A tornado hit my neighborhood. For the first time. Ever. See the photos (and description) here. While the Bay Ridge tornado got all the initial press, Mother Nature opened up a major can of whoop-ass on Ditmas Park (aka “Victorian … Continue reading
For the Voice’s summer education supplement, Stacy Cowley and I examine the program that brings people with no educational training to teach in New York City schools. The result: Teacher desks are filled, but are students getting the short end … Continue reading
Reports on climate change look very different depending on whether you’re getting your news from British media or U.S. ones. (In the subscribers-only print edition, so you’ll need to order Extra! to read it – or look for it on … Continue reading
The public cost of the Yankees’ new “privately funded” stadium goes … you didn’t really think I was going to say “down,” did you? One of the enduring questions about the new Yankee Stadium, now rising like a supersized doppelganger … Continue reading
The Mets mull selling bricks outside their new city-owned stadium. Guess who won’t be getting a share of the cash? The Mets may be locked in a three-way battle for first place in the N.L. East, but don’t let it … Continue reading
Joe Sitt offers to swap his condos for timeshares, but the city calls it a mere bait and switch. Developers Thor Equities dropped a bombshell yesterday afternoon, sending out a terse two-paragraph e-mail declaring that it had “completely eliminated the … Continue reading
A forum on the future of Coney Island bodes ill for the beach’s oldest amusement park. Last night, the somewhat unlikely pairing of the Municipal Art Society (representing white-haired Manhattan urban planning geeks) and Coney Island USA (representing a different … Continue reading
In which I visit the Brooklynites who have found themselves in the way of the city’s remaking of downtown Brooklyn as a wonderland of condo and office towers (and not so many, say, barbershops). Bonus material: podcast of me talking … Continue reading
Most of last month for me was spent on one story, but oh, what a story. As I detailed at length in the April 11 Village Voice, most of Coney Island’s historical amusement district is at risk of being shut … Continue reading
Okay, looks like that New Year’s resolution didn’t go all that well. I may switch to a more continuous-blog format for this page shortly; in the meantime, here’s a two-month recap of my doings and whereabouts: I usually start things … Continue reading