The sidewalk near Morton Williams on Second Avenue between 48-49th Streets has been narrowed by street construction. Photo courtesy of Brian Schwartz On the Sidewalks of New York Dangers of Morton Williams - Between Bleecker St. in the Village to Broadway in Harlem, there are at least 16 Morton Williams... Voices 12 Sep 2021 | 11:01
Curtis Sliwa in the early days of the Guardian Angels. Courtesy of Curtis Sliwa. Our Town & Sliwa, Now & Then With Our Town hitting 50 year, I’m always scoping out stories where there’s some connection between the paper’s past and... Voices 30 Aug 2021 | 06:38
Julie Menin (right) with PoliticsNY’s Skye Ostreicher. Photo courtesy of Cameron Koffman Festive Dems at Dorrian’s Time for nice nice - Dorrian’s on the UES was the place to be this past week for the Lexington Democratic Club’s annual summer... Voices 16 Aug 2021 | 09:23
At Lamia’s Fish Market, head busboy Samy at the raw bar. Photo: Arlene Kayatt On the Dining Beat Judging from restaurants - This year’s Judicial Convention for Manhattan Judicial Delegates is on Aug 5 at its usual venue... Voices 01 Aug 2021 | 09:53
NYS’s former Attorney General Robert Abrams writes of his Bronx childhood and rise in Democratic Party politics. Photo via Amazon.com Adams on Broadway Adams at the Actors Temple - With Bway coming back, our sure-to-be mayor Eric Adams made an appearance on Sunday evening... Voices 19 Jul 2021 | 07:34
Erica Vladimer, attorney and advocate. Photo courtesy of Erica Vladimer A Poll Watcher’s Tale End of school story - It was nice to see the staff and faculty of the Loyola School enjoying some down time at Dylan Murphy’s... Voices 02 Jul 2021 | 01:09
Butterfly Blue performing at Bread N Wine: On keyboard is David Pearl, singer is Gizem Gokoglu, Linus Wyrsch on clarinet and tenor sax. Photo courtesy of H.R. Feldman Days of Bread N Wine And all that jazz - Come one come all, the streets are alive with the sights and sounds of restaurants! Thanks to our good... Voices 20 Jun 2021 | 09:22
NYC Comptroller candidate Terri Liftin (center) at the Blood Center rally on the Upper East Side. Photo courtesy of Terri Liftin Let’s Listen to the Communities Un-bloody Sunday - You know NY’s back when everyone shows up for a rally. And so it was on a recent Sunday when the community,... Voices 07 Jun 2021 | 02:19
John Hickenlooper at a gun safety forum in 2019. Photo: Gage Skidmore, via Flickr Dear Katie Couric ... cc to Senator John Hickenlooper - To begin, Katie Couric, I don’t know you and you don’t know me. We’ve crossed paths, if... Voices 22 May 2021 | 09:54
Jeff Gold, self-described “41-year Yorkvillian.” Photo courtesy of Jeff Gold Progressive Politics and Our Town Memories Progressive sanity - Back in his day, Ed Koch described himself as a liberal with sanity. Ed Koch is no longer and no longer... Voices 04 May 2021 | 03:05
Drawing by Irving Lepselter in Our Town in the 1980s. Photo courtesy of Arlene Kayatt The Spirit of Young Entrepreneurs Looking back - In going through Our Town issues from the ‘80s, I came across one of Irving Lepselter’s drawings (they appeared... Voices 24 Apr 2021 | 04:18
Judge Paul Feinman of the New York Court of Appeals and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in June 2017 at a Pride Month breakfast reception hosted by the congresswoman. Photo courtesy of Maloney’s office Remembering Paul Feinman New York lost one of its best and brightest this month with the passing of NY Court of Appeals Judge Paul Feinman. There... Home 13 Apr 2021 | 11:10
A November 30, 1986 clip from Our Town. Photo courtesy of Arlene Kayatt Our Town at 50 On the radio - Hear all about it ... Cindy Adams is coming to the ear waves so you no longer have to wait to read all about... Voices 10 Apr 2021 | 03:24
Celebrating International Women’s Day at Tudor City Steakhouse. Photo courtesy of Tudor City Steakhouse Cheers, and to Better Days Marching on- As I write, we’re approaching the end of March 2021, Women’s History Month in the U.S. At Tudor City Steakhouse,... Voices 28 Mar 2021 | 05:17
Bob Makarowski, who delivered papers for Our Town in its early days, volunteering for the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Photo courtesy of Bob Makarowski A City’s Poignant Sights Pick up lines - Walking past the 92nd Street Y on a late morning weekday, I smiled as I passed a lineup of moms, pops, nannies,... Voices 14 Mar 2021 | 04:08
