Mr NYC

Just a postscript on the previous Andy Warhol entry: I've written a lot about him over the years (which makes sense, since he was the u...

Recently the family and I went to the new exhibit at the Met, Regarding Warhol , an interesting hybrid show of work by the legendary artist...

It's hard to believe but it was only a year ago that Occupy Wall Street -- or OWS, as it became known -- suddenly sprang to life and to...

This blog is dedicated to the NYC of our hearts, minds, and souls as much as to the real city of metal, concrete, and pavement. One of ...

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NYC in the 1970s and 1980s was an historically rough place. High crime, rising rents, the fiscal crises, AIDS, Ed Koch -- it was tough. But...

In NYC, like in all thriving cities, the issue of gentrification is a non-stop debate.  On the one hand there are those who love it whe...