Category Archives: NEW YORK

East River Crossing

February 20, 2014 – 2:09 pm

I like the view from the Pulaski Bridge. No one could tell that the Newtown Creek was a major pollution site, especially with the sailboats tied up on the Queens side of that cursed inlet. I coasted down the bridge and bicycled to the ferry landing on the East River. The shore line was lipped […]

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Michele Savoia MIA

February 15, 2014 – 7:52 pm

According to WNBC Manhattan fashion designer Michele Savoia has been missing since early Friday after last being seen inside a nightclub, police said. NYPD reported that Michele Savoia, 55, was last seen inside the club Marquee on 10th Avenue in Chelsea at around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Michele Savoia, who is 6 feet tall and has […]

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Winter Boom Boom

January 28, 2014 – 1:50 pm

Last night I heard a rumble from the river. The thunder sounded like a battle. I worried that the Canadians had attacked New York City. I called several friends living on the Hudson. The growling grew louder. Finally Rod Longprong answered his phone. “I heard the same thing. It’s fireworks.” “Fireworks for what?” “For Super […]

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Not Recommended Price

October 27, 2013 – 11:32 am

In the late-1970s I haunted the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The suggested admission was $5. I gave the cashier a quarter, since a fiver bought a nice meal at the Dorothy Draper’s elegantly designed Fountain Restaurant. Over the years I might have been to the museum a hundred times. I know the Asmat sculptures, the […]

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Safer Biking In NYC

October 26, 2013 – 3:54 pm

Two nights ago I was bicycling up to the Williamsburg Bridge. A small crowd of bikers were gathered opposite the old Williamsburg Bank. I slowed down and spotted several city officials handing out night lights for bikes. Free. I got into line and a young man came up to me. “We’re from the DOT of […]

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