The under-ground story

by | Oct 5, 2011 | Books, Writing New York

On Monday Cyrus quoted a bit from the opening paragraph of Foster’s New York by Gas-Light, our text this week in vWNY. Here’s a little more: NEW YORK BY GAS-LIGHT! What a task have we undertaken! To penetrate beneath the thick veil of night and lay bare...

Sunday in the Park with Speed

by | May 8, 2011 | Out and About, People

Speed Levitch at Bethesda Fountain, Central Park. Sunday, 8 May 2011. One of my favorite people, one of my favorite places. Can’t think of much else I’d rather have done on a sunny spring afternoon in New York. Previously on PWHNY. And...