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June 25, 2005
TriBeCa Map
Hotels, restaurants, bars and clubs of TriBeCa.
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June 20, 2005
Larchmont
While Larchmont may not be a typical singles community, it offers an
alternative for those who want a leafy waterfront suburb, a 35-minute
commute to Manhattan and lower decibel ratings than those recorded in
more densely populated locales.
For Mr. Uman, the retired lawyer, the 1.1-square-mile village on the
Sound is all of those things and more. In addition to its many obvious
charms, Larchmont is a culture-loving community, in Mr. Uman's
estimation. It even has its own chamber music group, for which he
plays clarinet.
The village, population 6,485, has a busy downtown, albeit a small
one, with quaint shops and some highly rated restaurants. But rather
than going out to local bars, Mr. Uman said, he prefers to meet new
friends during his daily activities: walking along the town's
shoreline, visiting the local library and shopping in the supermarket.
But the community's many assets come at a steep price. The recent
median sale price for a single-family home in Larchmont was just under
$1 million, far above the county's median, which is $615,000. Spacious
one-bedroom co-ops in doorman buildings start at $275,000; two-bedroom
units begin in the low-$400,000's, also above the Westchester County
median.
Barbara Cleary, the manager of the Larchmont office of Merritt
Associates, described the village as "mostly a family community."
According to census data, 65.9 percent of the population over 15 is
married. "But we're also seeing more and more singles moving here from
Manhattan," she said, "because they can work and socialize in the city
and still have plenty to do at home."
Singles who move to the village, she noted, are more focused on its
quality of life than "in just meeting other singles." Many of the
local restaurants have "an upscale and stylish New York kind of feel
to them," she said, and the village is near public and private golf
courses, and sailing and boating clubs. It also has its own municipal
tennis courts and beach.
[NYT]
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June 19, 2005
South Norwalk
South Norwalk
It's not surprising that South Norwalk's waterfront district has a
nickname, SoNo, that plays off of SoHo in Manhattan. A once-decaying
area along the Long Island Sound in Connecticut, the former fishing
port has evolved during the past two decades into an upscale
residential area with a bohemian flavor. SoNo's streets are lined with
restaurants, nightclubs and artsy shops in an area that encompasses
several city blocks and is rapidly expanding.
Raffael Licata, a hair colorist who used to work in a salon on
Thompson Street in SoHo, bought a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo
apartment in SoNo 11 years ago after he was struck by the pleasant
similarities between the two neighborhoods.
"I came for dinner on a Sunday one summer afternoon and said to my
friends: 'Where are we? I love it!' " he recalled. Shortly afterward,
he bought the condo for $119,000 in a renovated 1913 building. These
days, he said, he gets unsolicited offers of $300,000 and more for it.
According to Carol Ann Falasca, a broker at Coldwell Banker Real
Estate in Norwalk, the city was ready to raze the harbor district 15
years ago. Now, she said, the lowest-priced condo on the market is a
studio in an older building at $159,900, with a one-bedroom in a new
building selling for $379,000. Monthly rentals range from $750 for a
studio to $2,400 a month for a two-bedroom, two-bath unit in a new
building.
Looking ahead, Summit Development, in partnership with the Spinnaker
Companies and Greenfield Partners, is beginning construction of 61
condos and 136 rental apartments. Prices will begin in the $300,000's
for the condos; the one- and two-bedroom rentals will go for $1,700 to
$2,600 a month.
Mr. Licata described SoNo as friendly and "a lot less overwhelming and
more laid back" than New York City.
"Sometimes when I'm putting out the garbage," he said, "someone will
walk over and say: 'What are you up to tonight? Let's go grab
something to eat.' " His favorite local haunts include Pane e Panini
and SoNo Caffeine. "Those are places where I can also go by myself
with the paper and sit, and the next thing know I run into someone,"
he said.
When it is warm, he heads for a grassy area in a park on Washington
Street, where he invariably meets up with friends. Mr. Licata, who is
gay, described the community as hospitable to people "of all stripes
and colors." When he's in the mood for Manhattan, Grand Central
Terminal is just slightly more than an hour away by train.
[NYT]
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June 13, 2005
Hurlyburly
David Rabe's tour de force is a shocking, brutally comic reflection
on the decade of decadence. Set in the cocaine-and-sex infused Hollywood
Hills of the mid-1980's, featuring a newly-revised script from Mr. Rabe,
this is the first New York production of Hurlyburly since its celebrated
Broadway run in 1984. New Group Artistic Director Scott Elliott (Aunt
Dan and Lemon, Comedians, What the Butler Saw) directs this revival of a
modern masterpiece.
Now with Ethan Hawke and Elizabeth Berkley
Until July 2nd 2005
David Rabe’s play, which premiered in 1984, has lost none of its bite.
His story of a handful of ambitious, narcissistic nihilists toiling on
Hollywood's fringes is being revived off-Broadway with a stellar cast.
Ethan Hawke leads as Eddie, a blurry, coke-snorting casting agent,
whose pyrotechnic use of language outpaces his ability to communicate.
He shares a seedy bachelor pad with his roommate Mickey (Josh
Hamilton), a fellow casting agent with a bracing moustache and feline
manner. Eddie's reckless search for meaning leads to friendship with a
macho loose-cannon (Bobby Cannavale), a fraught relationship with a
solipsistic photographer (Parker Posey), and a passive-aggressive
closeness with an older show-business hack with a bad toupee (Wallace
Shawn). Much of the show is filled with fast-paced, messy and often
powerful dialogue. The momentum is startling—after all the drama, it
is a shock to discover that the play is over three hours.
Though the characters are tremendously—often comically—flawed, their
struggles summon pathos, and their often unbearable conversations
reveal a bald sincerity. Mr Rabe’s writing is remarkable, but the
actors here bring his words to life. Most impressive is Mr Hawke,
whose astonishing performance belies his pretty-boy reputation on the
big screen.
37 Arts, 450 W 37th St (and 10th Ave). Tel: +1 (212) 307-4100.
For tickets, see TicketMaster. For more information, see the New Group.
More: DVD (1998), audio CD (2002), original book (1993), compendium book (1995).
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June 10, 2005
S Klasse to JFK, LGA, EWR airports
New York car & limo services, %50 / hour: Luxury Ride NYC
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June 07, 2005
Great South Bay
Great South Bay is a protected, open water bay behind Fire Island
and Jones Beach Islands which extends roughly from the Nassua/Suffolk
County line in the west to Bellport Bay in east. It is the largest
shallow saltwater bay in the state, with sandy shoals and extensive
eelgrass beds. Great South Bay is a highly productive ecosystem and
supports a regionally important commercial and recreational fishery. Sea
turtles, including the Atlantic ridley turtle, loggerhead turtle, and
green turtle, regularly forage in the area.
More Audubon regions. Long Island is Region 1; Great South Bay is point 12 on the map below.
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June 05, 2005
Astoria
Astoria NYC, by Joanna Grossman.
Photos, upbeat resaurant review and event news.
And she supports trees.
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June 02, 2005
LIC
Long Island City, Queens.
News, forums, photo, for sale, apartment and loft rentals available.
LIC really is old and more recently very industrial.
There are still big cement mixing plants and oil tanks
and commercial waterways and so on. There are workman's
afterwork watering holes and strip clubs and lots of
places to take the train. [more]
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June 01, 2005
LIC -- Wall Street water Taxi
Hunters Point took off as a transport hub when the LIRR moved its
terminus there from Brooklyn in 1861. Commuters can still connect
from the local station to Jamaica during rush hour.
Commuters to Manhattan have the E, V and 7 lines, or a water taxi
to 34th Street or Wall Street.
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