MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE: Bryant Park’s Public Bathrooms
When I read that the public restrooms in Bryant Park were voted “Best in the Nation” in 2002 by CitySearch, I was intrigued. How nice
November 3, 2009
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MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE: Canoeing the Gowanus Canal
One evening not long ago, I decided to take advantage of the free canoe rides offered by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club and treat myself
October 6, 2009
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SOUND & TASTE: Shaved-Ice Carts
Though Marino’s Italian Ice carts are perhaps the most ubiquitous New York summertime sidewalk sight, I can never help feeling that some essence of refreshment
September 1, 2009
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SIGHT: Staten Island’s Secret Rock Sculptures
Before I made the trek all the way to the southeast shore of Staten Island, I had verified the rumors I’d heard of Doug Schwartz’s
August 4, 2009
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SMELL: Bushwick’s Tortilla Triangle
When I first heard about the Tortilla Triangle, a confluence of tortilla factories in Bushwick, Brooklyn, I imagined it would greet me with a cloud
July 7, 2009
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SIGHT: Manhattanhenge
“Papa, what’s staring?” asked the little girl perched on her father’s shoulders, looking out over the crowd of heads and cameras beneath her. Apparently she
June 2, 2009
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MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE: Thursday-night bow-hunting league at Queens Archery
Find this inconspicuous garage on a suburban street in Flushing, surrounded by row houses with chain-link fences and gardens, and rent a bow, arrows, and
May 5, 2009
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TASTE: Coffee-cart breakfast
Why, I had always wondered, would New Yorkers choose to buy their morning coffee and bagel from a sidewalk cart? The streets of every borough
April 7, 2009
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SMELL: The scent of vanilla by the Gowanus Canal
It’s true that most people don’t walk down Third Avenue in Brooklyn, near the fetid mouth of the Gowanus Canal, and under the dripping shadow
March 3, 2009
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