by Bryan Waterman | Dec 17, 2010 | Neighborhood Scenes, Odds and Ends, Out and About
Because I sometimes only get out of my neighborhood when I’m online. Sad, I know. Calling out the Times for not knowing much about Marble Hill, where Manhattan and the Bronx meet by land. [Boogie Downer] The Times should have talked to Michael Miscione,...
by Bryan Waterman | Dec 10, 2010 | Neighborhood Scenes, Odds and Ends, Out and About
File under: Things I probably won’t see/do in person, given they’re outside my little downtown bubble, and also given the fact that my next two December Saturdays, per long-standing Smith-Waterman family tradition, will be spent in the back room of DBA for...
by Bryan Waterman | Nov 12, 2010 | Events, Exhibitions, Odds and Ends, Out and About
A century-old faded ad for Bloomie’s, Lexington btwn 115th and 116th [What about the Plastic Animals] Have you explored the South Bronx Cultural Corridor? [Bronx Arts] Inauguraci
by Bryan Waterman | Nov 5, 2010 | Neighborhood Scenes, Odds and Ends, Out and About
The least we can do in these times of lean posting: Just how cold is the axe hanging over Coney Island? [Amusing the Zillion] Plus: Reminder about the Ruby’s petition and the Nov. 6 rally! Tottenville: The Town the Oyster Built [Tottenville Historical Society]...
by Bryan Waterman | Oct 8, 2010 | Neighborhood Scenes, Out and About
Some stuff happening in the New York blogosphere outside the local East Village and contiguous neighborhoods downtown: “A wonderful castle” on Staten Island, “built by beer and with German whimsy.” SPOILER ALERT: It later became a convent and...
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