ZIP, CLIMB IN NYC
While London has the Olympics, those in New York on August 4, 11 and 18 (7am-1pm) have the opportunity to climb the walls near Spring Street and zip-line “30 feet above East 17th Street and Park Avenue South.” The Summer Streets festival hosted by the Department of Transportation will extend from the Brooklyn Bridge on Lafeyette to 72nd/Central Park on Park Ave and boasts an impressive list of exhaust-free activities. And it is all free! Already underway is SummerStage, here is a calendar of the 100+ shows.
PHANTOM PLAYBOY
1927 Rolls Royce Phantom I Playboy Roadster hits the block at Coys auction at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England on July 14th. This impressive machine is in pristine condition and for three decades was part of Warner Brother’s movie fleet — appearing in classic films including Giant, the FBI Story, and Daisy Clover (driven by Robert Redford), according to Coys. The presale estimate is £110,000-£130,000 ($170K-200K), reports Hemmings.com. To date, the 1912 Corgi Rolls-Royce, known as the ‘Silver Ghost,’ is the world’s most expensive Rolls not dipped in gold selling for $7.3 million.