Category Archives : New York, NY


the noble sanitation worker: lionel from pix 11

I think this is a great editorial. Sanitation workers don’t deserve to be Bloomberg’s scape-goat. Here’s an excerpt: “The most important person on the government payroll today bar none is the sanitation worker. He and she are the barrier to disease, epidemics, and incalculable discomfort.” Although the fact that their ploughs have come down my […]


the high line: before and after…videos by phil and christopher buehler

For anyone new to New York, The High Line – originally constructed in the 1930s to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan’s streets (11th Ave. being known then as “Death Ave.”), and recently renovated by world-renowned architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro – is a must-see destination. Writing about it for Frommers after it first opened to […]