| David McCullough talks up 'The Great Bridge' |
| Walking briskly across the Brooklyn Bridge, smiling under a splendid morning sky, David McCullough is in the mood for telling stories, like the time he had a chat with James Cagney. |
| 05/18/2012 |
| New Brooklyn Nets logo launched, now with black and white color scheme (Video) |
| The new Brooklyn Nets logo has been launched on Monday, April 30, 2012, as shown in the video below, along with t-shirts, hats, and other related items, with the team now sporting a black-and-white color scheme. New Brooklyn Nets logo Image Credit: Brooklyn Nets As noted on their official website that day, Brooklyn Nets held [...] |
| 05/01/2012 |
| Movies Now Showing, 5/25/2012 |
| Some reviews originate at newspapers that do not award star ratings; some movies are not screened in advance for critics. |
| 05/25/2012 |
| Small shops boost local nabes |
| Since Stephen Neagus opened Camp Bow Wow, a 10-employee dog day care and boarding facility in Long Island City, Queens, three and a half years ago, he's been happy to see more potential customers settling into his up-and-coming neighborhood. “It's more expensive to rent or buy here,” he noted. “It's also a younger crowd, lots of families. This neighborhood is very fond of their mom-and-pop shops ... |
| 04/29/2012 |
| A Quiet War on Landmarks, or Fixing the Problems with the Preservation Commission? |
| Stamp of approval, or trouble? Leo Reynolds/ Flickr Is the city’s Landmarks Law broken? To the uninitiated, that would have been the likely conclusion from a hearing held at the City Council today. Eleven different pieces of legislation addressing myriad issues at the commission were debated. Nearly half of the council’s 59 member made an appearance, grilling officials from the Landmarks ... |
| 05/03/2012 |
| From superheroes to doughboys |
| In the early part of the 20th century the first American cartoonists were the superstars of their times. Their work was received by an adoring audience, they earned lucrative contracts and toured the country to give chalk talks to a welcoming public. Richard Felton Outcault’s "Yellow Kid," Bud Fisher’s "Mutt and Jeff," Rudolph Dirks’s "Katzenjammer Kids," Winsor McCay’s "Little Nemo," George ... |
| 05/02/2012 |
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