UWS activist concerned about architecture, transport, quality of life--and these days that means helicopters!
New York City
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Seaplanes seem to have more than their share of troubles in NYC waters.
nypost.com/2026/07/05/us-new…
Sublime!
I love to photograph birds in flight with deep shadows behind them. Here, a Cedar Waxwing emerges into the early morning sunlight at Central Park's Pool. 😎😎😎 #waxwing #Centralpark #birdcpp
Whoa! That is one intense predator!
The intense gaze of an Osprey overlooking Central Park's Harlem Meer. Ospreys' eyesight is remarkable, with 5 - 10x the acuity of humans! 👀👀👀 #Osprey #CentralPark #birdcpp
Celebrate the American Revolution at @MCNY, topple a statue of King George, ponder nyc's role, snack in the cafe. @MCNY is open today! @UntappedNY untappedcities.com/king-geor…
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"In the huddle, a black player said that an opponent had called him a n*****.
Unitas said:
“Let him through.”
And he threw a bullet pass into that guy’s head so hard it felled him.
To sportswriters after a game, he described everyone’s goofs as his mistakes.
He played hurt, his teammates loved him, “Playing with Johnny Unitas,” one said,
“Was like being in the huddle with God.” Threw 122 touchdown passes in 47 CONSECUTIVE games!!!!!!!
Legend & HERO!!!
"There is a difference between conceit and confidence.
Conceit is bragging about yourself.
Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
Talk is cheap
Let’s go play."
Johnny Unitas.
"The Golden Arm."
Johnny Unitas, 1958.
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We can live in a fantasy, or we can grasp a few easy numbers. Since March of 2020, 47 people have been murdered on the NYC subway (not including another four self-defense homicides and at least two bus murders). Before March of 2020, it took 21 years to rack up 47 subway murders (this graph includes the history, then you add this year's four). The numbers are easy, but getting people to look past their wishful ideology is not easy. Assaults are up, too. There is far more random serious and deadly violence then there was seven years ago, and that has persisted now for six years.
mta.info/document/196881
Perception vs. reality: NYC transit crime declined by 14% since 2019 - h/t Governing dlvr.it/TT8DCW
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Joseph Papp #botd recognized that New York City’s five boroughs were as under-served by the arts as any rural community, and that his city’s diverse populations deserved theater as much as its moneyed elites, and founded The Public Theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival.
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He looks like a very nice kitty.
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Loved La Cage aux Folles curtain call, @nycitycenter: Billy Porter, Wayne Brady, Michael McElroy, Tonya Pinkins, Sharon Washington
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There were tons of people hanging out at this block party in Harlem this Juneteenth weekend, but unsurprisingly the community garden was locked up this afternoon.
Just hate to see a site owned by @NYCParks like this one locked up on such a gorgeous day!
Coming in like a fighter jet.
The feeling when a Cedar Waxwing takes direct aim at you first thing in the morning! Spotted early today at Central Park's Pool. 🥰🥰🥰 #Waxwings #CentralPark #birdcpp
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Founder of @MoMAPS1 on Queens: "It was in the best possible neighborhood. I loved the location. In the boroughs, you always had to know where Manhattan was. You came out of PS1 & you could see the sky & Manhattan. And PS1 had the best transportation of any place in town. It had so many things in its favor." untappedcities.com/moma-ps1-…
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What could go wrong with allowing your dog to run off-leash in a salt marsh that has many nesting birds & other animals? Plumb Beach in Brooklyn is an important wildlife habitat that is abused by irresponsible dog owners on a daily basis. @NatlParkService @NYCParks @JBRPC
Love that birds somehow seem to know how to pose beautifully.
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Feb 1991: Dinkins was mayor & Kiley & Gunn were in charge of the @MTA. Amazingly, NYC ran much better then than now.
In the 1990s, subway fare beaters were sentenced to well-publicized public service: "Thousands of riders--including insurance salesmen, artists, messengers, college students and even grandmothers--are being arrested and sentenced to painting Transit Authority buildings, scraping gum from stations floors or scrubbing toilets as punishment for fare beating."
See the NYT from February 18, 1991:
