Friday, July 30, 2021

Unintentional NYC Icons

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New York City has many icons, buildings and structures and places that define the city's image to the world. Think the Empire State Buil...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Delilah, NYC's Radio Love Guru

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Ya' gotta love this broad.  Every weeknight, for five straight hours, the radio DJ Delilah plays the world's sappiest and most popul...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Mayors Make Announcements -- De Blasio 2021, Lindsay 1971, La Guardia 1941

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Monday, July 26, 2021

Thank You!

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Over the last few weeks, readership of Mr NYC has spiked tremendously -- like exponentially.  I know if it's bots or some kind of joke b...

Eric Adams on The New Yorker Radio Hour

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Brooklyn Borough President and NYC Mayor-presumptive Eric Adams just did a long interview with David Remnick of The New Yorker on the mag...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Staten Island Stubborn

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When the history of COVID-19 finally appears in the history books, the summer of 2021 will be seen as the time when the pandemic, which coul...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Melanie Safka: Astoria, Woodstock, & "Boogie Nights"

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Astoria-native Melanie Safka is one of those under-the-radar singer-songwriters whose name you don't readily remember but whose songs yo...

The Battle for Hart Island

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Currently the most hotly debated development plan in NYC has nothing to do with new highrise buildings or stadiums or convention centers -- ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Skyline Haze: Western Wildfire Smoke Hits NYC

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Gotta Love New Yorkers

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Read this great story about a volunteer group of people bringing cheap, non-commercial Internet -- or "guerilla Wi-Fi" -- service...