Pictures from Under the Boardwalk at Coney Island (Nathan Kensinger Photography) Luckily, there are still forgotten areas further down the boardwalk, stretches of quiet land that are home to tunnel lairs, foxholes, abandoned building entrances, discarded sharks, guard-doves, love nests and campsites.
No. 7 subway stop will be called Mets/Willets Point, not Citi Field (NY Times) Officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had once hoped that a bit of Citigroup’s $400 million endorsement pact with the Mets might trickle down their way, through a naming rights deal of their own for the station. But those hopes evaporated with the bank’s near-collapse and the Mets’ refusal to share the wealth.
“Dreamgirls” to play Apollo Theater Nov. 7 through Dec. 5 (Playbill) The newly conceived national tour of the Tony-nominated Motown musical Dreamgirls has announced dates for its premiere engagement at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
My Favorite Bay Ridge Block (Forgotten NY) Growing up in the neighborhood I was always fascinated by side street storefronts; they encrusted the side streets next to the main drags like 86th Street or 5th Avenue like barnacles on ship bottoms. The “Your Size Shop” was there on 74th when I first moved nearby; its ghost can still be seen.
How the Waldorf=Astoria Came To Be (Manhattan User’s Guide) In the 1890s, Mrs. William Astor was the doyenne of New York society. Her nephew, William Waldorf Astor, couldn’t stand her. He owned the property that was adjacent to hers – essentially her back yard – and that gave him an idea. Build a hotel, they will come, and auntie will go.
U.N.’s “Guernica” tapestry loaned to Whitechapel Art Gallery for a year (NY Times) After 24 years on display just outside the Security Council Chamber at the United Nations, a 1955 tapestry version of Picasso’s 1937 antiwar painting “Guernica” was pulled down on Wednesday and flown to London.
