Category Archives: local

cricket in Queens

another reason to love Queens
there’s something completely seductive about watching cricket, especially by local players who make the game fit given the parameters of the field (bend some rules, do away with others, make their own).

a good twenty minutes passed before i thought to move on. I saw a couple of wickets. this ball was [...]

Late last year US Transportation Secretary signed a $2.6billion Full Funding Grant Agreement to construct the East Side Access, which will provide a connection between the LIRR and Grand Central Terminal, and create a last-exit-in-Queens stop in Sunnyside, closer towards the city than the current Woodside stop.
The PlanNYC website sums up the size of the [...]

it’s out there… promiz!

this time, it’s obvious where the problem is: black smoke with a terrible odor is pouring out of a manhole lid at the intersection of Grand and Greene in SoHo - the Fire Department have taped off the intersection and all approaching streets. This time you sure can’t blame New Jersey!

one in nine!

New York City, whose population of nearly nine million consists of nearly one million - one in nine - financial services workers who generate “more than a third of business income tax revenues” for the city and state. There are fears that NYC is starting to slip on its competitive heels as other cities such [...]

first snow proper

Finally, right!

As you can probably tell, with the strong sun, snow on rooftops will melt away this afternoon; it might stick where there are small patches of terra firma (like across the street), but since there ain’t much of that in NYC, it’s safe to say it’s already gone (as you can see on the [...]