Survival
Image: Jefft Hanging outside my lower Manhattan local with D., who has lived in Soho since the 1980’s . . . A guy came up… Read More »Survival
Culture
NYC subway trains through the ages
Ill today so can’t write a full post. But here are some links, inspired by a fine post over at cynephile with a couple of… Read More »NYC subway trains through the ages
Braddock, Pensylvania – the next Lower East Side?
Perhaps. But likely not anytime soon. I first became aware of Braddock, PA last summer, through an article in my Google news alert from the People’s… Read More »Braddock, Pensylvania – the next Lower East Side?
Twilight of the Koffee Klatch
Back when coffee was just coffee I’ve been sick off and on all freakin’ month so haven’t had the energy to gather material for this… Read More »Twilight of the Koffee Klatch
Cell Phone stories: First in a series
Food court level, Citicorp building, midtown . . . Homeland security cops patrol outside with heavy machine guns, bulletproof vests, and helmets . . Inside,… Read More »Cell Phone stories: First in a series
Martin Luther King Day
Tis Martin Luther King Day here in the US and A . . . I found this on youtube (where else), the entire ‘I Have… Read More »Martin Luther King Day
NY Billboards
Grand street side of Grand st-Metropolitan in Williamsburg. I’ve always liked how New Yorkers deface their billboards in the subway. Unlike, say, Canada or even… Read More »NY Billboards
Bars of New York #4: Mars Bar
Bar#3: Nancy Whiskey Bar Mars Bar, East Village, NYC If the Mars bar wasn’t the first bar I went to in New York, it was… Read More »Bars of New York #4: Mars Bar
Big Blue House
I tok this picture while walking down 9th street in Brooklyn where it slopes from 5th Ave down to the Gowanus Canal. This stretch of… Read More »Big Blue House
Bars of New York (#3): Nancy Whiskey Bar
See first of the series Bars of New York here: Farrell’s Nancy Whiskey Bar is located just off the Canal Street A train, in an… Read More »Bars of New York (#3): Nancy Whiskey Bar