Staten Island Chuck, that prognosticating ground hog of dubious fame and earthbound fortune, will be at it again. This Groundhog Day (Feb. 2), Chuck, like all true-blue if less notable (insofar as smug New Yorkers are concerned) groundhogs in America and Canada, will reemerge from his earthy hole for his annual moment of fame. All [...]
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HIP TO HELP
January 30th, 2010
Hipsters, that urbane set of groovy renegades, may be facing a sudden and untimely extinction. The New York Press questions if the cool and aloof look of hipsters may be out and a new look may be in…that of “helpsters.” The peculiar neologism, helpsters, defines an up-and-coming, trendsetting breed combining the cool of hipsters with [...]
LOVE THAT CHICK-EN
January 29th, 2010
Subway riders on NYC‘s IRT No. 6 train were entertained with quite a unique and original spectacle the other day. In a venue where originality in strange and unusual presentations is difficult to arrange (the competition is so intense), some feverishly ambitious individuals still strive for the best. Take this chicken-loving gentleman and his feathery [...]
CONTRASTS
January 27th, 2010
When the American photographer Berenice Abbott returned to New York in 1929 after nearly a decade in France, she found a city transformed by modern life. After the Works Progress Administration was established a few years later, she was hired to document the city, producing a large number of often dramatically composed images reflecting its [...]
PROFESSIONAL MENDICANCY
January 27th, 2010
An article in the Brooklyn Eagle of January 26, 1901 reported that police officials believed that “professional mendicancy” was responsible for an upsurge of beggars in New York City. In sync with the xenophobic mood of the time, city officials blamed the “wholesale immigration of professional mendicants [italics mine] from Europe” for a new, assertively [...]
IT WENT BANG!
January 26th, 2010
We’re always hearing about manhole explosions, but have you ever seen one? One captivated duo caught an exploding one on 29th Street, noting: “Firefighters closed down the street and moved a car parked within 20 feet of manhole cover.” Gothamist Just another day in the city…with a modest bang: business as usual and hardly anyone [...]
TRASHING THE TROLLEY
January 26th, 2010
Alongside its varying and tortuous infrastructure, New York City is laden with diverse reminders of its past. Historical relics and curiosities are constantly being unearthed from aging streets or within crumbling walls by construction workers renovating a city so indurate to unceasing renovation. Over the rapidly evolving passage of time, the new was often replaced [...]
CINEMATIC HEIGHTS
January 24th, 2010
Brooklyn Heights is one of several neighborhoods that have come to epitomize and romanticize New York City life…at least for actors and movie audiences. From Cher’s kicking a can amble along Cranberry Street to the accompaniment of Puccini’s mellifluous chords in Moonstruck (1987) to Anthony Newley and Sandy Dennis arm-in-arm stroll down the Promenade in [...]
CONSTRUCTIVE UMBRELLAS
January 22nd, 2010
Construction sites throughout New York City may become more artistic (or artsy, at least) even while these indeterminate works in progress are sluggishly progressing. “Colorful umbrellas,” delightful to the eye, may replace the eye-irritating one-story scaffolds of old. The Bloomberg administration announced Thursday the winner of its sidewalk shed design competition, with the winner being [...]
SPIEGELWORLD ON PIER 17
January 20th, 2010
Spiegelworld offers up a hodgepodge of pleasure in the Old World tradition of a Belgian spiegeltent. Located on Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, Spiegelworld was established in 2006 and is a unique addition to the city’s growing list of exotic entertainment venues. Popular across Europe during the early 20th century, the [...]
SOMEWHAT UP LIKE LAZARUS
January 20th, 2010
The announcement of an interim operator is great news for many Coney boosters, though it’s still a far cry from the city’s long-term vision, seen in this 2008 rendering. Coney Island’s imminent resurrection has apparently progressed from hopeful conjecture to sound reality. Zamperla, an Italian theme park concern, has won a ten year contract to [...]
LESS CRIME…AT LEAST
January 19th, 2010
As 2009 came to an end, New York City experienced a dramatic and historic decrease in violence. In nearly every crime category, and throughout all five of the city‘s boroughs, violent crimes were at an all-time low. This is “one for the record books,” Mayor Bloomberg stated, at a recent graduation ceremony for the NYPD‘s [...]
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- Bobby Knight"Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win." […]
- Robert Half"Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake." […]
- Arnold H. Glasow"Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time." […]
Google Reader
- Gmail Priority Inbox Sorts Your Email For You. And It’s Fantastic. August 31, 2010Email overload has finally met its match. Tomorrow, Gmail is rolling out a new feature called Priority Inbox that is going to be a Godsend for those of you who dread opening your email. In short, Google has built a system that figures out which of your messages are important, and presents them at the top of the screen so you don’t miss them. The rest of your […]Jason Kincaid
- New Board Game Café Welcomes You, But Not Your Laptop August 30, 2010Snakes and Lattes on Sunday evening, papered up in advance of its first day of business, which is today. Ben Castanie's new Koreatown café, at 600 Bloor Street West, just east of Palmerston Avenue, will emphatically not have free Wi-Fi. In fact, laptops and their attendant air of isolation are completely counter to what Castanie is trying to do. "I […]Steve Kupferman
- Sorry, Glenn... August 30, 2010I got a ton of requests to make more "Two Turntables and a Homophone" shirts after this weekend's Glenn Beckstrosity. I'm going to take pre-orders until Friday for a reprint and get them made next week. Dig in if you have two turntables, a microphone and like cotton! Even if you don't need a t-shirt, please feel free to pass the link […](author unknown)
- SWEET SOMETHINGS. August 29, 2010ummm... no words necessary.cutest little puppy clothes i've ever seen. visit the rover etsy shop. XO. […]James Kicinski
- A 64-GB Hard Drive the Size of a Stamp August 29, 2010A new hard drive on a chip portends reduced weight and size in portable PCs. […]By STEPHEN WILLIAMS
- If They Hate Us, Why Haven’t They Killed Us Yet? August 29, 2010Here’s a Venn diagram of the US population, the world Muslim population, the overlap, and al-Qaeda. The al-Qaeda dot had to be sized up tenfold in order to be visible. If Islam were really a blood-soaked religion and most Muslims really backed al-Qaeda, wouldn’t they have taken us out already? Found at Osborne Ink. […]snarla
- Best Tweet Evah? August 27, 2010Even funnier if you know that Crowley is the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, i.e., chief spokesman at the State Department. United States Department of State - United States - State Department - Law - Legal Information […]Josh Marshall
- McDonald's Hamburgers Don't Age August 27, 2010Things that are made from organic material age and decay, especially when they stop being alive. A piece of home-baked bread, say, left on your kitchen counter, will get moldy relatively fast. Lord knows what some ground beef would smell like after a week. But the artist Sally Davies has been photographing one McDonald's hamburger and fries every day fo […]Morgan Clendaniel
- 1922 Kodachrome – Color Moving Pictures August 27, 2010Seeing something like this is kind of unreal to me… I feel like I’m dreaming! This is some of the oldest color motion picture footage, and it’s completely charming and beautiful to see. I think it’s the closest I can ever really get to time travel. Found via Chateau Thombeau, a great blog that I recently started reading. […]anja
- Vintage Internet Ads August 26, 2010I saw these posters on Unplggd and they made me laugh. They were designed by a Sao Paulo ad agency called Moma. Won’t it be fun to be grandmas and grandpas and see vintage ads for things like the iPhone and feel nostalgic? P.S. — Thank you for all the internet love yesterday (here on Design Mom, on twitter and on facebook) — I’m still grinning ear to ear! […]Design Mom
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- Officer Resigns, Then Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter September 8, 2010An off-duty police officer who struck and killed a woman in Brooklyn in 2009 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to second-degree vehicular manslaughter. […]
- Reader Photos From the First Day of School September 8, 2010An interim report on your photo submissions from city schools and a plea to continue sending in pictures. […]
- Letter From Connecticut: Connecticut Senate Hopefuls Focus on a Town of Independents September 8, 2010Nearly half of the registered voters in East Haven are unaffiliated, and the candidates are eager to win their support. […]
- Meredith Monk and Others Join Lincoln Center White Light Festival September 8, 2010Some additions to the lineup before the Oct. 28 opening. […]
- Minority Businesses Struggle to Secure City Contracts September 8, 2010The city's efforts to award more contracts to businesses owned by women or minority members fall far short, a new report says. […]
- Park51, 'Parker Spitzer' and Parking Those Sex Ads September 8, 2010New York Online: The proposed Islamic community center's Web site, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's television venture, and more about sex on Craigslist. […]
- Jewish Holy Days Collide With Fashion’s Big Event September 8, 2010Caught between the Labor Day weekend and European shows, organizers of New York’s Fashion Week say they had no choice but to stage the event during Rosh Hashanah. […]
- At Fashion Week, It’s Where You Sit That Counts September 8, 2010With so many changes in the fashion media, designers are having a tough time deciding who gets the best seats. […]
- Judge Calls for Punishment of Police Official September 8, 2010Deputy Chief Michael Marino broke New York Police Department policy by using human growth hormone and should be suspended for 30 days, an administrative trial judge recommended. […]
- A Host Is Not at Home: Ellen Does Broadway for a Night September 8, 2010On a visit to New York, Ellen DeGeneres makes appearances at "Promises, Promises" and David Letterman's "Late Show." […]
Gothamist
- Broadway Theatergoers Now Eligible for Valet Bike Parking September 8, 2010Something tells us we may be the only ones excited about this, but on select nights in September, Transportation Alternatives will be offering free valet bicycle parking to anyone attending a theatrical performance in the Theater District. Finding a place to lock up around there is a real headache, so this is certainly welcome news for Broadway theatergoers […]John Del Signore
- DOJ Investigating Cabbie Attack As Hate Crime September 8, 2010Michael Enright The Justice Department is investigating whether to charge Michael Enright, the film student accused of stabbing a cab driver in a racially-motivated attack last month, with a federal hate crime. Enright has already been indicted on charges of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault as hate crimes under NY state law for stabbin […]Ben Yakas
- Smartphones One Step Closer to Breathalyzer App September 8, 2010Though the technology to blow into your phone and find out how sloshed you are hasn't been invented yet, the DOT has released a smartphone app designed to keep drunks off the road. Part of their "You The Man!" campaign that targets men ages 21-39, who in 2008 were responsible for 63% of alcohol-related crashes in the city, the app calculates B […]Jaya Saxena
- Windy Wednesday Weather September 8, 2010Plane Ride by Pine Ear on Flickr There's a deep low pressure system over the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the surrounding atmosphere doesn't like it one bit. Hence the wind as Mother Nature tries to fill in that depression. The cold front trailing off that low passed through the region late this morning and the wind has swung around from a southerly br […]Joe Schumacher
- Video: That Guy In The Bathroom September 8, 2010Comedian Mark Malkoff has pulled off his latest stunt: spending five days in his New York City bathroom, sans the almighty internet. Below is his first video segment documenting the solitude; does he survive all five days? Spoiler alert: he just emailed us this video so he's not only alive, but he's been reacclimated into the online world. […]Jen Carlson
- Early Addition September 8, 2010Photograph of the Grand Central Parkway by plemeljr on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A police involved MVA at Kenmore Ave & Cleveland St in Brooklyn, a water rescue in Queens and an all hands fire on Madison St in Manhattan. Two asteroids will zip by the Earth today. A correction officer mugged a man in Brooklyn. Good work, feds: Suspects in the Bro […]Jen Chung
- Does Jersey Have Its Own Version Of B&T? September 8, 2010Photo via the AP Well, well, well. Apparently New Jersey residents—or the Bridge & Tunnel crowd, as some people call them when they infiltrate our fair city—have their own derogatory nicknames for out-of-towners visiting the Garden State. According to the Daily News, summer tourists at the Shore are called FOOTs, which stands for "Fucking Out-Of-Tow […]Jen Carlson
- Woman Raped Near Penn Station September 8, 2010Photograph by Jason Kuffer on Flickr Police have caught the man who allegedly attacked and raped a Long Island woman near Penn Station Monday morning. The attacker, Paul Smalls, 43, of Brooklyn, has a previous arrest record that includes attempted murder, weapons possession, and busts for robbery, sexual abuse and assault. The 39-year-old woman had spent the […]Ben Yakas
- Wall St. Bracing for Heavy Layoffs September 8, 2010Financial forecaster Meredith Whitney expects Wall Street to see massive layoffs in the coming months. She states that firms will be seeing up to 80,000 job losses, a number that translates to 10% of the current payrolls. She also says that increasing costs coupled with lower revenues will act like a catalyst, hurrying the process of layoffs along. A rough t […]bilalkhan
- Parents Mob UES Library So Kids Can Hear Stories! September 8, 2010The NYPL's newsletter, Roar! (PDF), has times of toddler program at other branches Guess what some parents like to do besides bring babies to bars? They take them to the library for toddler time—and at one Upper East Side branch, some have actually created counterfeit tickets. The Post exposed the frenzy at the Webster Library (York near East 78th) yest […]Jen Chung
Arts & Culture
- Pop: The Twenty August 25, 2010Our most anticipated concerts and albums of fall. […]
- TV: The Twenty August 25, 2010Our most anticipated shows of fall. […]
- Fall Preview Art Shell TK August 23, 2010[…]
- Kanye West Tweets the Fall August 23, 2010Armed with the seasons must-have album (and a new Twitter account), the rapper will be everywhere. […]
- Art: The Twenty August 23, 2010Our most anticipated shows of fall. […]
- Books: The Twenty August 23, 2010Our most anticipated fiction and nonfiction of fall. […]
- Theater: The Twenty August 23, 2010Our most anticipated shows of fall. […]
- Hong Kongs Hit Girl August 23, 2010Millions of Asian action-movie fans can’t be wrong: Maggie Q, star of the CW’s Nikita, is about to knock your socks off. […]
- Movies: The Twenty August 23, 2010Our most anticipated films of fall. […]
- Classical & Dance: The Twenty August 23, 2010Our most anticipated events of fall. […]
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