New York City

My Conversation with David Chang

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment


Charlie Rose

2008-07-24-chang.jpgDavid Chang is chef/owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ko and Momofuku Ssam Bar in New York City.

Top 10 Most Walkable Cities In America

The Daily Green | Brian Clark Howard | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green


1. San Francisco, CA The city is known for its stable, relatively mild climate and progressive viewpoints, and 90% of San Francisco residents have a ...

NYC Taxis Going From Yellow To Green

Reuters | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green


NEW YORK - New York City's yellow taxi fleet now will go green at the rate of 300 new hybrid cars a month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday, ...

Old School Vies with New School at the Fancy Food Show

Laura Weiss | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


Laura Weiss

At the Fancy Food Show, artificially enhanced products like Marble Pop were a distinct minority. Sustainability was in the air-- and many fancy food producers were breathing in big gulps of the stuff.

Hunger and the City

Lia Petridis | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Lia Petridis

A whole generation defines New York City by its glamour and "Sex-and-the-Cityness" rather than its obvious and fundamental problems. Why is hunger in New York City such a common phenomenon?

How To Get Along With Your Real Estate Broker

Pauline Millard | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living


Pauline Millard

Brokers are here to help you: The whole apartment-hunt process is like dating and in the end it's not about selling anything, but finding the perfect match.

Help Save NYC Nightlife

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 07.05.2008 | Entertainment


Ryan J. Davis

Beyond its cultural and historical importance, the Roxy remains a beloved fixture of New York nightlife and has earned the right to reopen in the neighborhood that it has fostered for over 30 years.

Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living


Russ Wellen

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living


Russ Wellen

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

NYC Waterfalls Launched (PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living


NEW YORK - Four manmade walls of water are cascading into the East River off Manhattan in a public art spectacle that Mayor Michael Bloomberg called t...

Is Locally Grown Food Going Corporate?

Laura Weiss | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green


Laura Weiss

If locally grown veggies are packed in plastic tubs, crammed into trucks, and shipped off to grocery stores, how different are they from any other produce section offering?

Semiquaver Rest

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Lapham's Quarterly

With an estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS reports that the U.S. is home to "one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world."

Just Following (Economic) Orders, or How Real Estate Turns Good People Bad

Peter Miller | Posted 06.23.2008 | Business


Peter Miller

Limiting the money apartment buildings could make from their retail stores prevented the Wal-Mart-ization of NYC. But the law changed, and now they can cash in on whatever rents the market can afford.

You Can't Call Yourself a Progressive Until You've Seen Pete Seeger and Majora Carter

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media


Robert Greenwald

At 89, Pete Seeger is not only a reminder of our nation's history of turbulence and triumph, he is also an inspiration for our vibrant future.

Calorie-ality Check in NYC

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 06.19.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

It's been two months since New York City restaurants with 15 or more nationwide outlets were compelled by law to publicly display calorie counts on all their products. This is particularly hard on Starbucks: Not only are the drinks outed, but those killer pastries as well.

The Secret New York Alternative to a Tranquil Summer Beach House

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living


Michelle Haimoff

Here are six places in Manhattan where you're unlikely to run into anyone you know and where, for once, you might actually be able to hear yourself think.

The Foreigners are Coming, the Foreigners are Coming!

Cheryl Pearl Sucher | Posted 06.04.2008 | Living


Cheryl Pearl Sucher

I'm considering studying Gaelic, Sanskrit, Korean and Mandarin. Enough to be conversational. Otherwise, how will I be able to get around New York?

NYC Recycling Guns Seized After Crimes

New York Times | Al Baker | Posted 06.03.2008 | Green


In New York City, where taking illegal handguns off the streets is high on the mayor's agenda, thousands of firearms make it into the hands of law enf...

Sex and the City Converts a Skeptic of the Show

Misa Dayson | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment


Misa Dayson

I could never accept that Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte represented the modern New York woman. But I still left Sex and the City: The Movie laughing and entertained.

Falling Cranes and New York's Growing Pains

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

Events like this morning's disaster will happen again and again because in Bloomberg's New York a crane hangs dangerously over the world below every few blocks.

Horsein' Around

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment


Ryan J. Davis

After the Kentucky Derby, the horse Clinton picked died on the track after finishing second, Gregory de la Haba took the bizarrely symbolic event as a sign to finish the piece.

The Freedom Frank at Gray's Papaya: Let Freedom Relish!

Doree Lewak | Posted 05.20.2008 | Living


Doree Lewak

It doesn't matter than Gray's Papaya endorsed Obama, the essential issue is about our freedom of speech. So the Papaya Man wanted to enter the political conversation -- who doesn't?

Confronting Huntington

Robert Brustein | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment


Robert Brustein

I thought I had been summoned into Huntington's presence to discuss artistic matters. Instead, he remarked upon the title of the magazine and asked me what I thought of "Theatre."

How to Spot a New York Woman, No Matter Where She Lives

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home


Marilyn M. Machlowitz

If someone mentions the title of a book, A New York Woman may not have read it, but she probably has met the author.

Herb Alpert Made My Wife Cry

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

My wife was a puddle of tears at Herb Alpert's show with his wife, singer Lani Hall, at Joe's Pub in New York last week. If you know Herb Alpert's music, you know it's not the type of thing that starts people spontaneously weeping.


 

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