Monthly Archives: January, 2016
The Top 100 Greatest New Yorkers — #98
Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) More than half a century after his death, the spot where Malcolm X was assassinated, at the Audubon Ballroom on 165th Street & Broadway in Harlem, still bears a marker and is the object of many a pilgrimage. The man who first came to Harlem at age 17, waiting tables …
The Top 100 Greatest New Yorkers — #99
Lucky Luciano (1897 – 1962) Of the many dark yet prevalent aspects of New York City culture, none has sparked more fascination, scholarship, or mythology than organized crime. And, to the degree that we can credit a single individual with creating mob culture as we think of it today, the father of the New York …
The Top 100 Greatest New Yorkers — #100
A city’s people make the city what it is. And, often, the people’s city makes the people what they are. Whether a person is lucky enough to be born in New York or smart enough to move here and lay down roots, his or her life is almost always changed forever by the experience of …
ANSWER:
The Museum of Modern Art Congratulations to Lynda Kennedy for getting the correct answer first!
It Happened Today in New York City
On January 27, 1991, the New York Giants won their second Super Bowl championship. They would go on to win two more in as many decades, for a total of four so far. Under the leadership of Coach Bill Parcells, the Giants beat the Buffalo Bills 20 – 19 in what is to date the …
QUESTION:
This 1892 public school building in Queens now serves as the Long Island City branch of what cultural institution?
Tu B’Shevat
On this day, observant Jews celebrate the “New Year for Trees” and some plant trees to mark the occasion. The more delicious means of celebration is the eating of fruit, particularly those fruits noted in the Bible as being the bounty of the Holy Land: grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates. Also traditional are bulgar …
Quotable NYC
“New York is the place you come to when you don’t belong anywhere else.” — Cynthia Ceilan
New York Is… Nostalgia
The saying goes that, whether you’ve lived here all your life or you just moved here last year, you first become a true New Yorker the first time you walk down the street, point to a building, and say to your companion “That used to be…” New Yorkers are always pining for the city of …
Quotable NYC
“Ah! Some love Paris, and some love Perdue. But love is an archer with a low IQ. A bold, bad bowman, and innocent of pity. So I’m in love with New York City.” — Phyllis McGinley
Beautiful New York 
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