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Why Indian Point Won’t Kill You
Indian Point is safer than you might think, say the author and this fisherman. We’ve seen the mushroom clouds. We’ve seen men in haz-mat suits wanding down terrified children with Geiger counters at...
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Text and the City: The Observer’s New Columnist Debuts
(Illustration by Zina Saunders.) Like the prodigal son, it is time to return to my place of origin. New York City. Over the last few months, shit has hit the fan for me in the City of Angels. The first...
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On the Page: True Crime Detective Magazines and the Disaster Artist
True Crime Detective Magazines 1924-1969 Eric Godtland, edited by Dian Hanson (Taschen, 336 pp., $39.99) “WASHINGTON MURDER ORGY,” “TWO THOUSAND SUSPECTS,” “SECRET LOVE SPELLS SUDDEN DEATH,” “TOO MANY...
View ArticleThe President of the United States Encounters Dante de Blasio’s Afro
Bill de Blasio attended President Barack Obama’s fund-raiser tonight, providing a valuable photo-op for the Democratic Party’s mayoral nominee. It also provided Mr. Obama, who sported an afro in his...
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Someone to Watch Over Me: Hungary’s Greatest Novelist Trades In Opression for...
László Krasznahorkai. (Photo by Horst Tappe) It might not be time to write a requiem for postmodern literature just yet, but it probably isn’t too early to wish it well as it heads off to South Florida...
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From Syria, On Spec: Wary of Staff in Harm’s Way, Editors Leave War Coverage...
Anna Therese Day with armed fighters in an undisclosed location (photo courtesy of Anna Therese Day) Anna Therese Day had just returned from Northern Syria when The Observer met her at a coffee shop...
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The Word’s the Thing: In David Leveaux’s New Production, Condola Rashad’s...
Condola Rashad and Orlando Bloom in 'Romeo and Juliet.' (Photo by Caroll Rosegg) They’re two households both alike in dignity, as we learned in high school English and as Friar Laurence, delivering the...
View ArticlePublic Advocate Candidates Tangle in Last Televised Debate
With the mayoral and comptroller candidates chosen, only one Democratic primary contest remains to be settled: the race to become the city’s next public advocate. Read More
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Prosecutor’s Prank Paralyzes Queens Courthouse After Crushed Tylenol Is Taken...
Potential anthrax. (Getty) In the last week we've learned a lot about what's acceptable to bring into a courtroom. Heroin: Good. Tylenol: Bad. A Queens Criminal Court was sent into a panic yesterday...
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The Essential Guide to the New Tribeca
Tribeca today. George Clooney. Gwyneth Paltrow. Justin Timberlake. Jay Z. Considering the number of celebrities that inhabit Tribeca today, you’d never know that, a century ago, the neighborhood was...
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To Do Sunday: An Evening With Shmuley Boteach, Elie Wiesel and Paul Kagame
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has tirelessly promoted Jewish values in a wild variety of different capacities, from his radio show on Oprah's station...
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You Call This Tavern On The Green?
Tavern on the Green. New York diners are famously fickle. We wait in tortuous lines for a Ramen or Umami burger, only to boast that neither is as good as Shake Shack. Frozen s’mo res, pig roasts, beet...
View ArticleWoman’s Pic and Home Address End Up in Craigslist Sex Ad Thanks to Her...
Fed up seeing your ex swooning over another woman, fresh on the heels of your breakup? One Houston woman decided to take matters into her own hands, and instead of just Facebook stalking both of them,...
View ArticleBarack Obama Gave Dante de Blasio’s Debate Team a Boost
Last night, mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and his son, Dante, met up with President Barack Obama, who proceeded to offer some prize advice to the 16-year-old. “It was inspiring for Dante–to say the...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Hopes to Score Tickets to the NBA All-Star Game
Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t known for his ravenous sports fandom, but the term-limited billionaire really hopes to score a ticket to the NBA All-Star Game festivities in 2015. Read More
View ArticleBill de Blasio Has Fuzzy Memory on ‘Transcendental Meditation’
Mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio seems to be having trouble remembering some of the more obscure documents currently being dredged up from his past. Read More
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REBNY Tries to Harness Populist Outrage In Battle Against Landmarking
The unlandmarked West Village waterfront. (GVSHP) The Real Estate Board of New York is not known for its support of the underclass. In years past, the vastly powerful industry group has wielded its...
View ArticleThree More Plead Guilty to Bribing Assemblyman Stevenson
Three more businessmen have pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson to pass favorable legislation, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced this evening. Read More
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Reinventing the Wheel
Bespoke Bicycles in Brooklyn builds custom bikes. Now that the omnipresent blue beasts are here, for better or for worse, cycling is on the city’s mind. Of course, the new initiative is great for...
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It’s All Going Down
Kangaroos hang out in an Australian vineyard. "This doesn’t taste like an Australian wine,” I say to Nick Spencer, winemaker at Eden Road in Australia’s Canberra district. I mean it as a compliment....
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