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For ‘The New York Times’ Headlines, Ultimate Style Reached
The New York Times building (Photo credit: Amanda Cohen) The New York Times has a very distinctive style for headlines: start with a preposition and invert the basic structure that most sane headline...
View ArticleBill Bratton Will March in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Bill Bratton will march in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a decision that will separate the police commissioner from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s and the City Concil’s official boycott of the...
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From UCLA to NYU, BDS Supporters Struggle With Dialogue
New York University, with support of American Studies Association President-Elect Professor Lisa Duggan, will host a two-day conference that she described on Facebook as a “kick ass” conference that...
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Steven Holl’s Celebrated L.I.C. Library Design to Be Carried Out on the Cheap
The aluminum facade has been deemed too expensive. (Steven Holl Architects) In a city where library design seems to have taken on diminished significance in this budget-constrained era, with...
View ArticleOn the Market: Hourly Rentals That Are Definitely Not Being Used for Sex; De...
Michael Gross to abandon Central Park perch just as book on 15 CPW launches. [NYT]Hourly rent-a-space founder claims they are not being used for sex? (!) [Gothamist]Who is the library-loving Human of...
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Morning Media Mix
Illustration by Lauren Payne. Paul Krugman is leaving Princeton for CUNY's Graduate Center. The move will have no impact on his role at the Times, but he seems excited to be closer to Zabar's. (The New...
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To Do Friday: Folk Out
Mary Chapin Carpenter Singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter makes her New York Philharmonic debut tonight with help from Joan Baez, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Tift Merritt and Aoife O’Donovan. The...
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They Grow Up so Fast! Citi Bike Lands First Personal Injury Lawsuit
Ride at your own risk. The training wheels are off. Ronald Corwin, 73, is suing Citi Bike and New York City for a whopping $15 million in what seems to be the first big personal injury lawsuit against...
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Rabbi Shmuley: A Jewish Group Honors Sean Penn
Sean Penn will be honored by This World. (Getty Images) On 18 May at Cipriani, Sean Penn will be honored by my organization, This World: The Values Network, for his work in saving the life of Jacob...
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Train Travel Is Trending
Long haul train travel is really having a moment. The train travel fits in with the current retro-chic hipster aesthetic. There is something glamorous about the idea of a luxurious pace of a train...
View ArticleDe Blasio Disputes That He’s Been Slow With Appointments
Mayor Bill de Blasio today dismissed the notion that he’s dragged his feet in filling his new administration, insisting that very few posts remain vacant. “I’m not a lawyer … but I will be on the...
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Big Fish: Surviving on the Set of Sharknado 2: The Second One
Ian Ziering is ready to kill some sharks. It was lightly snowing the morning we were invited to witness the wonder of SyFy's Sharknado sequel. Ian Ziering, star of Sharknado 2: The Second One, wore a...
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Actor Armand Assante’s Rural Estate Due for Bankruptcy Auction in May
Armand Assante It is possible to spend decades working in Hollywood, grow wealthy from the proceeds of appearances on stage and screen, and to garner plaudits from televised awards shows without ever...
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Of Golden Geese and Leaden Critics
Some critics question the civic value of constructing super-luxury buildings, especially tall ones with views of Central Park... Some suggest that we saddle purchasers of such apartments with extra...
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Show and Smell: Dove Calls Out New Jersey for Being the ‘Armpit of America’
Will this pit New Jersey residents against each other? (Dove) Thanks to a new Dove billboard campaign in New Jersey, there might be traffic problems throughout the whole state. The personal care...
View ArticleMorning Glory: Jogger Ticketed for Crack-of-Dawn Run Through Central Park
Here's my actual summons for running in Central Park this morning "before the park opened." SMH. http://t.co/cWDRl3Bkoi — Peter Shankman (@petershankman) February 27, 2014 Runners have joined...
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Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Armstrong Biographer Terry Teachout Takes...
John Douglas Thompson stars as Louis Armstrongin 'Satchmo atthe Waldorf.' (Photo by T. Charles Erickson) In the fall of 1970, Louis Armstrong flouted doctor’s orders to play his last gig, at the...
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To Do Saturday: Lorrie Moore
Beloved short-story writer Lorrie Moore, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, is back with Bark, her first story collection in 15 years. Tonight, Brooklyn by the Book...
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Lights Out? Smokers’ Rights Group Enlisted, Without Success, to Tangle with...
The New York Peace Institute, a group devoted to mediation and conflict resolution, recently received an inquiring message from Audrey Silk, the founder of a non-profit known as NYC C.L.A.S.H.—Citizens...
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To Do Sunday: There’s Some Sort of Awards Show Tonight
Noah Tarnow of The Big Oscars Quiz Thing Movie buffs, if you’re not hosting your own Oscars party, show off your smarts at The Big Oscars Quiz Thing, hosted by Quizmaster Noah Tarnow, where you’ll get...
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