Category Archives : Star Witness


fall, and my 20th year in NYC: some random musings

Just a few things on my mind, hodge-podged here for you to nosh on. First, its my 20th anniversary in NYC, and I’m mulling over how to mark it, because its a milestone. I feel like a real New Yorker now, like I earned my stripes. And I’m living more or less how I once […]


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 […]