Over the years, I frequented the legendary J&R Music World on Park Row, one block east of the WTC, and I was there two and a half weeks before 9/11. I lived about a mile and a half from the Trade Center.That morning, after seeing the smoke on TV, I opened my curtains and, su...
Given its four-city-block size, it’s bigger than one. Turning this ship is a MASSIVE undertaking, which is why I used the sea-faring analogy in my 2016 Sheena Wagstaff “Rules The Waves” piece. She has managed to turn the Met’s M & C exhibitions, and more importantly, its ...
“I’ve been on winning teams,” says Campbell, a recipient of the 2005 Ed Block Courage Award. “I know what it looks like and what it should look like.” The Texas native’s appreciation of a winning culture and yearning for on-field physicality trace back to his four-year Giants te...
Following a three block walk to a major street, I was able to flag a cab and weave my way back to the bar on Avenue A, convincing the driver I would have money for him at the bar. He cursed at me in Pakistani, and I wrote down what he said, hoping to look it up on my lapt...
Local Tip:Ferries depart daily from the Battery Maritime Building between 7:00 am and 4:15 pm, with the last ferry returning to Manhattan at 6:00 pm. 11. Rockefeller Center ’If you’ve ever seen the Today Show, then you have witnessed the enormity of this iconic, multi-block, city ...
Street in LIC, which was across from an open unused lot and located in a quiet dead end street. Hence the block party was able to fill the vacant space with guests who spilled out onto the dormant, decayed urban landscape, in a celebration of Long Island City’s past and imminent ...
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party 2008 2009 2012 FOOD SHOWDOWNS Momofuku Milk Bar vs Cinnabon Sandwiches: Puebla's Torta vs Nicky's Vietnamese Bahn Mi Skirt Steak & Egg Brunch: The Breslin vs Yuca Bar HOMECOOKIN' Bacon-Wrapped Brie Irish Soda Bread ...
Occupying a corner spot that operated under the same name for five decades, and now ten years into its second act, Long Island Bar comes by its retro-lite ambiance honestly. Its flickering neon beckons eventual—inevitable—guests from all the way down the block, and rewards their patronage ...
Hell's Kitchen and Koreatown. Hell's Kitchen, is the most western section and an "up-and-coming" residential area of New York City with new shops and restaurants opening often. Koreatown, just a block from the Empire State Building, is known for their restaurants and karaoke bars and clubs...