MetaFilter posts tagged with NYC and New

He was a friend of mine

escabeche — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:43:04 -0800

Jim Carroll has died. Avant-garde writer, punk rocker, doped-up downtown scenester, never-made-it schoolyard hoop-dreamer. He couldn't have expected to live to see a master's thesis in English at San Diego State written about his journal/novel The Basketball Diaries, or to be interviewed by Jon Stewart about being played by Leo DiCaprio in the movie of his (early) life. Jim Carroll interviewed in Cleveland in 1991, hiding behind a big hat, a big cup of coffee, and a big accent. Obligatory (but follow it if you haven't heard it!) "People Who Died" link. catholicboy.com, as thorough a collection of Carrolliana as you're going to find.

I know... is craaazy. But I love it.

miss lynnster — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:29:28 -0800

The Lost Tribes of New York City

The City Concealed

hermitosis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:28:36 -0800

The City Concealed A video tour of New York's infamously toxic Newtown Creek, with historical illustrations. The creek is the site of a 17 million gallon underground oil-spill (50% larger than Exxon-Valdez) which remains to be cleaned up, resulting in a Supreme Court battle between residents and oil companies. (Previously on MeFi.)

Pavement to the people!

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:42:08 -0800

Hooray for New York City! They just had their first (of three) car-free days along a long stretch of Manhattan roadway: it's the Summer Streets program. How refreshing! This blog entry from Livable Streets might be of some interest to any of you New Yorkers who'd like to help with this in some way.

The takedowns were for free whores.

griphus — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:17:03 -0800

New York's Governor Eliot Spitzer (Wiki) has been linked to a high-class prostitution ring.

Lost New York City

dersins — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:05:12 -0800

Randall's Lost New York City Collection "documents the destruction of many of New York City's 19th century tenement and other buildings, so that we can mourn the lost [and] appreciate the endangered." Gallery 1, 2. He also sells gargoyles, if you like that sort of thing.

New Yorker Hard Drive

Dome-O-Rama — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:34:02 -0800

Every issue of the New Yorker on a portable hard drive. For $299 you get an 80GB hard drive loaded with every article, poem, short story, advertisement and lame cartoon that has appeared in the over 4,000 issues of The New Yorker Magazine since February, 1925. The vintage ads alone MIGHT be worth it (depending on res/format) but does anyone really WANT every one of those unfunny cartoons? Does anyone outside NYC even care that this magazine is still being published?

segway stock soars on late news

wakko — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:51:17 -0800

So it actually happened. Not going anywhere tomorrow? The last time the MTA went on strike in New York was 1980. This time, one would hope there are plans already in place to cope with what will no doubt be an awful morning for millions, though the information seems dated already. Perhaps ths might be a good opportunity to share any tips and information about the situation. [newsfilter, of course]

New York, New York

Tlogmer — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:30:32 -0800

If in London you quickly become a grumpy old man, here it's hard not to be Andy Warhol: "Wow, that's great!" And it really is.
New York through the eyes of a transnational-European-Japanese songwriter/designer with an eyepatch.

You have to believe...

dbmcd — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:17:11 -0800

Spots Before His Eyes? At last, the Paper of Record publishes a story about something I've known and experienced for years. This retired math professor believes that New York is "...a parking paradise." Want a free parking spot, just believe you'll find one, and you will. When I lived in the SF area and had to go to The City for business, I would visualize parking and something always turned up. How about you? How do you conjure the parking Goddess?

1001 Things To Hate About The Convention

fungible — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:12:43 -0800

1001 Things To Hate About The Convention. Funny, and exhaustive, stuff from New York Press.