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After the fireworks, they cut a 2Vi-ton, 6-by-ll-foot birthday cake (it made 4,000 slices), and the party on the ferry landing continued into the night It was a once-in-a-Iifetime celebration and.New York, on land and river, was transformed into one giant block party. President Reagan stayed put in Washington, and Matilda Cuomo pinchhit for her husband, the governor. Not to worry. Everybody else took to land or water for the citywide party. tAt $500 a ticket, VIPs with parking permits rode by limo, celebrities without permits took the train (a special antique subway), and the world converged on Pier 1 in Brooklyn, where special guests, escorted from the street fair by Keystone Kops, took their seats to watch the bridge sound-and-light show and fireworks and dine and dance under the yellow-and-white tent overlooking the water.

Among the VIPs: Mayor Koch, Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, Robert Merrill, Manhattan, sents the City of New York like no other thing it is truly the Eighth Wonder of the World," said a jubilant Mayor Koch at the official rededication ceremony at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn. "Its character and strength are a mirror image of the people of this city. Millions of people in the city are genuinely excited and thrilled with this celebration." President Reagan and Gov. Cuomo were unable to attend the ceremony, but a telegram from the President and o. GENE KAPPOCK OAILV NEWS Police estimated the crowd at 1.5 million on the Manhattan side of the East River and 650.000 on the Brooklyn iside.

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