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Archive for Category: "Xplore Deeper"
Urban Renewal: Old Tiffany Gets a Makeover
The venerable Tiffany & Co. has seen its share of facelifts. However, it’s not one of its well-heeled patrons that recently had some work done, but its former home. In fact, it’s received a whole new face. Tiffany was founded in Lower Manhattan in 1837, and moved to Union Square in 1870 to claim its [...]
Notes from Liberty Square: Home of the OWS Movement
I’ve recently spent time at Liberty Square with the folks in the Occupy Wall Street Movement. What I saw was fascinating and inspiring. Here’s my story that was recently published on Yahoo News: Notes from Liberty Square
Till Death Do Us Part
…and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. Elizabeth Barret Browning Brooklyn merchant Jonathan Reed was devoted to his wife Mary. When she died in 1893, he bought a mausoleum in Greenwoods Cemetery, in which she was laid to rest, along with an empty coffin for him. According to the [...]
NYC’s Haunted Cemeteries
Just in time for Halloween… Take a look at my story featured on GoMad Nomad Travel Magazine about the city’s haunted cemeteries.
Dispatch from “Occupy Times Square”
On October 15th, thousands crowded into Times Square, the “Crossroads of the World,” to join the Occupy Wall Street movement in protesting corporate greed, power, and their corrosive effect upon our society. The protest was part of a world-wide movement, with demonstrations in over 1,500 cities globally and over 100 US cities from coast to [...]
NYC Halloween Events
New Yorkers love any excuse to dress up and cut loose. So, Halloween is a particularly festive holiday in the city. Following are Halloween events to get you in the “spirit”: Now through Halloween The Haunted Pumpkin Garden@ NY Botanical Garden A garden full of bugs, bats, parties, parades, and hundreds of intricately carved pumpkins. [...]
NYC Bike Sharing
Sick of the MTA’s increased fares and decreased service? Can’t afford cabs? Well, a great alternative is rolling into town. NYC Bike Share is a self-service system that will provide access to thousands of bicycles, twenty-four hours a day. Simply pick up a bike at one of 600 docking stations, and return it to another [...]
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