Repeated article about walking from 42nd St to Central Park underground?

April 16, 2022 10:03 AM

There is an article that appears in either New York Magazine or the New Yorker from time to time in which the writer tries to get from a building at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street to Central Park South without going outside.

Last time I saw one was about 15 years ago. I remember it was the first occasion he couldn't do it alone--had to bribe a security guard to let him get from one building to the next. Can anyone ID an issue when any of these articles appeared?

posted by lockedroomguy to Travel & Transportation around New York, NY (2 answers total)

Best answer: Not this one? "The goal: to walk from the Empire State Building, on West Thirty-third Street, to Rockefeller Center, on West Forty-eighth, without ever setting foot on Fifth or Sixth Avenue—to knife through tall buildings in a single bound, or at least in stepwise forays."
posted by jocelmeow at 10:21 AM on April 16, 2022 [10 favorites]

Related: 6½ Avenue.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 12:20 PM on April 17, 2022 [1 favorite]