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Walking Off the Big Apple

http://www.walkingoffthebigapple.com

New York walking journal, neighborhood guides, maps, lists of affordable hotels, and art reviews with entertaining commentary on the cultural life of the city.

Added on: Aug 5th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Teri Tynes
Listed in: Places & Geography Destinations
Tags: new york New York City visual art walking museums urban geography

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City Life in Winter: Nanook, Arctic Fashion, and the Ubiquitous Quilted Down Parka

Posted on Sunday February 7th, 2010 at 01:52 pm in fashion, new york, winter

With the arrival of bitter wind chills and snow this winter, walking in New York feels more like an expedition than a stroll. It's not surprising then to see people on the street dressed in Arctic wear. Quilted down parkas with hoods trimmed in fur o...
Toward the Virtual City and The Crisis of Place

Posted on Friday February 5th, 2010 at 06:27 am in new york, manhattan, writers, upper east side

A Review of Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday, 2009, 480 pps.) For residents of Manhattan, reading Jonathan Lethem's Chronic City may lead to a strange case of urban anxiety. While his portrayal of contemporary Manhattan evokes familiar ele...
The City as Archive and as Playground: Atget\'s Paris, and Lessons for New York

Posted on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 at 09:05 am in Photography, new york, paris, surrealism, flâneur, icp

The work of French photographer Eugène Atget (1857-1927) is featured in two current exhibitions at the International Center of Photography - the traveling Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, and well as the smaller in-house exhibit...
Good Subway Stops for Bad Weather Days: A List of Stations Near Major NYC Attractions

Posted on Saturday January 30th, 2010 at 07:26 am in new york, sightseeing, subway

Let's face the music. On some days, the chilly winds of a cold winter day can make walking in the streets of New York City a painful prospect. The wind chill effect can whip around our tall buildings, having nowhere to go but straight into the bones....
Breakfast at the Breslin, Then a Walk

Posted on Wednesday January 27th, 2010 at 04:25 pm in hotels, cuisine, new york, restaurants, walking, maps

The streets near Madison Square Park and north to Greeley Square represent an aging section of the city, replete with great dowager buildings of glory years past and the fading songs of a hundred years ago. The streets serve up their own specialties ...
At the Morgan: The Master of Catherine of Cleves

Posted on Monday January 25th, 2010 at 03:40 pm in art, artists, new york, metropolitan museum of art, morgan library

A Review of Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves at The Morgan Library and Museum. January 22 through May 2, 2010 Bigger than an iPhone but smaller than whatever reading device Apple is expected to roll out this week, The Hours of C...

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phillip newport

I like your blog, you give a good presentation of what is going on in the city. Also your traffic advisories & google maps are great. Keep up the good work

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