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Train Relic Spotting On the Waterfront

For decades, one of the best ways for moving people and freight to and from New York over land was by rail. As the car, truck, and airplane took over the railroads declined their importance – unlike most of the railroads weren’t cut off by the Hudson ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  21 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Richard Taylor

Atlantic Antic Antics 2008

Yesterday, Gothamist attended the 34th annual Atlantic Antic along Atlantic Avenue between Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. For the uninitiated, this not your typical New York "tube sock" street fair. Sure there are some of the typical food ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  6 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama

The Curious Case of the 23rd Card in a Series of 22

George loves Lou and hates it when he doesn't play. Lou is also George's son's idol. Last year when Burger King put out a set of baseball cards with the pictures of the Yankee players on them, they forgot to include Piniella, and George called them up, ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  31 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Sparky Lyle (baseball),  Mike Torrez (baseball),  New York Yankees,  Burger King,  Lou Piniella

A Look at WNYC's New Home

This change is noticeable when you first enter the building, and some of those changes include: a proper green room for those waiting to go on air, bright colors on the walls, high ceilings, and little touches like conference rooms color coded to size, ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  29 Aug 2008

Life on Mars Found in Williamsburg

On a few blocks of Keap Street in Williamsburg yesterday it was 1973. No it wasn’t a highly localized distortion of the space time continuum, but the US version of Life on Mars filming. The show, based on the brilliant BBC show of the same name, will ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  27 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Harvey Keitel,  BBC,  Michael Imperioli,  David Kelly,  Colm Meaney

Belgian Recreates NYPD and FDNY in Miniature

So it is no surprise to find on flickr a Belgian named Marc who makes incredibly accurate HO scale models of NYPD and FDNY vehicles and photographs them on a miniature version of New York City streets complete with a precinct house and fire house. It ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  29 Jun 2008

Car 54 Where Are You? Try the NYC Police Museum Car Show

Photo of vintage NYPD vehicles at last year's event by author This weekend the New York City Police Museum will be holding its eighth annual vintage police car show (Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). It won’t just be cars from the history of the ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  21 Jun 2008

Channel 11 Marks 60 Years On the Air

On June 15, 1948, WPIX signed on as the second independent television station in the city from studios in the Daily News Building on 42nd Street. (The first, WATV signed on a month earlier and eventually became WNET in 1961.) Like stations in many ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Tribune Company,  New York Yankees

Musical Anchor Chairs at WNBC and WCBS

The move, the biggest since Vicki Burns took the helm of the station’s news operation, does play to Channel 4’s strength - the decades of rapport and experience between Chuck and Sue. It does seem like a sound strategy to attract viewers, although the ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  24 May 2008

WCBS Drops Anchor Tomorow

Gothamist is a website about New York. More Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from Gothamist. Rosenfield was essentially the lead male anchor until recently, since he covered many of the station's major events and big ...

From TOBY VON MEISTERSINGER, Gothamist,  21 May 2008

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