The Myth of the Resuscitating Restaurant: Rethinking the Relationship between...
This week, the New York Times’ Dining reporter Julia Moskin published an article, “Union Square Cafe Joins Other Victims of New York City’s Rising Rents”, where she broke the sad news that the...
View ArticleA few thoughts on the Food Halls of Manhattan: a view from Queens
The growing popularity of Food Halls – some of the city’s best, typically individually owned food options packed into one cavernous, clamorous space – is undeniable. There is an air of excitement...
View ArticleThe Changing City: We Are All In It Together After All
I expected to write my final entry in The Changing City about 5Pointz. After all, that’s what started my one-year project to try to reconcile the inevitability of change, a love of the novel and new,...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on The Changing City
It all started with 5Pointz, with the news that this iconic structure – my first visual memory of the borough I have come to love – would be whitewashed and eventually erased from our landscape. As...
View ArticleLet’s #SaveNYC, starting today
Easter has me thinking about saving. So I thought I would highlight a campaign I very much like today, #SaveNYC. #SaveNYC is a grassroots campaign with ever widening support devised by longtime...
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