speaker 1: into a free week-long U.S. Open fan area. It happened
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend. It runs until September 7th. Days of
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  Speaker 1: interactive gaming, DJs, merchandise. And check this out, Christine. The
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  Speaker 1: first ever traveling game. free ice cream truck.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, very nice.
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  Speaker 1: Free ice cream.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Hit up Hudson Yards between now and this weekend, and
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  Speaker 1: you are just going to be immersed in energy, excitement,
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  Speaker 1: and the spirit of the U.S. Open at Hudson Yards.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I love that.
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  Speaker 1: What is your cool thing?
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  Speaker 2: My cool thing's in New York City, too, Covey.
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  Speaker 1: Yay, New York!
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  Speaker 2: Let's go downtown. The Strand Bookstore, incredibly famous. It is
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  Speaker 2: about to celebrate its 99th year. The Strand is turning
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  Speaker 2: 99 years old On September 19th. And they have a
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  Speaker 2: huge celebration in store for us with lots of activities
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  Speaker 2: and story time and other special events that they will
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  Speaker 2: let us know about later. But we do know on
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  Speaker 2: that day, 20% off everything in the store. Everything. And
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  Speaker 2: The Strand was founded in 1927. It is the sole
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  Speaker 2: survivor of Manhattan's old book row, which is a stretch
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  Speaker 2: of 4th Avenue that was once packed with dozens of bookstores. Now,
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  Speaker 2: this is the only one, Broadway and 12th Street near
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  Speaker 2: Union Square. But if you haven't been there and experienced it,
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  Speaker 2: it's such a wonderful store.
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  Speaker 1: If this is the 99th celebration, which is pretty big,
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  Speaker 1: imagine next year.
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  Speaker 2: Next year, it's going to be even bigger. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they call themselves 18 Miles of Books.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So go there and have some fun. And if you
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  Speaker 2: need to get souvenirs or anything from New York City,
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  Speaker 2: that's like another great place to go for it.
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  Speaker 1: Love it, Christine. Thank you. How about a one-hit wonder
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  Speaker 1: from 2001? We'll do that next on Light FM.