August 28, 2008
More NY: mandatory patriotism; final Chelsea flea flees
Coney and Staten islands from a Delta flight departing JFK. By Martin Langfield/NewYorkology
Yankee Stadium cops eject man for trying to head to restroom during 7th Inning Stretch (WCBS)
Campeau-Laurion says he didn’t know theYankees had a rule restricting movement in the stands during the playing of God Bless America. The rule is enforced by ushers, stadium security and the NYPD. The New York Civil Liberties Union says, however, that New York’s finest crossed the line.
Last Chelsea flea market, Antiques Garage, priced out of neighborhood (Crain’s)
Blaming soaring rents, the antique market on November 30 will migrate from its current West 25th Street location between 6th and 7th avenues—a former parking garage—to the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market, on West 39th Street between 9th and 10th avenues.
Warning to cyclists biking to U.S. Open (Urbanite)
Apparently fearing for plastic explosives stuffed into the tubes of bicycles, U.S. Open officials are working with NYC Parks Department in Flushing Meadows to remove all bikes locked in the vicinity of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Brooklyn Heights Assoc. wants Eliasson four “Waterfalls” turned off early (Brooklyn Paper)
Project organizers said this week that they are trying to fix the problem. Every morning, arborists from the Parks Department now rinse the trees and leaves along the Promenade and in the River Café’s garden with fresh water and flush salt from the soil.
Rufus Wainwright passes in Met Opera commission because he wants French libretto, not English (New York Times)
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Mr. Wainwright said another stumbling block was the date of a potential production at the opera house. The earliest the Met could offer, he said, was in 2014. “They work on that sort of scale; I wanted to get it out as soon as possible,” he said, adding wryly, “because I’m an impatient pop star.”
On sale: Pres. Clinton sits down with The Economist (92Y Blog)
Join former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Matthew Bishop of The Economist as they discuss “The Business of Giving in the 21st Century” at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday, September 28 at 8pm
August 28, 2008 4:18 PM in Etceterology
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