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March 5, 2012
Fun In The Sun At The Miami Film Festival
The 19th annual Miami International Film Festival--a wonderfully inclusive and unpretentious happening--sent me down for the weekend, and I even got extra leg room on the plane! And it was orgasmic to stroll around in the 80-something-degree weather and to pause each night for some air-conditioned ... More >>
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February 26, 2012
Army Officers Killed Over Quran Burnings In Afghanistan; Occupy Town Square Set For Tompkins Square Park Today; Subway System Sees Injury, Death
Two U.S. Army officers were killed at their desks in Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior Saturday by a junior intelligence officer. "We believe it was 100% linked to the Quran burning because of the religious background of this junior officer. He spent two months in a Pakistani madrassa," an Afghan ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
Watch the Last 100 Years of New York City Subway Maps
Today in subway porn we have a beautiful depiction of the ebb and flow and changing formats of the New York City subway map over the years. The only thing better than watching the map come of age to the inspirationally epic music in the video created by Gizmodo's Matt Toder back in December (Bowery ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
The NYC Subway from Birth to Now, in One Gif
It's been a good few days for subway nerdists -- earlier in the week we were all agawk over the "Lost Subways" map of NYC, which showed the subways that would have been but weren't. Yesterday we saw what happens when people stop being real and start being polite (even friendly!) on the subway. Today ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
Here Is Your Mesmerizing Subway Video of the Day
Add this to your collection of things posted on YouTube that happened on the New York City subway this year. This one, "Zilla March," is from a group called The Next Level Squad; they're doing a Brooklyn-bred mix of street dancing and contorting called flexing. The gas masks do give us pause, and th ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Would You Pay $12,500 for a Subway Sign?
EV Grieve has noted an eBay listing of interest to New York City public transportation geeks -- there's an authentic 51" x 31", 26-pound New York City subway sign, from outside Union Square, available for a mere $12,500. The seller writes that the sign was by the stairs to the entrance and is "from ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
Skaters Break MTA Rules (Like, All of Them)
These guys prove that under special circumstances, it is in fact possible to have fun while using the New York City subway system.
Blogs
October 13, 2011
Animated 'Subway Surfer' More Amusing Than Actual 'Subway Surfer'
First things first, let's get the semantics down: A surfer stands on top; a skylarker clings to the edge of the train. Both are bad, but you have rare opportunities to use the word "skylarker," so, use it now! In other news, remember that guy who became something of a faux-Internet-celebrity when th ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2011
MTA Weekend Follies, Again: An Investigation
This should absolutely not come as a surprise, but anyone who uses the New York City subway system will experience some trying times this weekend. Do you take the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, D, E, F, G, L, N, Q, or R trains? Sorry 'bout that. For us Williamsburgers, this is par for the course. Th ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
New Yorkers Demand Use of Subway on Weekends, Now
Not quite like Tokyo -- yet.An article in the New York Times today alerts us to something you've probably known about, at least anecdotally, for a while. Good to have it proven, though, if only so your complaining can be official! Despite New York subways frequently having longer waits, screw ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Help Make Union Square's George Washington Statue Look Like a Tourist
Public artist Leon Reid IV wants to turn Union Square's classical equestrian statue of George Washington -- you know, our first American president, that guy with the wig, on the horse -- into just another subway-map-gazing, fanny-pack-wearing, camera-toting tourist. At least it's a tourist on ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
This Is How People Who Plan Transit Systems See the NYC Subway
According to PTV America, a company that consults in transportation solutions, this is what it looks like when passengers leave a New York subway train. It is both altogether too clean and orderly, and also strangely captivating. We can't wait for a look inside the subway train -- spaghetti fights, ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Woman Washes Self on Subway; Civilian Videographer Documents It
We thought that subway video documentation had hit a low point with the masterwork entitled "Man Licking Shoes on New York Subway," but no, that is not the case. Here we have a video of a woman, who appears to be half-nude, washing herself on what seems to be a relatively new, and relatively clean, ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Man Licks Own Shoe on 5 Train: Has Civilian Subway Journalism Bottomed Out?
For as long as we can remember, we (and, basically, the Internet) have had a certain fascination with people doing weird and freaky things on the subway. Perhaps it is because a subway train -- about the size of this blogger's studio apartment -- is a compact moving container for an array of divers ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
New MTA Campaign Asks "What's New?"
We had hoped the MTA would revive Poetry in Motion, a collaborative campaign between the MTA and Poetry Society of America that brought the likes of Dylan Thomas and Emily Dickinson to the New York City subway walls in the early 90s, but not all of our wishes can be granted, especially when i ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
MTA's New Trash Can Slogan Will Completely Eliminate Garbage
People who complain about trash on the subway are like vacationers who whine about the heat in Florida. Nonetheless, the MTA is trying to do something about all that subterranean rubbish. "Hauling reeking, rat-filled garbage" through the cars late at night didn't work, so they've put their th ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
New York Subway Video From 1986 Features K and CC Trains
Making the blog rounds this morning is a 10-minute YouTube video uploaded just yesterday of the New York City subway system in 1986. It's beautiful in its way and fascinating in both its similarities to today (sad-looking people, grimy stations, hustle, bustle) and its differences (graffiti, the K a ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
Study Finds 83% of Subway Announcements Are Clear and Accurate, But Uh: No
A new survey by the Straphangers Campaign claims that 83% of subway announcements, including routes, stations and transfer options, are both clear and accurate, making it seem instantly to anyone who has ever been on the subway that something is wrong with this study. New trains with pre-reco ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Man Actually Converses With People on New York City Subway [Video]
Filmmaker Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change, aggrieved by lack of human interaction (notwithstanding spaghetti fights) and, really, humanity, on the New York City subway, decided to talk to people to ask them the hard questions, like "Why are you here?" "What motivates you more, fear or love?" and "Wh ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Subway-Themed Greeting Cards Are Cuter Than the Subway
The people of New York have an odd relationship with the subway. Codependent, maybe...even a little "love-hate," as they say? While we have all sorts of ill will with regard to the MTA and what they aren't doing and how much they're charging us, we also nearly daily depend on the subway to ge ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Subway Catfight of the Week Involves Spaghetti-Eating, Spaghetti-Disrespecting
Man, people are cranky! Come on, everyone, it's a gorgeous day, we should all be outside, not sitting on the subway eating spaghetti out of a styrofoam container, or hating on someone who's sitting on the subway eating spaghetti out of a styrofoam container, even if they don't know how to twirl it p ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2011
Assholes Fight on Subway, Capture Assholery for Posterity [Video]
We do everything on the subway now! Play with rats, discard what should really go in a Kleenex on walls, yell at each other, yell at each other and record it to be posted on YouTube and make us look like even bigger assholes! Here is your daily dose of "God, people are terrible." ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2011
The MTA Might Stop at Nothing to Keep Us From Falling in the Subway Tracks
Your subway of the future might look like this.Today in things that may never happen: In the wake of the most recent New York City subway death, that of a 24-year-old who was killed by an L train this Sunday after taking to the tracks in a possible attempt to retrieve something, the MTA is sa ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Subway Rider Mutiny Involves Taking Over N Train for Warmth
New York subway riders will not be stopped! Well, technically, they will be stopped. But when they are stopped on a D train at Coney Island because it's freakin' blizzards outside, they will COMMANDEER another train regardless of what the MTA and NYPD say! (This is good, because we really don ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Yarn Human Takes New York City Subway Just Like Everybody Else
via Subway Art Blog, courtesy Olek and Christopher Henry GalleryOlek, the Lower East Side crochet artist behind the yarn bike, the baby yarn bike, and the yarn car has yet again one-upped herself, this time covering a full-fledged human in a yarn suit and setting him loose on the New York sub ... More >>
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June 19, 2010
In Defense of New York City Rats
Not by me, of course. That's disgusting. But out there in this wild city, somewhere between the men with no eyebrows and the old lady chomping on a raw potato, are people who were taken aback by the New York Times article entitled "Study Scours New York Subway, Finds Rats Remain Wily." It was ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Police Seeking Missing Queens Boy
The NYPD is asking for the public's assistance in locating Delvin Garcia, 18, of Queens Village, New York. He was last seen at his residence there today at 2:30 p.m. He's 4'9" and 97 lbs., with brown eyes and black hair, and is in good physical but poor mental health. Delvin, pictured, has ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
Subway Bathrooms Are Grosser Than Gross
Just like at Mom's house.If you've ever had to go -- like, really go -- while confined to the innards of the New York City subway system, you've gotten your own little private taste of hell. And if you haven't, the fearless hand-sanitizer-toting journalists at amNewYork have done the dirty wo ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Can't We All Just Take the Subway Without Killing Each Other?
Public transportation is not seeming so fun lately. We woke to the news of 37 or more people being killed this morning in coordinated terrorist attacks on the Moscow subway system during rush hour -- an act thought to have been orchestrated by Chechen rebels.
Blogs
February 12, 2010
The Subway Sucks, But at Least It Isn't the DC Metro (Which Derailed, Again)
OK, so our subways are getting more expensive and frequently out of service, but at least they're not as dangerous as the DC Metro. This morning at 10:13 a Red Line train derailed near the Farragut North Metrorail station. No injuries are reported, but at the writing passengers are still in t ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 5, 2010
STRIPPED
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Voice Choices
December 29, 2009
The Seven Year Itch
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Blogs
December 1, 2009
Clip Job: When a Newspaper Dies
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 28, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 28 Mr. Hearst's Flagship Sank Like the Maine By Stan Fischler The Journal-American died with its boots on last Sunday morning at the age of 71. When the boots were removed there was a stench. "Nat Hento ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
D.C. Metro Crash: At Least 2 Dead, Dozens Injured (UPDATE: 6 Dead, 80 Hurt, Search Goes On) (UPDATE 2: 9 Dead)
Twitpic by shawberhood. The New York City Subway is not as padded nor as quiet as the D.C. Metro, but it's been about 12 years since we've had a collision of trains in service, and 18 years since we've have a passenger fatality. At least two people are reported killed by a collision on the Metro's ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2009
Clip Job: Ibiza, the Beatnik Paradise
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 14, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 34Beats Meet at IbizaBy Louise LevitasThis time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season. They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre, and other coffee-house neighbor ... More >>
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November 26, 2008
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Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 14, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 34Beats Meet at IbizaBy Louise LevitasThis time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season. They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre, and other coffee-house neighbor ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2008
MTA Unveils Images from Unaffordable Second Ave. Subway
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 14, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 34Beats Meet at IbizaBy Louise LevitasThis time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season. They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre, and other coffee-house neighbor ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2008
NYC Subway Cars Falling Into Ocean
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 14, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 34Beats Meet at IbizaBy Louise LevitasThis time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season. They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre, and other coffee-house neighbor ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2007
Exposing Sexual Harassment on the Subways
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 14, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 34Beats Meet at IbizaBy Louise LevitasThis time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season. They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre, and other coffee-house neighbor ... More >>
Film
February 20, 2007
'Urchin'
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 14, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 34Beats Meet at IbizaBy Louise LevitasThis time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season. They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre, and other coffee-house neighbor ... More >>
Books
November 28, 2006
Picture This
An unsentimental journey through this season's most stylish, sinful coffee-table books
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February 8, 2006
Your Turn: MTA Leaving You Stranded?
An unsentimental journey through this season's most stylish, sinful coffee-table books
Blogs
December 22, 2005
It's Off to Work They Go
An unsentimental journey through this season's most stylish, sinful coffee-table books
Specials
October 18, 2005
1965
An unsentimental journey through this season's most stylish, sinful coffee-table books
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October 18, 2005
2003
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News
July 5, 2005
Exit Strategy
When it comes to subways and terrorism, the best defense might be a good escape
NYC Life
June 1, 2004
Forbidden Photos, Anyone?
Subway shooters to set their sights on underground camera ban
Film
August 26, 2003
Film
Subway shooters to set their sights on underground camera ban
Music
September 25, 2001
Down But Not Out
Downtown Scene Not Diminished
Art
March 21, 2000
Lucidity on Fire
Downtown Scene Not Diminished
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