Out on a Manhattan Pier, Putting On a Concert for the Birds | NYTimes
By JIM DWYER On Tuesday morning, Jose Modesto Castillo, retired from a job in a plastics factory, walked just about as far west in northern Manhattan as it is possible to go, to the end of a long pier fingering into the Hudson River at Dyckman Street. A harmonica rigged to his head was just [...]
After Rumble on the Harlem River, a New Crew Takes Over the Sharp Boathouse | NY Times
By ROBIN FINN AMANDA KRAUS stood in her favorite spot on the second-floor deck of the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse, which floats in a cove on the Harlem River where Dyckman Street meets the Harlem River Drive. She watched as a pair of $45,000 shells, each propelled by a gaggle of high school students, eight [...]
‘Testimonios,’ Popular Arts at El Museo del Barrio | NY Times
By ROBERTA SMITH As permanent collections go, El Museo del Barrio’s is on the modest side. The museum’s Web site puts the tally of objects it owns at just 6,500, a far cry from the Met’s nearly two million. But El Museo del Barrio has something few other New York museums can touch: some 10 [...]
Shunning Modernity, Except When the Game Is On | NY Times
By COREY KILGANNON With the college and professional football seasons in their final stretch, and with the New York Giants continuing their unexpected playoff run, football fever is running high in the city. Perhaps one of the most unusual, yet knowledgeable, of fans lives outdoors at the very tip of northern Manhattan and has become [...]
At George Washington, a New Team Steps Into the Starting Blocks | SchoolBook
By Chelsia Rose Marcius In the long shadow of the former George Washington High School, three girls and three boys jogged around the school track, their shoes pounding the slick wet red rubber. A few other runners stretched their quads or timed their sprints nearby as they prepared for a meet Friday at the Armory [...]
At 75, the Henry Hudson Bridge Is Showing Its Age | NY Times
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM On Monday, the Henry Hudson Bridge – that triumphalist crossing over the Harlem River, a steel archway slicing through a verdant vista of water, trees and cliffs – celebrates its diamond anniversary, the 75th. And like many older citizens of New York City, the bridge has had its share of wear-and-tear. [...]
Over the River and Through the ’Hoods | NYTimes
By KEN BELSON THEY are hard to miss on the weekend. Some on mountain bikes or 10-speeds weave their way through hilly streets that even cars struggle to climb. The more serious ones ride in packs, wear colorful spandex suits and sit on high-end bikes made by Trek, Cervélo, Cannondale and others. They ride three [...]
Where It’s Still Legal to Exhale – NYTimes.com
By ALAN FEUER AN afición for cigars — “penchant” lacks the necessary passion, while “fondness” is at least three shades too tame — is a difficult itch to scratch in Bloombergian New York, which, aside from its high property taxes and low trans fats, is almost entirely smoke-free. There aren’t many Cubans to be found, [...]
UPTOWN PAD MAKEOVER – NY TIMES STYLE
The indispensable New York Times ran an interesting article with an accompanying interactive feature for their On the Cheap section where they spruced up a Washington Heights apartment with a $2,000 budget. The interactive feature actually highlights all the items purchased as well as showing a before and after perspective of the space. Check it [...]
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