Greenmarket is a program of GrowNYC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. They send out periodic emails. If you're not on their list, this may be info you can use. Please note that most locations also collect compostable items (largely food scraps from produce) -- all you have to do is get it there. If the Upper West Side … Continue reading Information about NYC Green Markets
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Looking for somewhere new that’s chilly?
Summer isn't over yet. Presumably you know where the movie theaters and shady parks are in your neighborhood, but maybe you'd like some place new. https://ny.curbed.com/maps/nyc-summer-public-spaces-air-conditioning Where to find free air conditioning during a NYC heat wave Get indoors and cool down By Amy Plitt@plitter Updated Aug 7, 2018, 7:49am EDT SHARE Photo by Max Touhey When the mercury … Continue reading Looking for somewhere new that’s chilly?
Tourist trap doesn’t necessarily mean bad food
https://ny.eater.com/maps/best-nyc-restaurant-visitors-tourist 16 Tourist Trap Restaurants in NYC That Are Actually Good Worth the time for visitors and locals Patty DiezAug 6, 2018, 4:05pm EDT 2167 Frederick Douglass Blvd New York, NY 10026 These massive cookies might give non-New Yorkers sticker shock — they’re $4 each — but many locals say the money is well worth … Continue reading Tourist trap doesn’t necessarily mean bad food
Want to take a walking tour in NYC?
This is a cut and paste from Joyce Gold's emailed update, but you may not yet know about her. JOYCE GOLD HISTORY TOURS OF NEW YORK Therese Loeb Kreutzer 2018 FALL SCHEDULE PUBLIC WALKING TOURS Joyce leads all public walking tours. Tours last 2- 2 1/2 hrs. No reservations are needed-just show up! Fee: $25 … Continue reading Want to take a walking tour in NYC?
A fine essay by Zadie Smith about New York City (my chosen home)
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/04/under-the-banner-of-new-york/ Under the Banner of New York Zadie Smith Cities have routines. Within our ten-block radius the people come and go, not infrequently talking of Michelangelo—but also of the damn president, the damn Yankees, whether it’s a virus or an allergy, if there is any such thing as a good carb… You can’t always predict … Continue reading A fine essay by Zadie Smith about New York City (my chosen home)
Takes a big city to justify a book about small neighborhoods
https://www.westsiderag.com/2017/04/30/book-review-the-upper-west-side-is-the-city-of-nostalgia-in-fascinating-new-book BOOK REVIEW: THE UPPER WEST SIDE IS THE ‘CITY OF NOSTALGIA’ IN FASCINATING NEW BOOK Posted on April 30, 2017 at 8:10 pm by West Sider By Harriet Flehinger In his endearing new book Magnetic City, Justin Davidson, the architecture critic of New York Magazine, takes readers on seven engaging walks through New York City … Continue reading Takes a big city to justify a book about small neighborhoods
NYC’s subway platforms are oppressively hot this summer
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/10/17674900/nyc-subway-summer-heat-temperatures So … hot … By Amy Plitt@plitter Aug 10, 2018, 12:30pm EDT SHARE Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images It’s official: We’ve reached the point in the summer where it’s often more hot and disgusting in below-ground subway stations than it is outside. (We can’t say exactly when that point happens, but it’s usually sometime in mid-July, when all of the … Continue reading NYC’s subway platforms are oppressively hot this summer
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