Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In a truly historic moment, New York City became the first city in the nation to protect freelance workers against client nonpayment today on October 27, 2016. This landmark victory is a testament to what can be accomplished when we stand together for the rights of the new workforce. Today, 38% of workers in NYC…
A woman. An elderly woman. A mentally ill elderly woman. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads A mentally ill elderly woman with a baseball bat. Police shooting of Bronx woman eerily similar to 1984 incident A mentally ill elderly woman with a baseball bat having a breakdown. A mentally ill elderly woman with a baseball bat having…
When waiters are polite heroes. Women in bars don’t always have the best experiences. Yes, we have fun and drink and dance on tables or sit down and have good times with friends or play skee-ball or win quiz games or hook up or have interesting conversations or do any of the things that humans…
Cover Photo New Jersey Transit was once at the forefront of commuter railroads in the United States. Now it is saddled with financial problems, aging infrastructure and unending delays. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times New Jersey Transit, a Cautionary Tale of Neglect The swift decline of one of the nation’s busiest commuter railroads is…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code fullscreen A group of about 60 women linked arms across the entrance of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue this morning, blocking passage in and out of the building as they condemned Trump and the entire GOP for what they described as decades of “anti-women, anti-immigrant, and…
What if the New York City subway map paid homage to some of the city’s great women? (Hover over the map to magnify.) Cartography by Molly Roy, from “Nonstop Metropolis,” by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Subway Route Symbols ® Metropolitan Transportation Authority “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” is a song James Brown recorded in…
Real Estate | Renters The Serial Subletter By JOANNE KAUFMANSEPT. 30, 2016 close story-meta-footer close story-meta Photo Susannah Vila is forever on the move, apartment-wise. Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Susannah Vila lives in a large studio on the parlor floor of a townhouse in the East Village, but who’s to say how long…
social-sharer Photo: Courtesy of Aude Tabet Aude Tabet had what many would perceive as the ultimate “big-city fashion life.” Born and raised in France, she started her textile design career in Paris, then moved to New York in the late 1980s with the dream of making it in American fashion. “I loved Paris; I still…
An Alternative Plan Michael Kimmelman, New York Times architecture critic Train stations are more than just a bunch of platforms for getting places. They’re portals. New York used to have two of the world’s most ennobling entrances, announcing the city in all its ambition and glory, Grand Central Terminal and the…
Carnegie Deli will close at the end of the year, ending a 79-year run.View Full Caption DNAinfo/Trevor Kapp MIDTOWN — New York institution Carnegie Deli will shutter at the end of the year, ending a 79-year run as the city’s premier destination for pastrami sandwiches, employees confirmed Friday. “They called us all in, but not…