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The President is/was in NYC today,first downtown at the City’s FBI HQ then this evening he was keynoting a fundraiser at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Columbus Circle).

Yesterday, we noticed barricades going up on the sidewalks in the work neighborhood (Hells Kitchen/Columbus Circle area). No one really knew why these barriers were up, nor could I figure out why the mailboxes were all sealed shut. [I take out the mail for the office].

This morning we found out that The President’s motorcade would be coming up or down the street on which we work (I assume en-route to the hotel). So this afternoon, we started hearing sirens and we all went over to the window.

Shortly after, a parade of police cars, motorcycles and unmarked black vehicles appeared…followed by the presidential limos and tailed by a similar parade,

It was a brief novelty if anything.

Funnist thing was that the motorcade was going eastbound on what is a westbound street!
[Then we went back to work]