Growing Governors Island: well, it’s true that NYC cares more than the state and will do more, move faster etc. I do have concerns about some of these ideas however. For some reason, I thought the city already had control of the island which is why they were doing all that stuff on the far [...]
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Spatial Relations Around Town
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments
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News Peruse: April 2
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
Budgets? We Don’t Need No Sinkin’ Budgets: Gosh, the budget deadline has come and gone here in NY without a budget being approved. I’m shocked. Only I am not. Now, don’t get me wrong – this doesn’t make the current legislature any worse than the previous ones. They are worse but that’s for other reasons [...]
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NYC Museum Twitters
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments
it’s follow a museum day on Twitter and so my recommendations are as follows: @metmuseum @atAMNH @tenementmuseum @TheJewishMuseum and just to prove I do know there’s more to the museum landscape than NYC – @britishmuseum. Of course there are soooooo many great institutions doing all sorts of interesting things with their twitter feed (or feeds [...]
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State Senate Vote
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
you know, I didn’t think the State Senate could disappoint me anymore after all the f*cking around earlier in the year but you know what? I was wrong. I am BEYOND disappointed. A 24-38 defeat for the marriage equality bill. Disgraceful cowardice and bigotry all round. “a representative owes the People not only his industry, [...]
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Mid-Day, Mid-Week Linkage
October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments
City Council banned the sale of flavored tobacco products Wednesday. And to that I say, “eeeeeew. I didn’t even know there was flavored tobacco.” Holding a small pink cigarillo in her hand, Quinn said, “That looks like a lip gloss. Don’t tell me that’s not targeted for a young girl.” OMG! Peach flavored? Grape? But [...]
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