Lost City
02 June 2007

Little Italy Has Actual Villa

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Morris Park in the Bronx has something other Little Italys in New York don't: a villa and a piazza. Get off the 180th Street stop on the...

I Brake for Booth

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Are Manhattan motorists attempting to drive through Gramercy Park? Passing the southern side of the private park the other day, I noticed th...

Kurowycky Meats in East Village to Close

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This is a bad one. Kurowycky Meat Products, the 52-year-old Ukrainian East Village butcher that made peerless sausage and ham, and one of t...
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Astroland Rides for Sale

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Apart from being sad—which it is—this news that Astroland has put its rides up for sale, in preparation of the park closing down come Labor ...
31 May 2007

Boots for Breakfast

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Take a close look at the awning on this coffee shop on Morris Park Boulevard in the Bronx. "Sandwiches. Donuts. Newspaper. Cigarettes. ...

A Good Sign: Fortune House and Fascati Pizza

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Well, two good signs, actually. I put these storefronts together because they sit side by side on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, near Cla...
29 May 2007

Katz's Survives Bruni Test

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What? Does Katz's have a sign on its back that says "Kick me?" Why does fate seem to have it in for the venerable Lower East S...

(Very) Little Germany

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I must admit, it had been a while since I last wandered around in Yorkville. Nonetheless, I was shocked by what I took in during a recent st...
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28 May 2007

One Church, One Graveyard

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There are always good stories in the New York Times' Sunday City Section, but the May 27 issue had two particularly good ones. One is an...
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W.F. Mangels Work Still on View at Coney

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I was watching my kid go round and round on this old horse-and-buggy kiddie ride at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park in Coney Island w...
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Brooks of Sheffield
New York City, New York
I have lived in New York City since 1988 and earn my bread as a writer. I began this blog in January 2006. Beyond that, don't be so nosy. "I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism." —Roberto Rossellini
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