Category Archives: MANHATTAN

Hot Town, Summer in the City

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

IT’S NOT OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER, but as soon as you start seeing ads for back to school shopping, you know it can’t be long before the Halloween decorations come out. The knowledge that it will soon be September has … Continue reading →

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Say Hi to NYC’s Second Avenue Subway

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, New York City opened its first new subway line in over half a century — well, three new stops, anyway. The far Upper East Side, once a pain to get to, is newly accessible via these … Continue reading →

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New Art in the Meatpacking

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

CALL ME A PHILISTINE, but I have trouble seeing banged-up gym lockers and plaster utility sinks mounted on a wall as art, much less masterpieces. That’s what one of the Whitney Museum’s curators called Robert Gober’s Ascending Sink, below, at a press preview … Continue reading →

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Midsummer Oohs and Aahs at New York’s Conservatory Garden

Posted on July 12, 2015 by

IT’S BEEN CALLED the ‘crown jewel’ of New York City’s public gardens: see why. The plantings at the Conservatory Garden at Fifth Avenue and 105th Street — different every year — are exuberant. Their unrestrained color combos feel like the … Continue reading →

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June in the City

Posted on June 29, 2015 by

THE TWO POLES OF MY EXISTENCE are the immensity of nature that is the East End of Long Island and the intensity of humanity that is New York City. Which do I prefer? There’s no contest; it’s the former. But … Continue reading →

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