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Remember me to Herald Square

Passing through a drizzle-slicked Herald Square while running errands this evening… This small, trapezoidal park was named for The New York Herald newspaper, which had its offices and plant one block...

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Saturday in Saugerties

The dreaded stomach virus that has been running rampant throughout the city continued to wreak havoc on my social calendar when both gatherings scheduled for this weekend were canceled due to friends’...

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Washington Square Park in progress

After years of protests led by the Open Washington Square Park Coalition, Justice Joan A. Madden of State Supreme Court in Manhattan approved Washington Square Park’s renovation plan in early December....

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Seneca Village

On a walking tour organized by the Central Park Conservancy this clear and chilly Sunday afternoon. Our group of about a dozen met a pair of guides inside the Park at the Mariner’s Gate entrance at...

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Shock and awe

What a day. When news of the scandal first broke on The New York Times website (via the Metro Desk) shortly after 2PM yesterday afternoon, the details were scant. (“Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution...

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How have the mighty fallen

It felt much longer due to the non-stop coverage, but in reality it was only two days after the news of the scandal first came out before New York got a new governor. The New York Times broke out the...

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Songs at the Society

Since January, the New-York Historical Society has been hosting “Let Them Eat Cake Fridays” with free admission on Friday evenings from 6-8PM. On select Fridays there have been musical performances...

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A piece of Ireland

It feels good to be home. To kick off the summer’s River to River Festival, soprano Leah Partridge and tenor Norman Reinhardt performed an evening of operatic arias and duets in Battery Park City’s...

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…to the shores of wine country

High fuel prices may be forcing most of the antique sellers online; we trekked the entire 50 miles of the sale without coming across a single dealer. But while Route 90 wasn’t the cornucopia of...

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Yes, it still felt good the morning after, and even still a month and a half later when it seemed the entire city paused on a cold and bright January morning to revel once again in this historic...

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