Friday, August 26, 2022

Mr NYC: 500,000 and Counting

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I don't obsess over the number of people who read or have read Mr NYC over the years -- this blog is such a niche thing and lives such a...

Interview: Normal Bob Smith on the Wild Characters of Union Square

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To say that there are lots of interesting and different kinds of people in NYC is an understatement -- and stating the obvious. But anyone w...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

New York Primary Results 2022

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Monday, August 15, 2022

The Battle for NY-10

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Earlier this year, in one of the most outrageous acts of judicial activism in the State of New York, a judge appointed a Republican to re-dr...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Vin Scully, Voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1957 - RIP

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The New York Botanical Garden

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Recently my family and I visited the New York Botanical Garden up in the Bronx. If you've never gone there, I highly recommend it. The ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Larry Josephson, RIP

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When I was in high school, on those wild and crazy Saturday nights when I was at home, before watching Sisters and Saturday Night Live , I...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Nelson Rockefeller Sworn in as 41st Vice-President -- December 19, 1974

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Before a certain orange failed businessman/reality show buffoon became President of these United States on January 20, 2017 (mercifully evic...

Ghosts of the NYPD Past

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This blog, and others like it, love to reminisce about the old days in NYC, when the city was cheaper and funkier -- yes, it was much more d...
Friday, July 29, 2022

What if New York City was a Country?

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A couple of interesting facts you'll discover among many others in this fascinating video: if NYC was it's own country, it would hav...