looking at the light cast from the west toward the stones to the east As I prepared to leave the apartment this evening to go to the market, Barry reminded me that the phenomenon known as Manhatta...

but where's the gray, and, for that matter, the colors of our countless other fallen foes? And it's not for generals. It seems Memorial Day is not supposed to be just about hot dogs, the Indianap...

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Man reading Barry's Manchurian Candidate tweet UPDATE: the artist speaks for himself As I'm writing this Man Bartlett is in the third hour of his contribution to P.P.O.W. Gallery's Hostess Proje...

It took us only about 45 minues to get to Paterson by train from Manhattan on Saturday afternoon (it can take longer for us to get to some parts of Brooklyn). At the end of our pleasant urban walk...

Harry Wieder, above at lower right, at a press conference calling for wheelchair access seven days a week to the James A. Farley Post Office. [Times caption] Today's New York Times will include th...

Harry was always an activist (here he is saying hello to the late Keith Cylar) ADDENDA: I've now located* the original full image of the photograph I included above when I first did this entry, a...

Today is the eighth anniversary of this blog. I said it last year, and I'm delighted and incredibly privileged to say it again: This is also the anniversary of what turned out to be the most impo...

Brothers Mike and Doug Starn's Metropolitan Museum roof installation, "Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop", opens today, April 27. Barry and I were at the press preview yesterday mor...

Even the tulips manage to look more genteel on the Upper East Side. This pink bower was spotted on Sunday gathered together in the tidy front garden of an elegant apartment building in the 70's.