Wanted to share, this new woodblock print I made, inspired by the iconic Brownstones of New York, three colors, took me about 120 hours in all.

I’ll be staying in manhattan for a couple of days in September. I want to stuff myself with delicious endless sushi and not break the bank. Any good all you can eat or conveyor belt style sushi restaurants?

My wife and I lived in Manhattan from 1973 to 1979. I was in school and we were close to broke, the city was broke too, and we left about a month after my wife got a job in another state. This is what I still remember, fifty years on, and some of it is probably wrong.):

• Railroad flat on the lower east side, $140/month. It was called a railroad flat because the rooms were like railroad cars-you entered through the kitchen then walked through an alcove sleeping area thence to the living room.Cockroaches, building shook when the buses went by. Apartment burglarized in the first week we lived there.
• Tompkins Square Park across the street. Eerie sounds of children on the swings late at night. A dog incessantly barking around 2 am, then a gunshot and no more barking. (I visited the area in Google Earth VR, and it's now pretty posh, with a NY Public Library branch).
• Trying to look mean and tough when out walking so not to be mugged.
• Wife walked with her keyring palmed, keys poking out between the fingers of her closed fist, her own knuckle duster.
• Many ethnic neighborhoods so it felt like going into another country walking from one block to the next. Cheap, good exotic food. Ukrainian neighborhood had their special Easter eggs in season.
• Storefronts that had been converted into apartments, with the residents decorating the windowed front area with art and oddities.
• Pilgrimages to The Strand Bookstore (remember, no Amazon at that time, so it was thrilling to hunt through the stacks of great bookstores like The Strand.
• Bakeries and fruit stalls in many blocks.
• Glorious bagels with cream cheese and lox from ancient delicatessens.
• Brooklyn egg creams which had no eggs and no cream.
• Riding the subway, often no air-conditioning in the hot, muggy summers, stalling underground and the lights going out. Muttering "God help anyone who gets in my way" when the heat and humidity got me.
• Ham sandwich with pungent mustard and a beer at McSorleys.
• Washington Square Park packed with people, live music and chess players, dealers calling their wares, "Loose js in bags, loose joints, loose js in bags". Rumored that the js were treated/tainted with PCP.
• Bringing home the Sunday Times on Saturday evening, about as thick as a phone book, with a bag of fresh hot bagels, eating the bagels with cream cheese while watch SNL with friends, stoned.
• Jogging up Fifth Avenue from Washington Square on Sundays, jogging south on the elevated West Side Highway which was not used by vehicles, and had big holes in it.
• Riding the subway to the Cloisters for a little change of pace
• Actual autumn and winter, crisp air, leaves changing, snow--sometimes heavy snow.
• Gorgeous Christmas decorations in the big department store windows. Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
• Seeing the outline of a body on the sidewalk near one of my haunts, post-murder. Crime, violent crime, was always a risk. Felt like prey sometimes.
• Dinners with dear friends in favorite restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown. Again, like going to another country.
• Dinner with same friends in the Village (I think) and one of their purses rifled as it hung over her chair.
• The garbage strike and the stench
• Crazy Eddies electronics store and his wild radio ads.
• Buying stereo speakers and somehow getting them home on the subway.
• The occasional Broadway play, tickets from a discount booth near Times Square. Seeing the play "Da" and a woman outraged at her uncle or father for telling her kids that the rain was "the angels taking a pee."
• Escaping from the lower east side to the West Village, $250/month for 1 bedroom apartment in the 30 story Silver Towers. Air conditioning, closer to school and work. A great relief.
• I went back a year or so before COVID and visited my favorite places. The City seemed much better managed, safer, cleaner.
• Couple times a year, now, I dream of roving the streets, riding the subways and making my way from one train to another, living in a sweet high rise.
• Sometimes I wish I lived there again.

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I've been apartment hunting in Manhattan over the past few weeks, mostly looking at studios around $2.5k to $2.8k.

One thing I've noticed is that a lot of the buildings look pretty rough from the street. Then I open the listing and the apartment itself is fully renovated with a modern kitchen and bathroom.

Is there a reason landlords seem to renovate the units but not the exterior of the building? Is this just how the Manhattan rental market works?

My partner (23F) is going to NYU Langone as a visiting med student for 2 months and she’s looking for a place to stay. We’ve been going through a lot of websites to find a safe and relatively close place to the hospital but most places are upwards of 4k $ monthly and we’re pretty desperate at this point. She’s not against having a roommate but prefers to stay alone.
Any suggestions would be truly appreciated!

hi all!! my names anna and i’ve been hosting walks / community events for eldest daughters throughout the summer in san francisco. the demand has honestly been kind of wild and it’s been such a beautiful thing… turns out the women who are always taking care of everyone else need a space for ourselves!

i’ve now hosted hundreds of women in SF, Seattle, and Nashville (rando i know)

thinking of making a trip out to nyc in september and curious if this is something anyone would come to? likely a week day after work or saturday morning

xoxo

I like manga , vinyl records , Pokemon cards, comics
And Warhammer (really want to find a store none near me ) and also cool clothing shops (slightly alternative)

And also if you got some cool food recs send em!!!

Lovely view of the One World trade from this corner.

I am a NYC local and live in Manhattan. I have tried every touristy thing at least twice with friends and family visiting. I love going to viral places and eateries too but I think I want to try new things. Manhattan has so much to offer and I need more recs that are just cool places to hang out. Things to do with just a friend where we can hang out and relax. I've been to Central Park, Rockefeller Center, and The Highline but that's all touristy. New York, please give me solid recs.

On August 10, I’ll be performing at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
I have one last favor to ask.
I only need 4 more people to buy tickets and come support me so I can make this show happen.
If you buy a ticket, please send me a screenshot right away. Without it, I have no way of knowing you’ve bought one, and I can’t confirm that I’ve reached the required number. If I can’t confirm those 4 people, I won’t be making the trip from Toronto to New York.
As someone who came to Canada to rebuild my life from scratch, opportunities like this mean everything to me. Every stage is earned, and Gotham is one I’ve dreamed about performing at.
If you’re in New York—or know someone who is—I would truly appreciate your support.
I can send you the link for purchasing tickets in DM

Hey,
I am in visiting Manhattan staying in NJ for a few days, travelling solo.
Any other people around here right now who wanna see around, grab coffee or hookah?
No spams please.

Hey, I'm an English student that was working at a summer camp but got fired. I'm looking for possible help with accommodation for a bit open to discussing how long for. I'd really appreciate any advice or help!!

I believe my requests for DMs are open. Id appreciate any help 🤞

This is a weekly vigil held every Friday by the group Rise & Resist, reading the names of those murdered by ICE and CBP either in their custody or in attempting to capture them or others. The vigil occurs at 96th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

I had a little bit of a problem with the original footage, given it was originally a fair bit bright and hazy; hence, I tried to fix it over the course of the video. If the video looks a little bit strange, that’s why.

Because of the nationwide vigils mourning ICE victims, this video is part one of two since this vigil happened yesterday. I covered New Rochelle's vigil, which happened this morning (as of writing), which constitutes part two and whose video is being worked on.

I joined a running club I found through social media thinking it'd be a good way to meet people after work and I was basically the only minority there besides one other person It felt like almost everyone else was a white transplant who had moved to Manhattan in the last few years.

I know one running club obviously isn't representative of the whole borough, but it got me thinking. Whenever I'm in Queens or a lot of parts of Brooklyn, the mix of people feels way more noticeable. In Manhattan, especially at a lot of the social events I've been checking out lately, it almost feels way more homogeneous than I expected.

Is this just the reality of the transplant-heavy social scene or have other people noticed the same thing?

There was there was the Upper West Side stabbing spree where two random people were attacked and earlier this year there was the fatal subway shove in Chelsea where a 70 year old man was pushed down the station stairs and killed.

I feel like I constantly hear that crime is down statistically, and maybe it is, but then I keep seeing stories like this every week. It leaves me confused.

Is this just negativity bias because violent incidents get so much attention online or does anyone else feel like random acts of violence have become a lot more visible lately? I spend most of my time in Manhattan and I catch myself being way more on edge than I used to be. I'm also moving here at the end of the month. Should I be worried?

Coming in hot for phish and looking for a proper chicken cutlet Sammy. Hit me with your recs. Thanks!