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December 5, 2011
Escaped Inwood Hill Nature Center Turtle Wants His 15 Minutes
Ah, how jaded we have become in this last month of 2011. As we speed into January and the year 2012 we can reflect back on how young and innocent we once were -- how excitable and naive, how easy to enthrall -- as evidenced primarily by the public's reaction to escaped zoo animals and their T ... More >>
Art
November 23, 2011
Holiday Guide: Arts Picks
Ah, how jaded we have become in this last month of 2011. As we speed into January and the year 2012 we can reflect back on how young and innocent we once were -- how excitable and naive, how easy to enthrall -- as evidenced primarily by the public's reaction to escaped zoo animals and their T ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Central Park Zoo's Baby Penguins Have a Blog
Have you seen the baby penguins of the Central Park Zoo? There are eight of them, and they are adorable. And like anything adorable, or moderately savvy about the internet in the year 2011, they have a blog! It is called The Real Chicks of Central Park, and it promises "chick flicks, chick pics, an ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
At Least Two Animals Benefited From Hurricane Irene
Not newborn Irene Hope, but close enough.This week, a lost cat was adopted and a baby lamb was born, and we can all thank Hurricane Irene. Yeah, that Hurricane Irene, the one that is one of the top ten costliest storms in U.S. history, shut down the biggest transit system in the country for a ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Peacock Escapes Central Park Zoo; People Go Crazy
C.C. KelloggHot on the heels of that Bronx Zoo Peacock that went on the lam and got a Twitter account back in May, there's a new escapee bird about town. This one hails from the Central Park Zoo and was sighted on the fourth floor of 838 Fifth Avenue near East 65th Street this afternoon, prom ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Gus, the Remaining Central Park Polar Bear, Is Being Watched for Signs of Depression
The New York Times City Room blog tells the sad, sad story of Gus, the remaining Central Park Zoo polar bear, whose long-term partner Ida was euthanized at the age of 25 on Friday due to a cancer-related liver disease. :( Now Gus, who is also 25, is all by his lonesome, and zookeepers are wat ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2011
Ida the Central Park Zoo Polar Bear Euthanized
viaIda, one of two Central Park Zoo polar bears, has died. She had contracted what the New York Daily News called a "cancer-related liver disease," and was euthanized today at the age of 25. "Ida was a great ambassador for all polar bears," city zoo director Jeff Sailer told the Daily News. W ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2011
Horse-Lovers Rejoice! Horses (and Horse Crap) to Return to Central Park
The city is planning to bring horseback riding back to Central Park, reports the New York Post. After Claremont Riding Academy closed in 2007, the 4.2 miles of bridle paths in the park had been used mostly by joggers and dog walkers. Now Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says that riding will ... More >>
News
January 5, 2011
Class Action Listings
The city is planning to bring horseback riding back to Central Park, reports the New York Post. After Claremont Riding Academy closed in 2007, the 4.2 miles of bridle paths in the park had been used mostly by joggers and dog walkers. Now Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says that riding will ... More >>
Books
November 3, 2010
Last Words: Jim Carroll's Novel, The Petting Zoo
A posthumous book from rock's famous Catholic Boy
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Morning Links: Charlie Sheen's Racist Tirade; Arrest in Stanton Street Shooting; Carl Paladino Offensive Again
• Not only was Charlie Sheen coked up, drunk, and really scary went he went nutso at the Plaza -- he was also, apparently, on a racist tirade. "RadarOnline.com reported the Two and a Half Men actor repeatedly screamed the N-word and punched the walls." Which means Mel Gibson can finally hav ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Manhattan Is Home to Chickens, Bees, and One Solitary Cow
Gluttonize.wordpress.comThis isn't the New York City cow. But it is pretty cute.While bees and chickens are no longer a rarity in Manhattan, even the most fervent would-be urban farmers would be hard-pressed to eke out space (and the necessary permits) for a cow. But somewhat improbably, ther ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2009
Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free
Gus, Central Park's neurotic polar bear, and a few of his friends at the Central Park Zoo are celebrating Christmas this weekend
NYC Life
May 16, 2006
A Shore Thing
Mini guides to five waterfront neighborhoods worth your salt
Specials
July 19, 2005
Letters
Mini guides to five waterfront neighborhoods worth your salt
Film
June 14, 2005
'March of the Penguins'
Mini guides to five waterfront neighborhoods worth your salt
Film
May 17, 2005
Escape From Zoo York
The fast and the furriest: Animating season opens with the journey of a manic menagerie
Film
February 22, 2005
Film
The fast and the furriest: Animating season opens with the journey of a manic menagerie
Columns
July 20, 2004
NY Mirror
The fast and the furriest: Animating season opens with the journey of a manic menagerie
Books
February 25, 2003
Hot Nuts
Revisiting Paul Goodman's Opus
Music
August 3, 1999
New Turf
Revisiting Paul Goodman's Opus

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