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Lego repairs come to NY Public Libray, Central Park
It looks like artist Jan Vormann has had a busy trip to New York City.
A few weekends ago, NewYorkology spotted his Lego fill-in work at the wall of Chelsea’s General Theological Seminary, but apparently he was also hard at work in the West Village, Central Park, Times Square, Dumbo and other locations around Manhattan and Brooklyn. Even the New York Public Library needed a little work done.
Vormann’s website has a new section, DispatchWork -New York, filled with pictures of the work.
“In cooperation with the Gallery Jarmuschek+Partner and the kind support of Henk Holzheimer (LEGO Graffity Styles Convention), I went to New York City, as part of the VOLTA artshow, to support Mayor Bloomberg in his everyday-struggle to make this city even more amazing,” Vormann says on the website.
Previously his DispatchWork Lego installations have popped up in Berlin, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Quito, Belgrade and other cities.
Update on March 9: “I am now back in Berlin, but I loved it in New York,” Vormann said in an e-mail to NewYorkology late Monday. Also, a story in today’s New York Post notes that almost all of the Lego installations have already been removed.
Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
(Editor’s note: Credit goes to 14-year-old Christopher Langfield who first spotted the Chelsea Legos on Feb. 21 and said it looked like the work of a European artist he’d read about.)
Earlier: Guggenheim Museum for sale, by Lego
March 8, 2010 9:48 AM Comments (1)
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Limited morning cab share program starts in Manhattan
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission today launched a limited share-a-cab experiment along three designated routes in Manhattan that will operate weekday mornings from 6 to 10 a.m.
The first three routes are in Midtown, the Upper East Side and Upper West Side only.
The shared-ride fares are $3 or $4 per passenger (depending on the route) and can be paid in cash or by credit card. Passengers may only enter at one of three Group Ride taxi stand locations and then may be dropped off along the routes, which all end at Grand Central Terminal. The yellow cabs may not pick up additional passengers along the route and may not go to any other destination, according to the TLC’s taxi share passenger info card (in pdf).
The location and fares for the three Group Ride stands:
West 57th Street at 8th Avenue - Fare: $3
West 72nd Street at Columbus Avenue - Fare: $4
East 72nd Street at 3rd Avenue - Fare: $4
“It’s both a transportation and a social experiment,” TLC Commisioner Matthew Daus told NY1 this morning.”But it worked in the 2005 transit strike — people loved it. Mayor Bloomberg wanted us to try it as a pilot, or an experiment around the city so we’re starting with the three stands and we’ll see how it goes from there.”
Three more taxi stand locations have been approved for Manhattan plus one for US Air and Marine Air Terminals of LaGuardia Airport, the TLC announced in February (pdf).
Other stand locations planned for Manhattan:
Grand Central Terminal to 59th Street at 6th Avenue - $3
Penn Station to 59th Street at 6th Avenue - $4
Port Authority Bus Terminal to 59th Street at 6th Avenue - $3
Technically, tipping is optional and in addition to the flat-rate fare.
Image source: NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.
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March 3, 2010 8:09 AM Comments (2)
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'South Pacific' revival to close on Broadway on Aug. 22
 The Tony-award winning revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” will close Aug. 22, Lincoln Center Theater announced this week.
By the time it closes, “South Pacific” will have played 37 previews and 1,000 regular performances. At the 2008 Tony Awards, “South Pacific” took home seven statues, including best revival, Paulo Szot as best leading actor in a musical, Bartlett Sher as best direction of a musical, and best costumes and scenic design.
The original stars of the musical — Szot and Kelli O’Hara — are no longer in the production. The current stars are David Pittsinger and Laura Osnes (who got her start on Broadway via the “grease” reality casting shoe show “You’re the One That I Want.”
“South Pacific” plays at Lincoln Center’s Theater-Vivian Beaumont, located at 150 W. 65th St., map. Tickets are priced from $75 to $125. Student rush tickets may be available for $20. Lincoln Center’s new David Rubenstein Atrium also offers day-of discounts to many productions.
Image source: Lincoln Center Theater
Earlier: ‘In the Heights,’ ‘August’ ‘South Pacific’ win big at Tonys
First Broadway ‘South Pacific’ revival set for 2007-08
February 20, 2010 12:15 PM Comments (0)
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Cirque du Soleil open house Feb. 10 at Beacon Theatre
 Cirque du Soleil will open its doors for a free open house Feb. 10 at the Beacon Theatre as the company prepares to open its new “Banana Shpeel” show.
The open house — scheduled from from 4:30 to 7 p.m. — promises a “sneak peek at the creative process, meet and greet opportunities with artists, and tastings from surrounding restaurants and bakeries.”
The event is free, a Cirque spokesperson told NewYorkology.
The Beacon Theatre is located at 2124 Broadway between 74th and 75th streets.
“Banana Shpeel” will play at the Beacon from Feb. 25 through May 30.
Image source: Cirque du Soleil.
February 4, 2010 1:15 PM Comments (0)
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Geek drinks: Valentine's 101 at Hayden Planetarium
 The American Museum of Natural History on Wednesday will bring the birds and the bees to its monthly geek drinks cocktail event.
The theme for February’s after-hours SciCafe event is “Valentine’s Day 101: Why Humans Have Sex.” Evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss will be on hand to discuss why sex is used for more than just reproduction and pleasure.
The free event is held in the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. There’s a cash bar and entry is over-21 only. Doors open at 7 p.m.
SciCafe started in October and is held the first Wednesday of each month.
February 1, 2010 11:23 AM Comments (0)
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Free admisison at NY Historical Society for Feb. 13 - 21
 The New-York Historical Society will waive its $12 admission for a full week in February to celebrate Presidents’ Day, the museum announced Tuesday.
The free admission will run from from Saturday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, Feb. 21, thanks to a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
On Presidents’ Day, Monday Feb. 15, the museum will open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to host special events inlcuding Civil War re-enactment troops.
Current exhibitions ot the museum include “Lincoln and New York,” “FDR’s Brain Trust and the Beginning of the New Deal,” “John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy,” and “New York Painting Begins: Eighteenth-Century Portraits.”
The N-Y Historical Society is among the NYC museums that offer free admission hours each week. NYHS offers pay-what-you-wish admission every Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.
The New-York Historical Society is located at 170 Central Park West, just across the street from the American Museum of Natural History.
Picture source: Mathew Brady; Abraham Lincoln, 1860; Carte de visite. Courtesy of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. From the N-YHS “Lincoln and New York” exhibition.
January 13, 2010 8:51 AM Comments (0)
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Restaurant Week: Modern, Le Cirque, Del Posto, Cipriani
Winter Restaurant Week reservations unofficially opened today as the event’s organizer, NYC & Co., posted the list via Twitter.
 Restaurant Week participants inlcude 21 Club, Cafe Boulud, Central Park Boathouose, Cipriani Wall Street, Craftbar, Del Posto, DB Bistro Moderne, Ed’s Chowder House, Esca, Gotham Bar & Grill, Kittichai, Le Cirque, Lupa, Lure, Mercer Kichen, Mesa Grill, The Modern, Morimoto, Nobu, Nougatine at Jean Georges, The Oak Room at The Plaza, Perry St, Petrossian, Red Cat, Riingo, River Cafe, Rock Center Cafe, Russian Tea Room, Sea Grill, Shun Lee, Spice Market, Tabla, Telepan, Tocqueville Restaurant , Tribeca Grill, Water Club, Terrace in the Sky and Water’s Edge.
During Winter Restaurant Week, Jan. 25 through Feb. 7, three-course meals will be sold for $24.07 for lunch and $35 at dinner. The prix-fixe price does not include beverages, tax or tip. It’s suspended on Saturdays and only some restaurants partake on Sundays.
Image source: NYC & Co.
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January 11, 2010 11:11 AM Comments (0)
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Hotel renovations: Trump stays open; Milford closes
Although New York City hotels finally saw a rise of occupancy rates in December, nearly 2,000 rooms were taken off the market near the end of the year for renovations.
The 1,301-room Milford Plaza, located near Times Square on 8th Avenue between 44th and 45th streets, closed Dec. 12 and plans to “reopen in 18-to-21 months, in mid-to-late 2011,” according to the Milford’s website.
The hotel had been tackling renovations in stages and its building had been under scaffolding for over a year. The December closure resulted in 354 layoffs at the hotel, Crain’s reported.
That intersection won’t go hotel-less for long, as construction is progressing on the new InterContinental New York Times Square, set to open with 607 rooms this summer. (The hotel recently started tweeting updates, including the news that reservations are available starting Aug. 1.)
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January 4, 2010 1:55 PM Comments (1)
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NYC museums, restaurants, zoos open New Year's Day
 Although Jan. 1 is a holiday, many museums, restaurants, ice rinks, zoos clubs and other venues remain open on New Year’s Day in New York City. Here’s the list:
Special New Year’s Day events
Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day swim - 1 p.m.
Salute to Vienna World’s Greatest New Year’s Concert! - 2:30 p.m at Lincoln Center
The Poetry Project presents the The 36th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading at St. Mark’s on the Bowery – from 2 p.m.
Free 16th Annual Bowery Poetry Club marathon poetry reading - noon
ESPN Zone’s York’s 3rd Annual Ultimate Couch Potato Competition - 11 a.m.
Museums
Museum of Modern Art - 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Guggenheim Museum - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
American Museum of Natural History - 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
New-York Historical Society - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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December 23, 2009 11:06 AM Comments (0)
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Not quite a blizzard, but NYC gets pre-winter snow day
It wasn’t the hoped-for “snowpocalypse” in New York City, but six to 12 inches fell throughout the five boroughs overnight.
“What seemed to happen is the storm went pretty much to the east, so the further east you were in New York City — Staten Island, parts of Brooklyn, Queens, the Rockaways — that’s where you got the larger snowfall,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a Sunday morning news conference.
Preliminary snow measurements were 10.9 inches in both Central Park and at JFK Airport; and 6.9 inches at LaGuardia, NY1 meteorologist John Davitt reported. Update: Although the snow has stopped, the totals are still being updated. As of noon: 14.2 inches at Kennedy Airport; 9.5 inches in the Bronx; 10.9 inches for Central Park; and 8.8 inches for Queens. Update as of 4 p.m.: 8.8 inches at LaGuardia; 10.9 inches at Central Park; and 14.2 at JFK.
There are 1,500 snow plows and 365 salt spreaders on the streets, Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said during the news conference. All 6,000 miles of city steets should be plowed by the end of the day, the mayor said.
“Monday morning will be slushy and cold and slippery — be careful — but everything we think will be passable,” Bloomberg said.
As of Sunday morning, the current MTA transit alert warns of systemwide delays, and the cancellation of its Nostalgia Train.
It’s a snow day in some city parks — with free hot choclate and sleds from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — at Riverside Park (near 103rd Street;) Prospect Park (near the Tennis House;) Crotona Park (near Fulton and 172nd Street;) Juniper Valley Park (near 78th and Juniper Valley North;) and Clove Lakes Park (near Martling.)
Resources: NYC webcam gallery.
More pictures: Times Square snowball fight
Morning Walk in Washington Square Park
Snowing inside 50th St subway station
Brooklyn snow time-lapse video (via Brooklyn Bugle.)
Picture credit: Snow-covered tugboat Megan McAllister in the Buttermilk Channel. By Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
December 20, 2009 10:01 AM Comments (0)
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