Hike up your socks, Brooklyn, tie your booties good and tight, and throw on your most ironic T. It’s a Sunday night in October in Williamsburg Brooklyn’s McCarren Park and only the best of Brooklyn Kickball League’s teams are still in the running for the much coveted Chuck D cup and the title (among lesser [...]
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Art Works Reflect on the History of New York Farmer’s Markets and Celebrate the Future
Now on display at the Fulton Market Building, where local fishermen once stacked and iced their daily catch, are several new works by local artists. Although it has been reinvented since its original opening nearly two centuries ago, the bustling indoor market is still packed with farmed goods and gourmet food stands each Sunday. But [...]
NabeWise Explores Jackson Heights, Queens.
At NabeWise we can’t think of a better way to get the feel for neighborhoods than to simply walk around for a few hours, taking in the sights, smells and sounds. So a few days ago we went exploring in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Hester Street Fair: LES Throw Back Reinvented
The Lower East Side of New York is one of the oldest and most historically rich neighborhoods in New York. Hardworking immigrant families from all over Europe made their homes here more than a century ago. And while it is now a predominantly Latino community, with gentrification paving the way for a new, young crowd, [...]
The West Village’s “West Beth” Houses Artists and Celebrates Their Work
Once known as “Little Bohemia,” the West Village maintains its century-old reputation, attracting creative types to the leafy, twisting residential streets. The High Line Park now connects this nabe to the galleries and boutiques of Chelsea and Meat Packing, making it even more desirable as an arts hub. Of course rent isn’t cheap here, but [...]
Deconstructing The New York Brownstone
The gals of “Sex and the City” may be trendsetters in fashion, but when it comes to brownstone living, the Huxtables were there first. Bill Cosby and his television family lived in a classic Brooklyn brownstone long before Carrie Bradshaw nabbed her apartment on the Upper East Side. But while both “The Cosby Show” and [...]
The High Line: An Urban Sky Park Manifests and Unites the Nabes Below
A friend pointed out to me that New York, the most vertical city in the world, is taking its next big step in moving more of our life to the sky. What does this mean for New York communities? Perhaps the High Line Park, a new vein of transport and recreation alive with culture and [...]
The World’s Graffiti Mecca is Just Across the East River
If you’ve taken the 7 train to Queens then you’ve seen the dizzying graffiti collage at 5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center, the largest legal, curated tag spot in New York City. Artists from all over the world travel to Long Island City to exhibit their skills on the 20o,000-square-foot factory complex. Inside, Crane Studios offers [...]
Naked Men Make Busy Flatiron Folks Raise Their Gaze
Look up! There’s still time to see the nudes perched on parapets and ledges of skyscrapers around Madison Square Park, some as high as the 57th story. British sculptor Anthony Gormley’s “Event Horizon” is the first project presented by Madison Square Park Conservancy that spreads out into the bustling, business-oriented Flatiron neighborhood. Originally on display [...]
On the Move: Brooklyn Heights walk-up to a spanking-new Williamsburg studio
Thirty-three year old programmer Paul Dix does a little bit of everything around his mastery of Ruby on Rails: he’s a coveted speaker on the subject, a soon-to-be-published author, and he’s most-recently founded a company built on the programming language. However, his computer background alone could not help him move from his 4th-floor walk-up in [...]
