After filing our late-breaking report on this giant hole in the East River Greenway bike/pedestrian path yesterday, today the city has jury-rigged this neat little detour. Spotted by Twitter user Mike Epstein, this appears to be a suitable temporary solution to what may be a much larger problem at the old, decaying footpath near East 72nd Street.
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