John Lindsay

Where Are the Snows -- and Shovels -- of Christmas Past?

Michael Winship | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Christmas Carols, Snow Storm, Snow, Christmas, Santa Claus, Santacon, Queens, Christmas Eve, New York City, John Lindsay, New York News
Michael Winship

It once was said that the definition of a city was a place where one could keep a mistress and buy a violin; to me it's a place where someone else does the sidewalks.

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The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: John v. Lindsay, Liberal Party, Robert F. Wagner Jr., David Paterson, New York Politics, Hubert H. Humphrey, Barack Obama, New York, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Obama Paterson, Lyndon B. Johnson, New York Mayor, 1965, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Newsweek, John Lindsay, Robert Kennedy, New York News
John R. Bohrer

In the first year of his first elected term, Lyndon Johnson made the presidency look easy. Landmark bills on education, health care and civil rights were flying through Congress. But he stayed out of New York politics.

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The Question Mark Next to Bloomberg's Name

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, Quinnipiac Polls, Michael Bloomberg, John Lindsay, New York News
John R. Bohrer

How do you solve a problem like Mike Bloomberg? That is to say, how do newspapers label a candidate like Mike Bloomberg?

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The Miracle Mets and John Lindsay: New York's Unforgettable Summer Of 1969

The Observer | John Koblin | Posted 06.27.2009 | Local

Read More: New York, Summer, Richard Aurelio, Summer 1969, New York Mets, Tom Seaver, New York 1969, John Lindsay, Local News

In this summer of our discontent, a season of buckling banks and wheezing newspapers, it might be well to remember that as far as crisis years go, 200...

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