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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Dumbass Drivers, Vol. II
The guy just wants to help. Or does he? It isn’t clear. All I can tell is, he’s banging on a window of the white Pontiac Grand Am idling at a stoplight on Houston where First Avenue turns … Continue reading
Posted in Foot It, Houston Street, Tim Coleman
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Talk of Renovating Hawthorne Station Tonight
The community group Mount Pleasant Today, which actually seems to be more focused on Mount Pleasant Tomorrow, is meeting with County Legislator John Nonna and some other pol’s about, among other things, getting the town’s master plan changed and sprucing … Continue reading
It’s Not Called Ash Thursday
If you saw anyone on the train this morning with ashes in the form of a cross on their forehead, you can be sure they did not shower this morning. Of this I am certain. [image: markdroberts.com]
An Open Letter To:
The Man Who Put on the Necktie While Standing on the 6 Train. You were a short fellow, Asian, black hair flecked with gray. I’d say you were 45. You got on the 6 at 42nd Street and illuminated the car … Continue reading
Posted in 28th Street, 6 train, Grand Central, Open Letter
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What Do You Call It When???
We like to think we do a fair job of coming up with words for things that happen in the commuter’s day-to-day for which there heretofore were no words. We think Pershing Square-Dancing works pretty well, Phantom of the Stopera … Continue reading
Posted in Word of the Week
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Good Cop, Good Cop
I’m doing my usual A.M. breeze through Grand Central when I see a young Asian tourist family asking a pair of New York’s Finest for a photo. The cops oblige, and each puts his arm around the shoulders of a … Continue reading
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Get Your Rusted Railcar Out of My Yard
JerseyJim passes along an interesting Wall Street Journal yarn about idled boxcars sitting dormant on tracks around the country, as cargo demand decreases. “Miles of Idled Boxcars Leave Towns Singing the Freight-Train Blues,” goes the title, and the story tells … Continue reading
Smart Car. Dumb Ass.
I’m picking up dinner—curry from my favorite Indian joint on Sixth Street’s disappearing “Tandoori Row”—when a tidal wave of traffic starts streaming down Second Avenue. I can make it across if I hurry. I jump off the curb and … Continue reading
Posted in Foot It, Tim Coleman
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The Cat in the (Sir Topham) Hatt
No sooner did I get home from work Friday, visions of “broken tracks” in Scarsdale having slowed down my morning commute hours before, when Little G ran over to me to read a book he’d grabbed from the library that … Continue reading
Valhalla’s $400,000 Lot Extension
The Town of Mount Pleasant is aiming to add 104 spaces to the lot at Valhalla train station, reports The Examiner. The state orginally approved the plan, which calls for an extra 27,000 square feet of paved surface, back in … Continue reading