November 2009
8 posts
CYCLONE MAN →
Gerry Menditto has been the Genius of the Cyclone for over 34 years. In that time, he has seen countless numbers of anxious individuals tensely ascend its 85-foot plunge, excitedly…
GUARANTEED HATEFUL LIBERTY →
The hate was as vehement as ever outside a Manhattan mosque today. Protected as they were by the guaranteed freedoms of the USA, the very nation they seek to destroy, the …
AERIE FOR THE AIRHEADED →
Mary Mattingly, the avant-garde eco-provocateur, has proposed what could be the most-bizarre abode in all of Brooklyn — a chicken-coop–styled unit that she wants to install…
SHILLING FOR MIKE →
The Bloomberg Oracle?: The famed “Oracle” outside the Pintchik Hardware store on Bergen Street in Park Slope — once known for making romantic predictions for…
STUBBORN HORSEPOWER →
The fact that parking spaces on Manhattan streets are as rare as empty seats on subway trains during rush hours has been long established. Motorists have been known to search…
IN SIEGELMAN’S RHYME →
Brooklyn, believe it or not, is looking for a poet laureate. Despite the fact that most people here wouldn’t know an iambic pentameter and blank verse from a…
RECYCLED LIVES →
The USS New York passes Ground Zero in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The new Navy assault ship, built with World Trade Center steel, has arrived in its namesake city…
ROMANCE IN NEON →
This neon denizen of the night was exceptionally and brilliantly charged at this year’s Greenwich Village Parade. Within the afterglow of an equally dazzling geisha girl (or …
October 2009
28 posts
ONE SPOOKY TUNNEL →
When Brooklyn’s very own version of Indiana Jones rediscovered the long-lost Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in 1980, he also claims to have discovered a paranormal inhabitant…
NO DUCATS IN MUDVILLE →
The New York Yankees never fail to show their devotedly slavish fans an exciting time…even when it comes to making complete fools of them. Now, as in other years, when these…
HALLOWEEN MADOFF-STYLE →
Bernie Madoff may be gone because locked away but he’s not forgotten. Of course, his victims will remember him until the final day of forever, but this year he’s also being…
MOST FRIGHTENINGLY INSPIRATIONAL →
New York’s Hudson River Valley was the backdrop for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” one of the earliest examples of ghost stories in American literature. Irving,…
WARNING SIGNS →
Signs in New York’s Times Square run messages from 350.org during an International Day of Climate Action rally Saturday Oct. 24, 2009 in New York’s Times…
IS DANTE AT CLUB PURGATORIO? →
For those of you looking for a unique thrill or exceptional scare to enhance your Halloween enjoyment, there’s one to be found in midtown Manhattan. Club Purgatorio, the…
BREAKING NEWS →
GHOULISH GARDENS →
A ghoulishly delightful time called “Ghouls and Gourds” will take place at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens to complement your Halloween revelries. The annual BBG frolics…
YOU STINKY GINGKO →
A 74-year-old Brooklyn man is making a big stink over a stinky issue: a female gingko tree. For over forty years Richard Mahany, who lives in the Bay Ridge section of…
PROSPECT PARK’S PROSPECTIVE →
Prospect Park, the 526 acres bounded by Flatbush, Ocean and Parkside avenues, Prospect Park South and Prospect Park West, was considered by Frederick Law Olmsted…
HAMLET ON THE IRT →
Next Monday, a month long ad campaign of non-believing billboards will sprout up on this incredible city’s unbelievable subway stations. Brandishing the slogan, “A Million
DEAD HUES ON HIGH →
In honor of the New York Historical Society’s upcoming Grateful Dead exhibition, the Empire State Building is going to be tie dye tomorrow. At press time, we were…
A SOUPY MIX OF VIAGRA →
Don’t allow yourself to be saddled with a mundane bowl of chicken or lentil soup, when a steamy new phenomenon is now available–”Viagra” soup. El Rey I, II and III, a triad…
PINK AMIDST THE BROWNSTONES →
Among the variety of life’s peculiar spices, there are certain spices I just love to hate with a delightful sense of passionate heartburn: the “Pink House” of Park Slope for…
STRIKES & CRITICS →
In 1962, a strike against New York City’s nine major newspapers virtually and literally stopped the presses for 114 days. Originating at the Daily News, where grievances…
SUBCONSCIOUS SUBWAY →
Photo taken at the 59th Street Subway Station on Lexingon Avenue, September 5, 2009 while waiting for the 6 train.
“Train of Thought” Posted by Noel Y.C NYC ? NYC
COLUMBUS SAILS ON →
Today we celebrate Christopher Columbus, honoring his circuitous and serendipitous discovery of America. Columbus Day is officially celebrated on the second Monday in…
LOST/ FOUND RUTH →
The newly arrived Ruth film is part of the video collection of Major League Baseball Productions, the league’s official archivist, which spans more than 100 years and…
SITE DOWN →
A TASTE OF VENICE →
If you’re unable to get to Venice, Italy you just might be able to get to Central Park, New York for that gondola ride you were dreaming of during your more…
TRACING NYC →
The New York Public Library is currently hosting a cartographical exhibition called “Mapping New York’s Shoreline, 1609-2009.” In its continuing efforts to celebrate
REGLOWING LOBSTER →
THE LOBSTER GLOWS AGAIN against the night sky over Montague Street. Venerable restaurant, after a year’s hiatus, reopened last month and was allowed to put its “grandfathered”…
NEWSIES OUT OF FAILURE →
The dubious distinction of being the first newspaper to employ newsboys (or newsies) goes to the New York Morning Post, not to The Sun. A medical school graduate…
POPE PAUL VI’s VISIT: 1965 →
Forty-four years ago today, Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit America. He met with President Lyndon Johnson, addressed the United Nations, and spoke at Yankee…
MANHATTAN BRIDGE: 100 TODAY →
The Manhattan Bridge, the youngest of the four East River Bridges, will celebrate its 100th birthday on Sunday, Oct. 4. Organized by the New York City Bridge…
ON CROSSING BRIDGES →
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EMPIRE MISTAKE →
Last night, the Empire State Building was lit up in red and yellow in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. However, some didn’t…
DEFINITELY NOT SWAN LAKE →
Two pairs of swans have gone on the warpath in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and are beautifully engaged in killing each other. Apparently, the 60 acre park isn’t big enough for…
September 2009
36 posts
BE MERRY WHILE YOU CAN →
Santa Claus comes to Kmart! On Tuesday, September 29th, the retailer announced its Fab 15 toy list outside of their Penn Plaza store location. With a little help from Santa,…
PRETENSIONS LOST →
A pair of pseudo-reincarnations from the House of Medici has apparently reneged on their promise of a new Renaissance in Brooklyn. David and Jed Walentas, developers…
DODGERS’ FINAL AT EBBETS →
The last game the Dodgers played at home was on September 24, 1957, and fewer than 7,000 people came out to watch Brooklyn beat the Pirates 3-0… …The game ended with
AT FIGARO’S (1966) →
The Figaro (Bleecker at McDougal) was my hangout.
But I was nervous about taking pictures. Note the look I got from one patron. People didn’t like having their…
GO HOME, RUBE!!! →
A group of Midwestern hate-mongers attempted to inflame Brooklyn last Saturday…but nothing burned, no matter how much they spewed their vitriol on passersby. Their peaceful yet…
ROCKY RACOON, IS IT? →
Central Park Racoon by Any.G on Flickr via The Gothamist
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PAGES IN THE TUNNEL →
The missing pages of John Wilkes Booth’s diary that reveal who hired him to kill President Lincoln…hidden in a long-abandoned subway station beneath Atlantic Avenue in
FULTON FLEA RETURNS →
The Fulton Flea will be back on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The flea market, sponsored by Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, will take place in the plaza…
DISNEY’S FANCY FADING →
The chic and fanciful Fifth Avenue Disney Store that came into NYC during the sudden exuberance of the 1990s is now exiting chic and fanciful Fifth Avenue during its…
HEART OF THE MATTER →
With a simple digital camera attached to a 10-centimeter telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert, an astro-photographer has produced a stunning image of the center of…
CRATER’S OBLIVION Part 2 →
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Not until the disappearance of teamsters’ boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975, would a missing person’s investigation inspire as much publicity, allegations,…
EXHIBITED PARKS →
Central Park, Hallett Nature Sanctuary, autumn (Joel Meyerowitz)
The first photographic study of New York City’s parks since the 1930s will be on view…
CRATER’S OBLIVION Part 1 →
The expression “to pull a Crater” is now an obsolete phrase but it once meant to vanish or, in today’s eccentric phraseology, to go missing. In the 1930s/ 1940s, comedians were…
UNSOLICITED CREATIVITY →
Astonishing. Graffiti artists are still doing the ol’ “sneak into a museum and hang unsolicited work” trick. The latest, Mat Benote, fancies himself a “Fine Art Graffiti …