An 80th Birthday Makeover for The Great Gray Bridge
From a favorite college professor long ago I heard that the French Catholic theologian and philosopher Jacques Maritain swore that the sight of the George Washington Bridge and Manhattan, as seen...
View ArticleThe Henry Hudson Bridge–75 Years above the Sputyen Duyvil
As odious a public official as I find Robert Moses to have been, I would vastly prefer someone like him to the visionless so-called leaders we have today. Yes, it's a pity that Moses didn't ultimately...
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Songs about Speeding Arrows & a Disgruntled Cat
The show at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom last Friday featuring The Weakerthans with Rah Rah was special in many ways. Before anything is even said about the music and the performances, consider that it...
View ArticleWhy Did NYC Let Time Run Out on the Old Penn Station?
How did New York ever countenance the demolition of this splendid building? As an urbanite and a train enthusiast, it hurts my heart to view these photos and contemplate what we lost when the old Penn...
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The 99% at the NY Times
Since I'm an optimist, I'll offer a hopeful observation that this labor conflict at the Times ought to make the paper's coverage of the #OWS Movement more respectful and less dismissive, as so much of...
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Men in Trees
Riding my bicycle uptown on Riverside Drive in Manhattan on Wednesday, parallel to the Hudson River at around 119th Street, I was surprised to see a convoy of vans all parked on the sidewalk adjacent...
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A Spring Sailing Around Manhattan
My wife and son and I had been wanting to see New York's five boroughs from the water, so last Friday we took the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan, which does offer views of each borough....
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Being a Good New York Neighbor
I'm pleased to be featured this week in Google's interesting Meet Your Google Neighbor program, which gives denizens of New York City and other locales an opportunity to share their enthusiasms for...
View ArticleA Gorgeous NYC Day
Sunny THURS bike ride in upper Manhattan, heading up the Hudson to the Great Gray Bridge. Placid river, little wind. twitter.com/philipsturner/…— Philip Turner (@philipsturner) May 2, 2013
View ArticleHappy New Year & Fervent Hopes that NYC Will Have a Great 2014
Great to see @deBlasioNYC w/his family in Park Slope minutes after being sworn as Mayor of NYC. New day, new year. pic.twitter.com/SYJZxgWzrC— Philip Turner (@philipsturner) January 1, 2014 Happy New...
View ArticleVideo Trailer for Thomas Kunkel’s new Joseph Mitchell bio, w/Images of NY Harbor
Good 3 min video trailer for Thomas Kunkel's new Joseph Mitchel bio. Great images of NY harbor: http://t.co/ycFwj41KJy — Philip Turner (@philipsturner) May 8, 2015
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