01/29/13 The Raw Chinatown News Feed

COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHINATOWN (NEW YORK, NY).

• NY-Presbyterian to Take Over Downtown Hospital _{2013-01-28, 07:13 pm}
  "We can carry it, despite the fact that it has a substantial Medicaid population.
• Travel New York City: Visiting NYC on a budget is possible for family of four _{2013-01-26, 01:09 am}
  ... the ferry to Staten Island, there are dozens of inexpensive, family-friendly things to do in New York City. Chinatown is a great place for cheap meals. We found a small restaurant where we enjoyed a heaping platter of rice, chicken and broccoli, ...
• That's Rather Historic: Just last week, Ephemeral New York... _{2013-01-24, 08:05 pm}
  Just last week, Ephemeral New York featured what could possibly be the city's oldest row house , a three-story red house at the corner of Bowery and Pell Street in Chinatown.
• Revolutionary War-era property trades for $5.4M _{2013-01-24, 06:10 pm}
  The oldest row house in New York, known as the Edward Mooney House, has sold for almost $5.4 million, according to city records filed today.
• Times Square Catholic School Prepares For Final Act _{2013-01-23, 02:03 pm}
  Hundreds of parents and their children showed up at more than a dozen Catholic schools in Manhattan and the Bronx Wednesday knowing this year will be the last that those schools will be open.

01/21/13 THE COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHINATOWN (NEW YORK, NY).

• Lunch Today: Dumplings and Dry Noodles with Minced Pork Sauce at Lam Zhou _{2013-01-18, 02:42 pm}
  We have a long and in-depth post about why hand-pulled soup noodles might taste best without the soup .
• 'Broken City' could have been great crime noir but fails to deliver on potential _{2013-01-18, 11:08 am}
  Coming in fairly under the radar, considering the cast, "Broken City" features Mark Wahlberg as New York City cop, Billy Taggart.
• Formerly conjoined twins brought home to NY _{2013-01-15, 03:00 am}
  ... in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station in the city's Chinatown neighborhood. Transit police in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station ...
• Child hurt in fall from chair lift at NY ski area _{2013-01-15, 03:00 am}
  ... in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station in the city's Chinatown neighborhood. Transit police in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station ...
• Local PG&E Employee Thankful for Chance to Help Sandy Victims _{2013-01-15, 09:14 pm}
  ... to Ortiz. What they encountered looked more like a post-apocalyptic movie. "Going across the Brooklyn Bridge to Chinatown was surreal," he said of the area of lower Manhattan that had suffered a power outage. "It was like the movie 'I am Legend.' ...
• PG&E Employee Thankful for Chance to Help Sandy Victims _{2013-01-15, 05:03 pm}
  ... to Ortiz. What they encountered looked more like a post-apocalyptic movie. "Going across the Brooklyn Bridge to Chinatown was surreal," he said of the area of lower Manhattan that had suffered a power outage. "It was like the movie 'I am Legend.' ...
• The Hollywood Chinese Restaurant _{2013-01-15, 03:00 pm}
  ... exotic, with red wallpaper and lots of dragons and intricately-carved furniture. After all, they've seen that Chinatown restaurant in lots of other movies! The problem is, they are looking for the restaurant decor of the early 20th century. But ...
• NYC Facilitates Walking with New Wayfinding Maps _{2013-01-15, 11:00 am}
  One out of ten New Yorkers gets lost every week, according to the city's Department of Transportation, and this does not include out-of-towners. In March, the city will begin installing 150 wayfinding signs to help pedestrians navigate their way.
• Lost City of New York: New Sleek DOT Signs Help Pedestrians Find Their Way _{2013-01-14, 09:56 am}
  But according to the city's Department of Transportation, one out of 10 of us gets lost every week based on department surveys.
• DOT to install neighborhood maps for pedestrians, bicyclists _{2013-01-13, 05:01 pm}
  The $6 million program will feature 150 maps in the Fashion District; Chinatown; Long Island City, Queens; and Prospect Heights/Crown Heights, Brooklyn; plus another 300 at bike share stations in Manhattan below 59th St.
• NYC Events for the Weekend and Beyond _{2013-01-10, 07:30 pm}
  ... $65 for cocktails, food, and a signed copy of the book. 63 Clinton Street, New York, NY; event website Brooklyn Chinatown Shop and Cook Sunday January 13th, 1 p.m. Tom Kearney, chef of The Farm on Adderley, is hosting a market tour of Brooklyn's ...
• Download: New Jens Lekman Song About Being In NY During Sandy _{2013-01-09, 03:24 pm}
  ... in New York after the city got hit by hurricane Sandy. The roads were flooded, flights were cancelled, even the Chinatown buses stood still. This was two days before our west coast tour was supposed to start. I decided to ask for your help. I asked ...
• What are you reading? Jan 9, 2013 _{2013-01-09, 08:12 am}
  ... naive (lots of calculus). Just started Snakes can't run by Ed Lin A mystery/police procedural set in NYC's Chinatown in the 1970s. "Snakes" is a slang term for illegal immigrants. A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for ...
• Paris Sandwich Becomes Paris Restaurant, a Solid Cheap Meal on Mott Street _{2013-01-08, 09:47 am}
  You may remember Paris Sandwich in Chinatown from our Manhattan banh mi tasting, where its pre-made and reheated sandwiches came in last place.
• Lohan lawyer predicts NY club case will be dropped _{2013-01-07, 04:25 pm}
  ... attend a Calvin Klein Collection toast to Francisco Costa's CFDA Women's Wear designer of the Year award at Chinatown Brasserie June 13, 2006 in New York City. Photo: Evan Agostini, Getty Images / 2006 Getty Images UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JUNE 06: ...
• Cheap ways to visit NYC for the weekend _{2013-01-07, 12:51 pm}
  October-December the city comes alive for the holidays and all the store windows and other businesses are decorated to the hilt.
• Hey New York: This Is Where to Eat in San Francisco _{2013-01-04, 06:03 pm}
  Mapping the SF restaurants New York food writers go crazy for is a San Francisco pastime: Mission Chinese , State Bird , Rice Paper Scissors .
• Great American Bites: Ping's serves savory dim sum in NYC's Chinatown _{2013-01-03, 12:00 am}
  ... dim-sum options in New York. After entering a nondescript door on Mott Street in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown and walking up a flight of stairs, you enter a single long dining room and are seated at individual tables, better for dates or ...
• Ancient Tradition Meets Modern Style: Alternative Feng Shui Comes to New York _{2013-01-03, 04:16 am}
  What makes a successful MBA and Project Manager for a Fortune 100 company step out of the corporate arena to start her own business focusing on ancient Chinese disciplines? Ivy's Feng Shui uses 'Alternative Feng Shui' as a novel means of analyzing the challenges and eccentricities of modern, urban living spaces, offering inexpensive and ... (more)
• How to 'write what you know' _{2013-01-02, 04:01 pm}
  ... ter at The Detroit News and covered education and the suburbs at The Milwaukee Journal. Toy grew up in New York's Chinatown where her children attend the same Mott Street Chinese school she did as a child.

01/11/13 Hyper Local Chinatown Neighborhood News Reports From New York City

COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHINATOWN (NEW YORK, NY).

• NYC Events for the Weekend and Beyond _{2013-01-10, 07:30 pm}
  ... $65 for cocktails, food, and a signed copy of the book. 63 Clinton Street, New York, NY; event website Brooklyn Chinatown Shop and Cook Sunday January 13th, 1 p.m. Tom Kearney, chef of The Farm on Adderley, is hosting a market tour of Brooklyn's ...
• Download: New Jens Lekman Song About Being In NY During Sandy _{2013-01-09, 03:24 pm}
  ... in New York after the city got hit by hurricane Sandy. The roads were flooded, flights were cancelled, even the Chinatown buses stood still. This was two days before our west coast tour was supposed to start. I decided to ask for your help. I asked ...
• What are you reading? Jan 9, 2013 _{2013-01-09, 08:12 am}
  ... naive (lots of calculus). Just started Snakes can't run by Ed Lin A mystery/police procedural set in NYC's Chinatown in the 1970s. "Snakes" is a slang term for illegal immigrants. A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for ...
• Paris Sandwich Becomes Paris Restaurant, a Solid Cheap Meal on Mott Street _{2013-01-08, 09:47 am}
  You may remember Paris Sandwich in Chinatown from our Manhattan banh mi tasting, where its pre-made and reheated sandwiches came in last place.
• Lohan lawyer predicts NY club case will be dropped _{2013-01-07, 04:25 pm}
  ... attend a Calvin Klein Collection toast to Francisco Costa's CFDA Women's Wear designer of the Year award at Chinatown Brasserie June 13, 2006 in New York City. Photo: Evan Agostini, Getty Images / 2006 Getty Images UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JUNE 06: ...
• Cheap ways to visit NYC for the weekend _{2013-01-07, 12:51 pm}
  October-December the city comes alive for the holidays and all the store windows and other businesses are decorated to the hilt.
• Hey New York: This Is Where to Eat in San Francisco _{2013-01-04, 06:03 pm}
  Mapping the SF restaurants New York food writers go crazy for is a San Francisco pastime: Mission Chinese , State Bird , Rice Paper Scissors .
• Great American Bites: Ping's serves savory dim sum in NYC's Chinatown _{2013-01-03, 12:00 am}
  ... dim-sum options in New York. After entering a nondescript door on Mott Street in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown and walking up a flight of stairs, you enter a single long dining room and are seated at individual tables, better for dates or ...
• Ancient Tradition Meets Modern Style: Alternative Feng Shui Comes to New York _{2013-01-03, 04:16 am}
  What makes a successful MBA and Project Manager for a Fortune 100 company step out of the corporate arena to start her own business focusing on ancient Chinese disciplines? Ivy's Feng Shui uses 'Alternative Feng Shui' as a novel means of analyzing the challenges and eccentricities of modern, urban living spaces, offering inexpensive and ... (more)
• Great American Bites: Ping's serves savory dim sum in NYC's Chinatown _{2013-01-03, 12:00 am}
  ... dim-sum options in New York. After entering a nondescript door on Mott Street in the heart of Manhattan's Chinatown and walking up a flight of stairs, you enter a single long dining room and are seated at individual tables, better for dates or ...
• How to 'write what you know' _{2013-01-02, 04:01 pm}
  ... ter at The Detroit News and covered education and the suburbs at The Milwaukee Journal. Toy grew up in New York's Chinatown where her children attend the same Mott Street Chinese school she did as a child.
• What to Expect in New York in 2013 _{2012-12-29, 10:48 pm}
  If the phrase "annus horribilis" had not already worked its way into the language - thank you, Queen Elizabeth II - some New Yorker thinking deep, year-end thoughts would surely have coined it for 2012.
• Premium Rush' brings adrenaline charge to Blu-ray viewing _{2012-12-28, 08:06 pm}
  ... deadly crashes. "I wanted to make a New York map movie and see someone go from 116th and Broadway down to Chinatown in real time from start to finish," Koepp says during one of the two high-def featurettes. The underlying storyline is the delivery ...
• Joe Satran: Chinese Restaurant Menus Are Too Damn Long _{2012-12-28, 05:22 pm}
  In America, Chinese food has never gotten the kind of adulation than it routinely gets today.
• Best of the Rest: A Cheeky Look Back at Broadway in 2012 _{2012-12-28, 10:01 am}
  ... bash with food stations representing the many neighborhoods in NYC. Partygoers got a taste of Little Italy, Chinatown and Washington Heights - too bad we are still haunted by the caloric load. Hipster Award: The Tony-winning musical Once could have ...
• Katie Holmes returns to Broadway after a quiet Christmas 'without daughter Suri' _{2012-12-26, 07:54 pm}
  Back to work: A smiling Katie Holmes returned to work on Wednesday after spending a quiet Christmas without daughter Suri Tom revealed on December 10 that he would be spending Christmas Day with Suri, six, and his older children Bella, 20, Connor, 17.
• Tom Cruise 'spotted dirty dancing with pretty brunette at New York night club' _{2012-12-26, 03:49 pm}
  Cruise is said to be 'enamoured' with a 26-year-old New York restaurant manager after a date night of drinking and dancing at a French-themed night club in Chinatown, NY.
• Tom Cruise does sexy dancing with 26 brunette, dying of cancer or footloose? _{2012-12-26, 02:03 pm}
  ... smitten. It was obvious. He's enamored with this woman." NY Post Page Six focused on the normalcy of Tom's Chinatown visit on Dec. 19, where there were no reports of Cynthia Jorge attendance. Cruise went to Andres Araiva's Le Baron, and hung out ...
• Pinstripe Bowl Recommendations: So You're In The Bronx _{2012-12-26, 11:56 am}
  Hoya Suxa and Aaron Goldfarb, two of New York City's taxpaying residents, give you the goods on The Bronx.
• The Chinese cook who saved my dad's restaurant _{2012-12-24, 05:02 pm}
  My seventh birthday occurred less than a month after that terrible Thursday in late October 1929 when the stock market crashed and the world changed so much.