Times Square
Note: this post is from a couple of months ago. I just didn’t get around to putting it up until now. I went down through… Read More »Times Square
Gentrification
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?
Where is New York At #47
A guy at my Manhattan watering hole, a theatre director and Soho resident since the 70’s, claims this is the most interesting time to be… Read More »Where is New York At #47
Brooklyn Flea Market in the Williamsburg Savings Bank
For some time now the Williamsburg Savings Bank has been shuttered for renovation. I’d heard that the whole building, from the iconic clock tower (biggest… Read More »Brooklyn Flea Market in the Williamsburg Savings Bank
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
Brooklyn’s Grand Central Station
Underwhelming . . . This seems to be the consensus among the people I know in Brooklyn (and much of the Brooklyn blogosphere), and I… Read More »Brooklyn’s Grand Central Station
Where cultures clash – the dog walk
The dog walk down on Marcy Ave here in Bed-Stuy (the other are the bodegas and, curiously, the Tiny Cup cafe on Nostrand) is one… Read More »Where cultures clash – the dog walk
Hattie Carthan Farmer’s Market
An organic market opened this summer in Bed-Stuy, behind the community garden on Marcy and Clifton Place. I’ve been going regularly when I’m in the… Read More »Hattie Carthan Farmer’s Market
Catholic. Junkie. Poet. RIP
I first read Jim Carrol in 1990 at an odd intermediate stage in my life after living in England for a couple of years. I’d… Read More »Catholic. Junkie. Poet. RIP
Kids in Bed-Stuy
Found this scene the other day, walking down to a friend’s place in Bedford-Stuyvesant . . . This was for a special occasion –… Read More »Kids in Bed-Stuy