Brooklyn, New York — Looking at a map of the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, no one could blame you for thinking that it is a fairly mountainous affair. You have Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Vinegar Hill and these are surrounded by Prospect Heights and Brooklyn Heights. We’ve spent a fair amount of time over […]
New York, New York — Yesterday, they added the final small piece to the new tower number one at the World Trade Center, the crowning touch to the tallest building in the western hemisphere. We were on our way into the city so we decided to get off the train a few stops early and take […]
Chelsea, New York — Another great aspect of the Highline Park is that it offers a nice architectural tour of new projects in the city. It shoots you straight north from the Meat Packing district into the heart of Chelsea. For better or worse, this is what will grace the skyline of the Lower West Side […]
Highline Park, New York — New York has a lot of quirky areas but the new Highline Park trumps most. Basically, this is a swath of floating prairie in the middle of Manhattan. At first glance, it looks like a bit of a gimmick but by the time you traverse its present nine block course, it […]
Columbus Circle, New York — Leaving the serenity of the Conservatory Garden behind, we’re back on the race course for the grand finale. It is a lovely stretch that trots past the Guggenheim, behind the Met and flows through a perfectly autumnal Central Park. I hope that these folks are able to enjoy it. Though the […]
Across 110th Street, New York — It is incredible how quickly the mood changes when you step across 110th Street and enter Central Park at its northeast corner. I guess it’s no surprise as Bobby Womack wrote the R&B hit about the experience and it’s been used in a couple of films, one by the same […]
Harlem, New York — Last year at this time, we were hosting a couple of German students here in Queens and I thought that a great way to tackle some of the sights of Manhattan would be to tag along for the last few miles of the New York City Marathon. On race day morning, just […]
New York, New York — Last week, I trekked into the city to see the film “An Education” which I highly recommend, but that’s far beside the point. Exiting the theater, a few days of rain had given way to bracing sunshine and the urge to wander over to Central Park was primal. Entering just above […]
Flushing, Queens — The next time you take in a Mets game, you may want to show up a few hours early and explore the surrounding neighborhood. Flushing Meadows is home to the U.S. Open and the sculptural ghosts of the 1964 Worlds Fair. On the weekends especially, the park is a buzz of activity. While […]
Ozone Park, Queens — I’ll begin where I left off, back underneath the A Train on Liberty Avenue. As I said in my previous post, life in Queens is a bustling, multicultural experience and usually it is as noisy as it is diverse. It is the classic urban symphony of sirens, trucks, car horns and boom […]