Friday, November 30, 2018

Memo from NYC

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Headline: "Trump: I miss New York." Hey Donnie -- we don't miss you!  Please don't come back! But, if you do, I h...

Gotta Love New Yorkers

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Grande Dames

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New York City has never had a female mayor (hopefully it'll have one, a good one, in my lifetime) but, nevertheless, NYC women persist....
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Mr NYC in Bermuda

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Yet another from the memory file! I went to Bermuda with my parents for a week many years ago. While I can't say it was the most m...

The New Yorker on NYC

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It should probably come as no surprise that I'm a subscriber to The New Yorker magazine and a listener to its radio show/podcast . It ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Living History

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One of the pleasure of living in a city like New York is that history is literally all around -- and alive! It's alive!  Not ju...
Monday, November 26, 2018

The Brooklyn Army Terminal

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Friday, November 23, 2018

Interview: Greg Young of The Bowery Boys Podcast

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Easily the best podcast about New York City history is The Bowery Boys , created and still hosted today by Greg Young and Tom Meyers. On ea...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Mr NYC in California

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This is another "blast from the past", my memories of traveling in California in the 1990s and early 2000s.  I've actuall...

Contra-peak!

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I've become a big fan of the new New York City Transit head Andy Byford -- the affable Brit imported to our city to "turnaround...