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A few minutes before noon on the hottest day of the year (so far), East River Park is nearly empty. A lone woman sits a blanket down under the minimal shade of a young tree. Nearby, a mother sits in the sun admiring her two children playing in a sprinkler, and the basketball court at […]

When the trees begin to turn green in the early days of spring, there’s usually a buzz of excited activity in anticipation of warmer days in New York City. But, this year, many international students were racked with uncertainty as they anxiously checked the news and their emails, waiting to find out if they would

The East Village is now recognized for its nightlife, vintage clothing shops and the bustle of St. Mark’s Place – but there’s also a past time where German churches were the neighborhood stronghold. Richard Haberstroh, a genealogist and native New Yorker with German roots, hosted an illustrative talk at the Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran

Pride took over Manhattan on the weekend of June 27-29. The Drag March on Friday kicked off the festivities as drag queens in outrageous outfits paraded from Tompkins Square Park to the Stonewall Inn. At the Dyke March on Saturday, thousands of fierce women proceeded down Fifth Avenue, from Bryant Park to Washington Square Park.

Some of us drink coffee for a pick–me-up. Some of us drink coffee for the taste. Some of us drink coffee for both reasons. In this piece I break down the various decaffeination methods while also looking at various benefits that caffeine is said to have. Think of this piece as a little something for

Haute punk art star Marcia Resnick leaves us a legacy, both in photographs by her … and of her. Smart, sophisticated and sexy, she rode the crest of Downtown Manhattan’s ascendance a half century ago. She was a regular at the hotspots, appearing in her trademark Hell’s Angel/ seductive schoolgirl attire and taking studio portraits

Bookbinding, like book publishing in general, is on the decline. But if you walk down the stairs at the front of the old-tenement building at 135 Henry St. on the Lower East Side, you’ll find a man plying that trade the same way he did 40 years ago — and moreover, he’s still very active.

Appetizer I stepped into the original Fedora, on West 4th and Charles, nearly 20 years ago. I was looking for a place to have a quick drink. Its neon sign drew me to its ivy-covered building, its entrance a few steps below street level. Inside: red light, a pink portable stereo on the bar next

The kid working the counter at my local West Village hardware store had an unlit cigarette in his mouth the whole time I picked his brain about the silver-plate wearing off our flatware. This was a year or so after I innocently used the liquid dip-it silver polish after a lifetime of the pasty kind

The first time I went to Fanelli Cafe (at the corner of Mercer and Prince Streets), I was meeting my boyfriend at the Angelika Film Center on West Houston Street and needed to grab a bite beforehand. I chowed down on a burger and fries ($22, plus $1 for cheese) and itched to strike up