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So What Is The City's Policy on Park Artists?

Though the Department of Parks and Recreation isn't facing any additional legal drama today, several news items have recently surfaced that put to question some of the city's main claims against artists. So what's going on now? Well, when we attended a hearing on this issue in July, City Attorney ... More >>

Valerie Hegarty: Ruin Me

George Washington loses his head, plus some other good decay

Occupy Wall Street Is Finally Occupying Wall Street (Or At Least Trying)

Seven months after they first set up camp in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protesters are actually occupying Wall Street. But after a relatively uneventful week of lawfully sleeping on the sidewalk near the New York Stock Exchange, the protesters have been met with a strong police response over ... More >>

In Praise of Heirloom Apples: the Golden Russet

Dating to 1849, the Golden Russet is a real New York apple. Everyone has a favorite apple or two. Kids love Red Delicious for their sugary flavor and bright red color. Gourmands crave Granny Smiths because they have hard, tart flesh and can be used to make crisps that retain their apple-y texture. ... More >>

Leon Reid IV Wants to Put a 60-Foot Spider on the Brooklyn Bridge

​Earlier in October, artist Leon Reid IV succeeded in getting permission from the city to put an "I Love NY" cap, camera, subway map, and shopping bags on the oldest statue in New York City's possession, Union Square's George Washington. (The city had previously clad the statue in a cape for a ... More >>

Our 10 Best Museum Restaurants

Not long ago, the museum cafeteria was where you lunched on sad ham-and-cheese sandwiches while resting your weary feet after gallivanting through crowded exhibits. No more. New York City boasts not only some of the best museums in the world, but also some of the top museum eateries, offering up e ... More >>

Stoned and Throned in Your Highness

Penguin Prison's Sylvan Terrace Home: Like Boardwalk Empire Without the Whores

A $1900/month rowhouse in Washington Heights

Washington Square, "Proving Ground for Fads and Follies"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 18, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 46 The fear has moved inside the park By Clark Whelton Something strange is happening to Washington Square. One year after its $1 million nose job, this park -- the Greenwich Village green and a proving ... More >>

An Early Peek at Manzo, Eataly's New Restaurant

If this veal tongue could talk...

Battle of the Dishes: Fourth of July Berry Pie Edition

Two Little Red Hen's strawberry rhubarb pie​This weekend is prime berry pie time--cherries, blueberries, strawberries, and gooseberries are at the farmer's market and we all have a license to eat liberally at Fourth of July barbecues. Be a hero: Bring a pie to a cookout. But if you don't feel ... More >>

Gobot Cosplay & Those Sad Homemade Cabbage Patch Kids : Studies in Crap on the '80s Most Disappointing Toys

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Doll Baby Pattern Book Author: Martha Nelson Thomas with Marla Strecker Date: 1 ... More >>

Abraham Lincoln Gets Screwed on His Birthday

​Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which used to be a big deal. But since George Washington's birthday (February 22) was made a floating Monday holiday in 1971, Lincoln's birthday has gotten sort of smushed into it. The holiday is still officially Washington's Birthday, known as President ... More >>

Behind the Bar: Rye House's Lynnette Marrero

Leo Borovskiy​The newly opened Rye House specializes in all-American spirits, such as, well, rye. But it also stocks premium applejack, which dates from the American colonial period. Lynnette Marrero (formerly of Freemans, Elettaria, and now the president of LUPEC), who created the cocktail me ... More >>

All of the Apples Available at the Union Square Farmers' Market, 11/12/09

AMBROSIA (British Columbia, new cultivar, sweet, not bad for eating) ​ This picture file is the result of a visit to the Union Square Farmers' Market on Saturday, November 12, 2009, and represents an accurate record of every apple available for sale, 30 in total. The apples are presented in al ... More >>

President Rejects Gay Hustler!

Plus Abe Lincoln's logs and more than 15 minutes at Warhol's birthday party.

Vegetarian (and Vegan!) Delights of NYC--Ackee Patty

Ackee (Melicoccus bijugatus) is an evergreen native to West Africa. The three-seeded fruit of this tree, also known as ackee, came on the slave ships to Jamaica in the late 18th century. The fruit must be boiled before eating to destroy a toxin present in the yellow flesh, which is particular ... More >>

Studies in Crap: The Story of the United States

Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Story of the United States Author: Elbridge S. Brooks Publisher: Lothrop Publishing Company, Bosto ... More >>

America the (Not Always) Beautiful Chugs Through Small-Town Romania in California Dreamin'

Rightbloggers Not Really Enjoying the Inauguration

"I'm a lefty," Obama said as he signed his first Presidential document. "Get used to it." Some people never will. Rightbloggers found their own ways to celebrate the Inauguration. Michelle Malkin, for example, passed the morning with an "Inauguration cliche count... plus: Obamedia Orgy Watch." "New ... More >>

Generation Landslide: Post-Election Party in Union Square

HEY THERE, GEORGIE BOY

Washington takes New York

Is McCain a War Criminal Who Has Served His Time?

Bomb, bomb Hanoi

Live: Say Anything at Hammerstein Ballroom

Bush's Man Mukasey

Will the Supreme Court also bow low to the president?

Hat Trick

Melville's noir at Film Forum, plus Afro-punk at BAM and more

Sex Machine

Are girls today destined for the walk of shame?

The Gang's All Here

Friendly Fencing From Speaker Seekers

Put A Spell On Them

'Steal Me'

Close-Up on Kips Bay

Close-Up on Bayside

Vote or Lie

Americans love to vote—for pop singers, soft drinks, or World Series predictions

Under the Gun

Artists in the financial district offer projects ripped from headlines and bedtime stories

Greene Dragon

Ready for the Revel-ution

White Clowns, Dark Visions

Bill Irwin partly outfoxes himself; Finian's Rainbow is a crock where gold still glitters

Who Made George W. Bush Our King?

He Can Designate Any of Us an Enemy Combatant

Borderline Cases

When Bad Painting Is Good for You

Southern Exposure

Cinematographer Tim Orr Strikes Gold

Unnatural Selection

Evaluating a Movie Lover's Chances of Survival at a Topsy-Turvy Sundance

The Reflective Rudy

The Ex-Mayor Writes His Own Farewell to Donna

Holy Ghost World

Sending Back the Mexicans

Voices From Long Island’s Anti-Immigrant Conference

J. Hoberman's Top 10

Yanks Tank, Imports Rank

East Is West: Berlin Goes Planet Hollywood

Achtung Baby

The Chinese Syndrome

Stock character

Warren Kelly (stockbroker)

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