Category: Manhattan

One Year Later: Superstorm Sandy and Stuff

Time flies.  Here are some of our posts from the results of Superstorm Sandy:

The eve of Sandy (with more presidential campaign and Star Trek anniversary coverage than anything else – and a little sports and a reminder of how Gangnam Style captured our imagination.

Some of FC’s photos of the local gas station, the lines for supplies, and the return of the subway.

The days after…

WNYC has special series on Life After Sandy.

Oh, and according to Time Out NY, MTA is going to be nice to mass transit riders on the anniversary of Sandy; free rides for riders on the A and R? Cool!

I’m not sure of the full effects, because in so many ways, we’re still feeling it (R and G subway tunnels’ repairs are ongoing, as far as NYC goes, and I shake my head about South Street Seaport, since change is change, when the storm just made the change go faster; and the effects on public housing is horrid, because these were buildings that didn’t get nearly enough help before Sandy in the first place).  Infrastructure investments and many other implications are not stuff we’re facing, but then again, are expectations too high, too low, too whatever?

 

Taking a Pause to Remember and Reflect

As we have done previously:

Try to remember the kind of September

When life was slow and oh, so mellow.

Try to remember the kind of September

When grass was green and grain was yellow.

-“Try to Remember,” from The Fantasticks.

Another photo I had taken a couple of years ago (maybe last year or two ago?).

 

(I took the photo above at the Brooklyn Promenade, a couple of years ago.  That framed picture is still there, do check it out if you’re in the neighborhood. — ssw15).

 

 

(cross-posted at sswslitinmotion.tumblr.com)

February 2013 and Time Passing

Because this is triscribe and we are New Yorkers:

The passing of Mayor Ed Koch. See here for the NY Times obituary. The news was a sad one to hear on 1010 WINS first thing in the morning, and the realization that the quintessential New Yorker – even if you disagreed with him – is no longer physically among us.  The mayor of our youth and the road to the New York City that we know now.  Koch would be remembered for his “How’m I doing?” and his legacy – while complicated (since history is never easy) – cannot be ignored.

I’d read Koch’s movie reviews once in awhile; this NY Times item shared a couple of his hilarious reviews.  And, Koch’s curiously amusing and fascinating post-humus video interview with the NY Times, released after he died per his request, done in 2007 and how he wanted to be remembered.  He was Hizzoner.  (apologies to the NY Times, with its nice editorial and all, but I remembered reading about Koch in the hometown paper of the tabloidy Daily News).

An interesting overview and clips from Metro Focus on Channel 13 on Koch.  I couldn’t help but like the photo of Koch in front of the city landscape – with the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in the background – the past and time passing.  Different times!