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Dear New York: What the F*ck Is Wrong With You?

Sarah Shanfield | Posted 04.11.2012

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Sarah Shanfield

Before I could move out of anyone's way, the cyclist turned around in his cerulean shorts that left little to the imagination and asked me the question that many of your citizens ask of me after almost running me over: "What the f*ck is wrong with you?"

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I Talk to the Trees

Honey Seltzer | Posted 04.06.2012

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Honey Seltzer

I love this time of year, and I'm sure most New Yorkers feel as I do. Suddenly the thought of snow is stored away for another year, the freezing wind...

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Splinters

Roslyn Bernstein | Posted 05.13.2012

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Roslyn Bernstein

The boardwalk I knew and loved was not one of concrete; nor was it one of plastic-laminated wood.

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Silence in a Noisy City

Camilla Webster | Posted 05.01.2012

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Camilla Webster

The street noise between New Yorkers will always be a shared conversation we can not drown out. We are powerless over the jackhammer, the boombox on a traveler's shoulder; the only silence we can experience exists between two people.

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How To Start A Cozy Restaurant, With Jack's Wife Freda

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 02.28.2012

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Maya and Dean Jankelowitz, both veterans of the Keith McNally universe (Balthazar, Schillers, respectively) have spun off their own creation called Ja...

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A New York Story: Polo Grounds

Nick Barnicle | Posted 04.23.2012

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Nick Barnicle

Over sixty years ago right fielder Bobby Thompson crossed home plate and a thousand kids danced with dreams filling their heads that someday they too would swat the high fastball at the Polo Grounds.2012-02-22-pullquote.jpg

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A New York Story: Gleason's Gym

Nick Barnicle | Posted 04.16.2012

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Nick Barnicle

Gleason's was once a mecca for pugilists. But as time wore on and the allure of Las Vegas became greater, there was a decline.2012-02-15-pullquote.jpg

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Q&A With StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay: Love and the City

| Posted 02.14.2012

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By Daniel T. Allen StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that records, preserves and broadcasts oral histories on public radio. Since launching in...

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With New Exhibit, Subway Artist Takes Stock of His Success

Vera Haller | Posted 04.14.2012

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Vera Haller

Enrico Miguel Thomas takes his moniker, "The Subway Artist of New York," seriously. He sets his easel on platforms and draws as people rush by and the wind from arriving trains whips his canvas.

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That Thing From That Place: The Bacon-Shrimp Burger at North End Grill

Vinson Cunningham | Posted 04.09.2012

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Vinson Cunningham

The bacon-shrimp burger -- thanks to the wood, the smoke, the flame -- tastes like a campground. There's a salty crust, and the creamy interior is sprinkled with red pepper flakes.

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A New York Story: Putnam Rolling Ladder Co.

Nick Barnicle | Posted 04.02.2012

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Nick Barnicle

2012-02-01-pullquote.jpgWeaving through ladders of all shapes and sizes and buckets of bolts, nuts, and hinges, you begin to get the sense that little has changed since Putnam Rolling Ladder moved to Soho in the 1930s.

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My New York: 20 Questions For Claiborne Swanson Frank

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 10.17.2011

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Age: 30 Current Gig: Photographer- I am in the middle of shooting my first photography book, " American Beauty," 100 Portraits of Americans to be ...

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My NY: 20 Questions For Author Tao Lin

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 08.31.2011

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Age: 27 Current Gig: I honestly don't know, maybe "author." [Follow Tao on twitter here, and buy his latest book RICHARD YATES here]. Neighborh...

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Danny Ross Loves The Sweet Sound Of Construction

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 08.31.2011

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Danny Ross has been crooning his melodic, Beatles-esque music for years. He composes sincere little ballads that are at once ambitiously classic (horn...

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BAND SPOTLIGHT: Blacky II Makes It 'Rain Blood'

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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BlackyII is Bobby Picciotto, a DJ living in Brooklyn who's been spinning for a few years now and just returned from mini-tour of Puerto Rico. He makes...

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BAND SPOTLIGHT: Thunder And Lightning

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brent Katz has been performing in New York bands since Giuliani was in power. His first successful outfit the Harlem Shakes, in which Brent played dru...

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BAND SPOTLIGHT: Murder Mystery

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York's Murder Mystery is a cute indie pop group from NYC, and is comprised of singer Jeremy Coleman, drummer and sister Laura Coleman, guitarist G...

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