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Little Bytes of the Big Apple
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Blog and New York City video tours by Robert Westfield and Cayce Crown.
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NYC Decade by Decade: 1970-1979
1970--The first New York City marathon is organized. A far cry from thousands running through all five boroughs, the first marathon is run entirely in Central Park with only one hundred twenty-seven runners. 1970--McSor...
Arturo di Modica\'s Charging Bull
Just a refresher for those who liked Monday's photo: ...
The Rat and the Bull and the Future Business Leaders of America
I gave a tour of Wall Street last week to a Pennsylvanian high school chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America. As we passed through Bowling Green and approached the famous bull by Arturo di Modica, I noticed one of the rats available...
Steinbeck on the City
"New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition murderous. But there is one thing about it--once you have lived in New York an...
NYC Decade by Decade: 1960-1969
This was a decade of instability and flux. As the city went through one of its most accelerated transformations (compare a New York movie from 1960 with one from 1970), there were strikes, demonstrations, riots, protests and even a campu...
Christmas Windows in New York
I do like the Twinkle Twinkle Little Snowflake story at Saks and the touchscreens at Macy's that allow you to write a letter to Santa. But Bergdorf Goodman once again wins my personal Christmas Window Competition for 2009. The photo on the...

