Speaking of the New Gilded Age, Michael Bloomberg sure is the perfect plutocrat/political leader for it: It was only a matter of time — assuming Michael Bloomberg couldn't run out.
This selection from New York Police Chief George Matsell's Vocabulum, or the Rogue’s Lexicon, a collection of criminal slang, is amazing. It's available here in its entirety. Here are some.
Jim Crow worked so well for race, applying its principles to separate the rich and poor makes total sense! A luxury high-rise apartment in Manhattan’s Upper West Side is set.
Major bummer that the Worldport at JFK is going to be demolished. I suppose it was pretty well inevitable given the space considerations at the airport, but it's a pretty.
I'm not sure that giant giveaways of the playgrounds of public housing units to wealthy developers in order to build luxury housing is the best way to change New York.
I found these proposals to re-reengineer New York City pretty interesting. Essentially there are 3--create marshlands on the edge of Manhattan to serve as a buffer against rising sea levels.
For those Thursday night drivin' Robert Moses road lovin' readers out there, here's Hilary Harris' 1958 paean to the road, Highway.
