An abnormal snowstorm that whirled through the city this weekend could be responsible for the death of up to 1,000 trees in Central Park, as well as injuring hundreds of acres. Although only a few inches fell, many of the trees still had their leaves and the limbs just couldn’t handle the weight. Read more »
Lewis Carrol’s hallucinogenic Alice in Wonderland is getting a 21st century makeover in Author Susan Crimp’s Alice in NYC Wonderland – The Text Generation. The Kindle-only release updates the famous saga, but this time it’s a descendent of Alice from the Bronx who falls asleep and wakes up near the E. 75th St. statue of Alice. Read more »
Jason Schneider might be the hardest working unemployed person in New York, and he’s been more successful than your average person on the street. The amateur comedian can be found in Central Park carrying a large sign advertising “$1 Jokes,” but with the caveat that “humor is guaranteed.” Read more »
An expensive overhaul of Central Park’s iconic Cherry Hill was just approved to uproot the plaza’s concentric circles of asphalt and raisedred brick and make it all flat and gray, ahem, sorry, “mimic the plaza’s original gravel surface.” Here come the food trucks, ahem, sorry, “Victorian-era themed food carts.” It might end up looking like a parking lot, but, it will “have better lake views.” Progress?
That’s what a New York Times reporter seems to suggest in a bizarre article about the “guilty pleasure” of driving a car through Central Park. Several drivers who were interviewed agreed and said it’s a lot nicer than the chaos found on city streets. No shit! It’s a park! Does that mean we should lay down some asphalt along the beachfront at Coney Island or set up a HOV lane in the wetlands surrounding Jamaica Bay? It’s too bad we didn’t have rainforests in NYC, just imagine how fun those would be to motor through.
“[I]t would not make that big a difference,” said Mayor Bloomberg at a press conference yesterday in response to a question about banning cars in Central Park. Except if you’re a cyclist, pedestrian, faggy rollerblader or parent with a stroller, competing with vehicular traffic as it zooms by, tires screeching, while hoping not to veer six inches out of the unprotected lane non-drivers are squashed into.
Traditionally, when the NYPD does something wrong involving bikes, they either ratchet things up even further and make the situation way worse or they dig-in, but rarely do they say sorry. Surprise, surprise. Gothamist reports that the officers who WRONGLY ticketed cyclists in Central Park for allegedly speeding after clocking them going a little over 15 mph, personally apologized to 9 out of the 10 riders. Read more »
The snow just can’t get enough of NYC this year and even though it’s late March, decided to sprinkle Central Park with a light coat of white as one final bitch slap after a full winter beat down. (Photo: @isardasorensen/twitpic)
This anti-cycling madness is starting to swerve way the hell out of control. At this point, I don’t give a shit what the New York Post, Daily News, and now, New York magazine writes about the bike lanes, it’s the actions of the police in Central Park that really disturbs me. And I’m not just talking about their red light idiocy. Read more »
In case you didn’t notice yet, the New York Post really hates bikes, almost to a comical degree. Today, the paper gleefully reports on the NYPD ticketing cyclists who “recklessly blow through red lights in Central Park” on their “sporty bikes that sell for up to $10,000.” Damn those dangerous rich people! Read more »
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