Central Park isn’t famous for statues. It’s one of those things that you don’t think about…but try to think of a famous statue in Central Park and you’re hard-pressed to come up with some. The exception is probably Balto. I don’t know why, but I spent my youth in complete ignorance of Balto and only [...]
Archive for January 2008
Balto in Central Park
January 31, 2008Open Road Park in Alphabet City
January 30, 2008I’ve been going through Alphabet City recently. In other posts, I’ll describe it a little better, but it’s part of the East Village. I’ve recently been informed that the old timers reject the “East Village” appellation and prefer to remember it as the Lower East Side (which generally is used nowadays as the same general [...]
The Site of Richard Adan’s Murder
January 29, 2008I know virtually nothing about who Richard Adan was other than an aspiring actor and a waiter at a small restaurant called the Binibon. I remember hearing about the circumstances of his murder back in July 1981 and the huge uproar regarding his death. I lead this section talking about him simply as a matter [...]
BET Protest
January 28, 2008I was on 65th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington when I started hearing chanting. Intrigued, I sought out the source and discovered a small group of protestors walking in a tight circle in front of one of the townhouses, just using some open parking spaces and not blocking traffic. They were orderly and not [...]
Gaza Protest on 42nd Street
January 27, 2008On Saturday, I was walking home with my lunch when I saw police barricades set up near the corner of 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue. The Israeli mission to the United Nations is in the area and there are frequent protests directed toward them. I suspected that this was true again, and was proved correct moments [...]
