New York City, then and now

... on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Photo: Weegee, Mark Lennihan, AP This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

http://ift.tt/19qEbSX

BWW Reviews: Benanti, Hough and Wolpe Tour the City in Radio City...

Back in the day, Broadway musicals like A Trip To Chinatown , Greenwich Village Follies and numerous Harlem-set revues offered mid-town theatregoers a bit of a guided tour through outer reaches of Manhattan. The spirit of those shows is alive and kicking in Radio City Music Hall's New York Spring Spectacular , where director/choreographer Warren Carlyle uses bookwriter Joshua Harmon 's light narrative as an excuse to recreate on stage some of New York's great attractions, most of them serving as inspiration for the legendary Rockettes to make an appearance.

http://ift.tt/19yD6Iv

Amy Scherzer's Diary: Weekly wrap-up of the Tampa social scene

Lisa DeBartolo and Don Miggs sheltered Joshua House Foundation's annual Circle of Friends dinner at their Palma Ceia home to help the shelter continue caring for the neglected and abused children under its roof. No roof covered the Marrakesh Express party March 20, served alfresco by Mise en Place with vivid decor donated by K-4 Productions.

http://ift.tt/1IA1t5g

'The Weegee Guide to New York' shows mid-20th century city

... walking down the same staircase on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

http://ift.tt/1FLDRMv

The changing face of New York: Previously unseen images by...

Pictures by crime photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, show life in New York in the 1940s and 50s These stunning images show the bustling heart of New York in the middle of the 20th century - and how times have changed in the city. Pictures taken in the 1940s and 1950s by legendary crime photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, are shown alongside shots of the same areas captured this month.

http://ift.tt/1GrUWu3

'The Weegee Guide to New York' shows mid-20th century city

... Weegee/The International Center of Photography, Mark Lennihan) This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

http://ift.tt/1E4DCM9

An Island is an Island

... Vinalhaven include that island's Tribeca and our Skin Hill, Greenwich Village vs. Dogtown, SoHo there/NoBo here, Chinatown and Pequot, the Upper East Side and the Sands, their Bowery and our Bowery, Little Italy and East Boston, Midtown and ...

http://ift.tt/1FLqH2b

'The Weegee Guide to New York' shows mid-20th century city

... on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Photo: Weegee, Mark Lennihan, AP This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

http://ift.tt/1E41Ypg

'The Weegee Guide to New York' shows mid-20th century city

... the New Victory, which specializes in children's entertainment. This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

http://ift.tt/1Ncjfhm

A Helluva Show

... Natural History. Yet, for their bike ride through Central Park, the sailors rent Citibikes. And between shots of Chinatown and a carriage ride through the park, they visit the Apple Store on 59th Street and Fifth Avenue. If anything, the city looks ...

http://ift.tt/1xzNVpo

Patricia Silvestri, 70

Patricia Marie Silvestri, 70, of Randall Manor, a former New York City public school teacher who worked as a bookkeeper at a Manhattan restaurant, died Sunday at home after suffering complications from long-term Multiple Sclerosis. Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Silvestri graduated from Erasmus High School and spent two years at New Paultz College in New Paultz, N.Y. She graduated from Fordham University of the Bronx with a bachelor's degree, and later earned a Masters Degree in Guidance and Counseling on scholarship.

http://ift.tt/1Osb2Y5

Chinatown Breaks Ground on Massive Gourmet Food Emporium

When it comes to food, Chinatown is a wonderland of bakeries, seafood restaurants, Dim sum houses, and tea shops, but now it's about to break ground on what the Chronicle is calling "the most ambitious culinary development project the neighborhood has seen in 30 years." It's a 20,000-square-foot, $15 million gourmet food emporium called China Live, which will open at 644 Broadway.

http://ift.tt/1x9pUFf

Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsubishi Estate among foreign developers grabbing major N.Y. deals

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Mitsubishi Estate Co. and a handful of other foreign developers are taking stakes in major real estate projects such as high-rises and commercial properties in New York as the U.S. economy recovers.

http://ift.tt/1I50Joq

Why Do the Irish Have Virtually No Presence in Los Angeles?

Starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Los Angeles will be Irish for a day. The rest of the year, not so much.

http://ift.tt/1GMJCGD

Navigating the Chinatown Menu of the Future at Flaming Kitchen

For years one of my favorite restaurants in Chinatown was Full House. It occupied the ground floor of a new elevator building on the Bowery just north of Hester Street.

http://ift.tt/1B0WdRQ

New films remember video avant-garde of the 1970s

Husband-and-wife documentary producers Alan and Susan Raymond made their first big splash on PBS in 1973 with the cinema-veritA series An American Family . But they say The Police Tapes, their 90-minute video -veritA doc about a South Bronx police precinct, is what really put them on the map.

http://ift.tt/1wlUviq

MAP: What Cuisine is Uniquely Popular in Your Neighborhood?

That may sound strange, but online food review site Yelp swears it's true. Yelp crunched numbers on the city's eateries and cuisines and came up with data showing which foods are more popular in each neighborhood than they are citywide.

http://ift.tt/1Ki8DQ9

New Yorkers spend nearly 60 per cent of income on rent: Study

... neighbourhoods the rent-to-income ratio is predicted to be even higher: a staggering 107 per cent in Manhattan's Chinatown with a median rent of US$2,485 and 86 per cent in Williamsburg, the uber cool part of Brooklyn with spectacular views across ...

http://ift.tt/1vZ9heI