Monday, August 31, 2020

Le Sigh

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Yet another story about how New Yorkers are "fleeing" the city for the suburbs. Oh yes, they're marching on out of the mean-...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Cardi B on the Census and her WAP

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Ms. B is quickly becoming my favorite New Yorker -- smart, tough, sexy, talented, and civically-engaged. She loves to talk about why it'...

The Women's Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park

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In a time when so much seems to be disposable or on the eve of destruction, it's always heartwarming to see something new being built --...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

The Very First Opening Sketch and the Very First Monologue on the Very First Episode of "Saturday Night Live" - October 11, 1975

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Did you know that future President Bill Clinton and future First Lady/Secretary of State/United States Senator from New York Hillary Clinton...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Jerry Seinfeld on the Fate of NYC

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Man-oh-man that Jerry Seinfeld has a way with words. Today the comedy legend published an op-ed where he takes aim at anyone who thinks tha...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Review: "Bugsy" (1991)

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Recently I blogged about The Godfather Part II where the character Hyman Roth talks about his childhood pal Moe Green who invented the city...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The Very First "Tonight Show" Live from Times Square -- September 27, 1954

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Manhattan Real Estate Blues

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If you want proof that COVID-19 is taking a battering ram to NYC, here's proof that's indisputable -- the vacancy rate for apartmen...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Claire Shulman RIP

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Claire Shulman served as Queens Borough President from 1986 to 2002, the first woman to hold the job and, for a long time, one of the only w...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Classic Mr NYC

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"He made this city!" In the movie Chinatown , the evil Noah Cross says this twice about his former business partner Hollis Mulwray...