August 11, 2008
More NY: Slavic E. Village, fire code holes, slow tourists
At Lincoln Center’s windows, Saturday. By Amy Langfield/NewYorkology
Do-it-yourself East Village Slavic walking tour (Slavs of NY)
One of the most important blocks for our purposes is Second Avenue between St. Mark’s Place and 9th Street. On the northeast corner you’ll find the popular Ukrainian diner Veselka Restaurant (144 Second Avenue), and right next door is the Ukrainian National Home (142 Second Avenue). Though there are no windows, the food inside is top notch. Also in the building are the Karpaty Pub, and Lys Mykyta bar.
U.N. Grand Central, other fed and state buildngs should no longer be exempt from city fire codes - official (NY1)
“The one thing we’ve learned through the crane collapses, the Deutsche Bank fire, and 9/11, is that we are one city. And we need to have one building code standard,” said (manhattan Borough President Scott) Stringer. “Right now, some buildings are super inspected and super safe and other buildings aren’t. And we have to realize that and we have to deal with it.”
Security sweeps, slow tourists causing Staten Island Ferry’s on-time rate to slip to 91.2 pct (Staten Island Advance)
And the slowpoke tourists who either don’t understand the incessant “all ashore” messages, or are too relaxed in vacation mode to care, take their time getting off the boat and boarding again, adding to the delay. Despite the crew’s efforts to politely speed up their exit off the boat, tourists will walk at a snail’s pace, or decide at the last minute to take a boat’s elevator to a different level, DeSimone said. Every single minute that a ferry is delayed has a cumulative effect on the schedule.
Beginner’s Guide to Chinatown (Gridskipper)
Chinatown is open late, and it’s easy on the wallet. Best of all, it’s one of the last neighborhoods in the city that hasn’t been completely gentrified and overrun by “hipster” hordes living off of the monthly checks their parents send from the suburbs.
Empire State Building construction crews accidentally clip elevator power (WCBS)
The tight stuffy space inside the elevator felt, the couple said, like the four walls were closing in. There was a phone inside the elevator but it didn’t work. Instead of photographing city panoramas, the couple took shots of the close quarters they called home during their ordeal.
Queens’ “Iron Triangle” - the neighborhood the city hates (Forgotten NY)
While the southern tip of the Triangle is walkable, the more you move up north along Willets Point Boulevard, the harder it gets. Sidewalks, public lighting and proper garbage pickup are nonexistent. In times of heavy rain, the lack of public sewers makes flooding unavoidable.
August 11, 2008 9:05 AM in Etceterology
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