Architectural Pain in the Ass
I have to apologize for this cringe inducing intro wherein I attempt to translate an old kindergarten joke from Russian into English. Sorry, but I really can’t find a better way to do this. So, in an...
View ArticleDesign Out of Reach
One of my favorite coffee shops, Joe The Art of Coffee, recently opened a new branch in an Alessi showroom at 130 Greene Street in Manhattan. Alessi is one of those funny companies that sell expensive...
View ArticleThe Nutcracker Season
This holiday season finds me once again working in the Rockefeller Center. This time I am in the building with the funny neon sign. Most of the lesser Rockefeller Center buildings put up gaudy X-mas...
View ArticleSilence is Golden
Somehow, the less I write, the more readers I get. Or seem to get. At least, according to Feedburner. To be honest with you, I lost some blogging motivation when I could not break the 800 reader...
View ArticleRockefeller Center Wardrobe Malfunction
It’s now my 7th year working in the Rockefeller Center. I’ve been walking in it, around it and under it almost daily. Little by little the place opens its little secrets to me – a hidden restaurant...
View ArticleSubway Archeology
47-50th street station, Rockefeller Center, might be the portal to Top of the Rock, but it is still one of the most dilapidated stations, even by the IND standard. And Independent Subway System...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Man, this was a tough year. I haven’t blogged much and you haven’t commented much, so I guess we are even. A lot of things happened. The little tree that I grew out of a pine cone from Rockefeller...
View ArticleCinematic New York
When you live and work in New York, you spend a huge amount of time on tv and movie sets. Most of the time the sets are abandoned by the shooting crews, but very frequently tv or movie magic is...
View ArticleThe Running Man In Rockefeller Center Is Gone
AOL’s logo, “The Running Man” (not to be confused with the book of the same name, which in turn is not to be confused with the movie of the same name) is gone from the window in Rockefeller Center.
View ArticleCatching the Vintage Train
New York Transit Museum operates a special subway train made out of a ragtag selection of vintage trains. Normally these trains are used as a stationary exhibit, sometimes as a vehicle for special...
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