Lost City
04 May 2011

Bloomberg Chooses Really Ugly Mini-Van For Next NYC Taxi

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I guess we shouldn't have expected much. After all, New York City hasn't has an attractive or comfortable taxi fleet since since th...
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Nursery of Olde Brooklyn

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Gowanus Nursery moved for the third time in its short history this year. Normally, I would be sorry about this. A popular local business, a...
03 May 2011

A Cornice to Bedazzle the Straphangers

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The Hollywood Diner, at the northeast corner of Sixth and 17th in Chelsea, has what must be one of the most highly sculpted cornices in tow...
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Cobble Hill Convent Gets Big Clean-Up

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The former Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor/Congregation of the Infant Jesus, the old convent buildings at the corner of Henry and Kane in ...
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Carroll Street F Subway Station Taking Shape

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It's been a couple years now that we've had to suffer the closure of the main entrance of the Carroll Street F line subway station,...
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02 May 2011

Salad Bar of the Damned

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On second thought, I'm not that hungry. On a side street just off Times Square.
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The Brooklyn Heights Hillbillies

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I'm not sure what the deal is with this grand home, one of the several brownstones on Columbia Terrace whose backs face the esplanade a...
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Brooklyn Esplanade Now Brooklyn Promenade Officially, It Seems

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I may be wrong here, but did the official name of the Brooklyn Heights walkway over the BQE recently change from Esplanade to Promenade? I...
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01 May 2011

Puppet Theatre Tradition Returns to Columbia Street

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I was walking home along Columbia Street when I was confronted by the ghostly, swaying, ten-foot figure of what was unmistakably a Ralph Le...
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29 April 2011

Lost City Asks "Who Goes to J.G. Melon?"

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J.G. Melon sort of strikes me as an Upper East Side example of what Elaine's could have been. Like Elaine's, it's clubby and ho...
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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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