Monthly Archives: July 2011

There’s a new epidemic in New York City.  LOOK UP and you will see that it is all around us.  It’s spreading into the most unlikely corners of the boroughs of our great city.  Apparently it is more contagious than … Continue reading →

I thought it was a YMCA but it’s not showing up on the website as one of the Manhattan Y’s.  Regardless, it is a well-frequented community center in a working class neighborhood with a distinct Latin soul at 105th and … Continue reading →

Twenty-nine thousand square feet.  That’s how large an area is planted on top of the Parks Department’s Five Borough Administration Building on Randall’s Island, just east of Harlem and well in sight of the Triborough Bridge.  This unique green roof … Continue reading →