Entries tagged with “Bronx” from Patell and Waterman's History of New York
If you've been digging Alex's downtown then-and-now photos, check out these archival images from Harlem -- paired with what's (not) there now. [Harlem Bespoke]
Parks Department calls for volunteers on Saturday to clean up and help preserve the old New York State Pavilion in Queens. Meanwhile, Queens Crap readers raise their eyebrows. [HDC Newsstand; Queens Crap]
Or you can spend the weekend on one or more Brooklyn gallery tours. [Bed-Stuy Blog]
Brooklyn bonus from Brooks! "FYI, there is still room for a few more on the Nov. 29, Thanksgiving weekend walking tour of Carroll Gardens West/Columbia Heights Waterfront District. Please let me know if you'd like to join us." [Lost New York]
Or you can get ready for Thanksgiving by giving thanks with "Native American Circle" on the Harlem River. [Bronx Mama]
And plan ahead for a post-Thanksgiving tour of historic Richmond Town with the Staten Island Historical Society [NYC Arts]
Photo of the old Corn Exchange Building from Harlem Bespoke: "This was the section that was largely visible from the Metro North platform for the last 100 years until the city demolished it in the past six weeks."
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Bloomie's $100 million land grab at Coney Island [Brooklyn Paper]
In Queens cemeteries, with Newtown Pentacle and Scouting NY.
Moon over Harlem [Harlem Hybrid]
City Lore to honor "places that matter" in the Bronx [Bronx Latino]
"We can go to the future known for the ferry and the dump, or we can embrace our legacy as the center of the lighthouse industry": The saga of Staten Island's Lighthouse Museum [silive]
Wonder Wheel photo via Straits Time (h/t Brownstoner)
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I'm not even in town and I can do my Friday outside-the-neighborhood blog update:
Remembering Roy DeCarava, 1919-2009 [Harlem Bespoke; NYTimes]
Historic wood windows on Staten Island [HDC Newsstand]
Celebrate the Poe bicentennial for Halloween with Queens Players [h/t liQcity]
Parrot Safari coming up in Brooklyn, Nov. 7 [Brooklyn Parrots]
Saturday is the last day to catch The Provenance of Beauty, a bus tour/theater outing through the South Bronx. The show is sold out, but stand-bys apparently do get in. [review @ Urban Omnibus]
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Remembering Roy DeCarava, 1919-2009 [Harlem Bespoke; NYTimes]
Historic wood windows on Staten Island [HDC Newsstand]
Celebrate the Poe bicentennial for Halloween with Queens Players [h/t liQcity]
Parrot Safari coming up in Brooklyn, Nov. 7 [Brooklyn Parrots]
Saturday is the last day to catch The Provenance of Beauty, a bus tour/theater outing through the South Bronx. The show is sold out, but stand-bys apparently do get in. [review @ Urban Omnibus]
The following things are happening somewhere other than Manhattan below 14th street:
Forget bedbugs ... Queens Crap's readers debate the great ladybug invasion of 2009! [QC]
Miss Heather's Greenpoint-based New York Shitty wins the VOICE's "best of NYC" award for neighborhood blogs [VV]
Roosevelt Islanders want the Google Trike to come before it's too late! [RI]
Boogie Downer reminds readers that Saturday is It's My Park! Day throughout NYC [BD]
Move over Meatpacking! When Madonna ruled Staten Island's North Shore ... [SIL]
Okay, that last story deserves its own YouTube link. Now that's some New York nobody else is singing:
Forget bedbugs ... Queens Crap's readers debate the great ladybug invasion of 2009! [QC]
Miss Heather's Greenpoint-based New York Shitty wins the VOICE's "best of NYC" award for neighborhood blogs [VV]
Roosevelt Islanders want the Google Trike to come before it's too late! [RI]
Boogie Downer reminds readers that Saturday is It's My Park! Day throughout NYC [BD]
Move over Meatpacking! When Madonna ruled Staten Island's North Shore ... [SIL]
Okay, that last story deserves its own YouTube link. Now that's some New York nobody else is singing:
What's happening outside my neck of the woods?
The queen of food porn takes a trip to Woodside, Queens. [TGWAE]
Brooklyn by Bike plans a street vendor odyssey for Sunday (rain date the 25th). [BbB]
Bronx Bohemian is back, with the long-awaited second part of an interview with Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan. [BB]
The lowdown on the Uptown Salon: "This month marks the first anniversary of Harlem's Uptown Salon, a showcase and forum for the discussion of creative work, and an organization that seeks to foster a tightly knit artistic community in Harlem and the Upper West Side." (tonight!) [Free NYC]
Count us among those who're glad that Walking Is Transportation, our favorite Staten Island blog, is back. Here's a lovely meditation on writing and waterfronts. [WIT]
New Brighton painter Bill Murphy's heroic Along Arthur Kill (watercolor on paper, 54 x 62, 2007-08). Information: aburninglight.com [painting via Walking Is Transportation]
The queen of food porn takes a trip to Woodside, Queens. [TGWAE]
Brooklyn by Bike plans a street vendor odyssey for Sunday (rain date the 25th). [BbB]
Bronx Bohemian is back, with the long-awaited second part of an interview with Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan. [BB]
The lowdown on the Uptown Salon: "This month marks the first anniversary of Harlem's Uptown Salon, a showcase and forum for the discussion of creative work, and an organization that seeks to foster a tightly knit artistic community in Harlem and the Upper West Side." (tonight!) [Free NYC]
Count us among those who're glad that Walking Is Transportation, our favorite Staten Island blog, is back. Here's a lovely meditation on writing and waterfronts. [WIT]
New Brighton painter Bill Murphy's heroic Along Arthur Kill (watercolor on paper, 54 x 62, 2007-08). Information: aburninglight.com [painting via Walking Is Transportation]
photo from Harlem Hybrid, via Animal
Damn, what a week. Is everyone else as pooped as I am? (I'm tempted to speak for Cyrus and say "as we are," since I didn't see his sorry ass posting here the last two days either. Then again, I think he's on single-parent duty this week.)
What's happening beyond the narrow blinders of our downtown lives?
Officials fear Fort Greene Park won't be big enough to house Spike Lee's planned birthday bash for MJ a week from Saturday. [The Local]
Who walks in Brooklyn? Burn Some Dust does on Saturday, 8/22: "20 miles: Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, Plum Beach, Floyd Bennett Field, Fort Tilden, swimming at Breezy Point. Meet at southeast corner of Kings Hwy and McDonald Ave in Brooklyn at 10 AM. Bring a swimsuit! There will also be a bit of wandering through the woods, so you may want to wear/bring long pants or high socks." [Burn Some Dust (Click on Walk #40 on the calendar for details)]
More walking? Try Grymes Hill, Staten Island [FNY]
The Yoga Room is offering a FREE Yoga class (accompanied by live drumming) on Pier 1 of Gantry Plaza State Park, 9am-10:15am, Sunday 8/23. Please come early to set yourself up; a mat, comfortable clothing, and a desire to have fun are all that's necessary to participate. 50th Ave & the East River, LIC [liQcity]
Bronx Bohemian is apparently on vacation. Come back BB! We miss your posts from up north!
One more from Harlem Hybrid to close up shop:
Jackrabbits at JFK [Queens Crap]
72-year-old Harlem small business owner blasts would-be robbers with shotgun, provokes admiration and reasoned discussion of gun rights in comments section. [City Room]
City Lore's blogger makes a pilgrimage to see rock sculptures on Staten Island's southeastern shore. [Sense & The City]
More Staten Island, in case you missed this in last week's paper: DIY St. George outing! [NYTimes]
Bronx teen gymnast takes third national title in Dallas. [Dallas News]
"Brooklyn Typology": The borough as art. [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Bonus: Day and Night in NYC -- mapped! [via RooseveltIsland360]
What's going on out there?
Brooks reports on $13 lobster rolls coming to Red Hook ... less than half the price of those found in my neighborhood! (I'll admit, though, that I've never had a better one than Ed's, which is worth the bucks.) [Lost City]
More from Brooklyn: Have you been following Jeremiah's dispatches from Coney Island? [JVNY]
Celebrating Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation. [Bronx Latino]
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival comes to Queens. [NY1 and hkdbf-ny.org]
Have you checked out the blog for Staten Island PS 22's 5th grade chorus? They're the kids singing in the background on one of this summer's guilty pleasures, as seen on Fader.
Free Thursday evening yoga in Inwood Park. [Manhattanspeak]
Closer to home, I loved this:
Have a nice weekend!
Brooks reports on $13 lobster rolls coming to Red Hook ... less than half the price of those found in my neighborhood! (I'll admit, though, that I've never had a better one than Ed's, which is worth the bucks.) [Lost City]
More from Brooklyn: Have you been following Jeremiah's dispatches from Coney Island? [JVNY]
Celebrating Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation. [Bronx Latino]
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival comes to Queens. [NY1 and hkdbf-ny.org]
Have you checked out the blog for Staten Island PS 22's 5th grade chorus? They're the kids singing in the background on one of this summer's guilty pleasures, as seen on Fader.
Free Thursday evening yoga in Inwood Park. [Manhattanspeak]
Closer to home, I loved this:
Have a nice weekend!
Getting out of Lower Manhattan and cruising the Greater New York blogosphere ...
Historic taverns of the Old Post Road in Inwood [My Inwood]
More uptown stories: Tweeting a Caddy car chase in Washington Heights! [The Streets Where We Live]
Bronx Flavor featured in the Times. [via BoogieDowner]
Carroll Gardens Basil Wars have ended. [Lost City]
When Beer Gardens Ruled Queens [Queens Courier via Queens Crap]
Biking the Staten Island Greenbelt: Where are the bikes? [SI Notebook]
Bonus: Free Camping in City Parks: Ranger Kathy added: "You'll see a lot of crabs and ocean life [in Pelham Bay]. But, for instance, if you did family camping at a Brooklyn park, it would definitely focus on bats. There are a lot of bats in Brooklyn." [NYTimes]
Historic taverns of the Old Post Road in Inwood [My Inwood]
More uptown stories: Tweeting a Caddy car chase in Washington Heights! [The Streets Where We Live]
Bronx Flavor featured in the Times. [via BoogieDowner]
Carroll Gardens Basil Wars have ended. [Lost City]
When Beer Gardens Ruled Queens [Queens Courier via Queens Crap]
Biking the Staten Island Greenbelt: Where are the bikes? [SI Notebook]
Bonus: Free Camping in City Parks: Ranger Kathy added: "You'll see a lot of crabs and ocean life [in Pelham Bay]. But, for instance, if you did family camping at a Brooklyn park, it would definitely focus on bats. There are a lot of bats in Brooklyn." [NYTimes]
It's been a while since I've written this feature, but the idea is to pretend I'm not such a lazy downtown chauvinist and that I actually notice what's happening in other parts of this great city -- or its blogosphere. So ...
Andrew Kelley contemplates leaving the Shire -- er, Park Slope -- for the wilds of Red Hook. What part of Middle-Earth would that be? [The Great Whatsit]
I had such a great time rowing in Central Park the other day -- a cliche, I know, but an underrated one! Next I'd like to try paddling through the New York Botanical Garden with the Bronx River Alliance. [Bronx Bohemian]
Stranger than fiction department: "A former teen underwear model who made headlines bedding a second-grade Queens teacher was busted Thursday for being part of a gang of bandits." [Queens Crap]
The most neglected green space in St. George, Staten Island [Walking Is Transportation]
Free weekend tours of Little Red Lighthouse and Highbridge Water Tower [Uptown Flavor]
Andrew Kelley contemplates leaving the Shire -- er, Park Slope -- for the wilds of Red Hook. What part of Middle-Earth would that be? [The Great Whatsit]
I had such a great time rowing in Central Park the other day -- a cliche, I know, but an underrated one! Next I'd like to try paddling through the New York Botanical Garden with the Bronx River Alliance. [Bronx Bohemian]
Stranger than fiction department: "A former teen underwear model who made headlines bedding a second-grade Queens teacher was busted Thursday for being part of a gang of bandits." [Queens Crap]
The most neglected green space in St. George, Staten Island [Walking Is Transportation]
Free weekend tours of Little Red Lighthouse and Highbridge Water Tower [Uptown Flavor]
The Bowery Boys take us on a tour of Roosevelt Island, past and present, with their latest podcast. [Bowery Boys]
My favorite band, considered by many to be Brooklyn's finest, is featured in both New York Magazine and The New Yorker this week. The latter article's the smarter one. [NYM, New Yorker]
New community TV show takes on Staten Island history. [SILive]
Bygone Lefty Utopians of the Bronx [Bronx Bohemian]
Cow escapes Queens slaughterhouse, earns permanent freedom. [City Room; Queens Crap]
Blessing of the Bikes: Saturday, April 18, 9:30 am SHARP, Cathedral of St. John the Divine [Uptown Flavor]
Beloved half-century-old ice cream parlor in Bellerose, Queens, torn down to make room for controversial, as yet unapproved, hotel. Workers take out the neighbor's bushes while they're at it. [Queens Crap]
A podcast on the remaking of The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 [City Room, via BoogieDowner]
Greenpointers! Don't let the recession deprive you of your regular Brazilian waxing! [Unemployed Brooklyn]
Whimsical wooden sunbeams in St. George [Walking Is Transportation]
p.s. Anyone out there know of some other Staten Island blogs?
Beloved half-century-old ice cream parlor in Bellerose, Queens, torn down to make room for controversial, as yet unapproved, hotel. Workers take out the neighbor's bushes while they're at it. [Queens Crap]
A podcast on the remaking of The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 [City Room, via BoogieDowner]
Greenpointers! Don't let the recession deprive you of your regular Brazilian waxing! [Unemployed Brooklyn]
Whimsical wooden sunbeams in St. George [Walking Is Transportation]
p.s. Anyone out there know of some other Staten Island blogs?
