April 28, 2008
More NY: A Voce, Arbus, Pelham 1/2/3, Gravesend
NYC cab TV screens are now offering restaurant reviews -- and Russian-language business news. Picture by Christopher Langfield.
A Voce expanding into Time Warner Center (NY Times)
A Voce, the restaurant that has been a showcase for Andrew Carmellini’s refined Italian food for the past two years, will be getting a twin. The second A Voce will take over the space on the third floor of the Time Warner Center that is now occupied by Cafe Gray. Mr. Carmellini may come along for the ride. Then again, he may not.
"Taking of Pelham 1/2/3" on location in Brooklyn (Gothamist)
Following an announcement last September of the film getting the remake treatment, The Taking of Pelham 123 started scouting NYC nooks and crannies to film in. Now shooting has commenced, and today Denzel Washington & Co. can be found in DUMBO.
Arbus gallery of "Hubert's Freaks" in Times Square (Boing Boing)
Hubert's Museum was a Times Square dime museum open from the mid-1920s until 1965. This cabinet of curiosities was an icon of sideshow culture, featuring a flea circus, sword swallowers, contortionists, and other fabulous freaks. During its later years, the museum was frequented by my favorite photographer, Diane Arbus.
Detailed walking tour of Gravesend (Forgotten NY)
The original town of Gravesend was first settled in 1643, making it not only the oldest settlement in Brooklyn, but the oldest in Long Island, and the original town's square shape has never been compromised as Brooklyn grew up around it. Dutch provincial governor of New Netherland William Kieft donated a small tract of land in what became Gravesend to a British immigrant, Lady Deborah Moody, and her son, Sir Henry, in 1643. Amazingly the square town plan of Gravesend has survived the imposition of Brooklyn's street grid surrounding it, much as Jersey City's Bergen Square has.
Developer seeks Hard Rock Hotel for Aqueduct Race Track (Crain's)
Under its proposal, SL Green would install, 4500 video lottery terminals at Aqueduct, and build a Hard Rock hotel, as well as other retail and outlet stores
WTC dust settled, not by a long shot (Manhattan User's Guide)
Earlier this week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit against Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA administrator, whose pronouncements after the September 11th attacks misled both workers on the pile and nearby residents on the crucial subject of air quality safety. As a result, thousands have become gravely ill and some have died. Did we say misled? We meant lied. She lied to the city.
April 28, 2008 4:56 PM in Etceterology
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