NYT > The City http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/thecity/index.html?partner=rss en-us Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:33:04 GMT NYT > The City http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/thecity/index.html?partner=rss The Great Divide http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22froz.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22froz.html Longtime Bellerose institutions like the Frozen Cup are giving way to businesses selling Asian and South Asian art. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times The beloved Frozen Cup ice cream stand of Bellerose is poised to make way for a Days Inn, a prospect that reveals the ethnic tensions just beneath the surface of a tranquil Queens neighborhood.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By JAMES ANGELOS Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:43:26 GMT Queens (NYC) Immigration and Refugees Relocation of Business Area Planning and Renewal New York Observed: The Night of the Foot http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22dog.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22dog.html Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times Most evenings, nothing very interesting happened at the dog run in Washington Heights. Then Zoe started burrowing around in the earth.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By J. DAVID GOODMAN Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:05:57 GMT Dogs Parks and Other Recreation Areas Washington Heights (NYC) The Voice: The Man Who Lets the Bedbugs Bite http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22bedb.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22bedb.html entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History since 1978. Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Louis Sorkin, a bedbug expert, spoke about the growing problem with the blood-sucking creature in New York City.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By SAKI KNAFO Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:48:01 GMT Bedbugs American Museum of Natural History Sorkin, Louis Insects The City Visible: Heavy Metal http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22scrap.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22scrap.html TNT Scrap Metal on in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Robert Stolarik for The New York Times At a junkyard in East Williamsburg, a no man’s land where cast-off pieces of the city come to rest, everything has its price.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By DARYL KHAN Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:32:39 GMT Waste Materials and Disposal Copper, Brass and Bronze Williamsburg (NYC) Recycling of Waste Materials Soho: Shoes in the Bakery Window and Other Mysteries http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22vesu.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22vesu.html At the site of the revered Vesuvio Bakery, a series of twists and turns capped by word that the business had closed for good. Andrea Mohin/The New York Times The Vesuvio Bakery on Prince Street in SoHo was much adored. After some twists and turns, the store front is now for rent.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By JAMES ANGELOS Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:22:41 GMT Bakeries and Baked Products SoHo (NYC) Vesuvio Bakery Retail Stores and Trade Shutdowns (Institutional) Lower East Side: Seeking Seats at a Table Where Space Can Seem Elusive http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22esse.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22esse.html “It’s really necessary for everyone to be treated the same,” said Susan Stetzer of Community Board 3. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times The matter of how vendors get space in the Essex Street Market has recently raised questions.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By GREGORY BEYER Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:34:34 GMT Bakeries and Baked Products Essex Street Market Lower East Side (NYC) Belmont: Why the Smoke Doesn’t Get in Their Eyes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22esmo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22esmo.html Taking a drag on an electronic cigar while making the real thing. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times Electric cigars, or e-cigars — along with e-cigarettes — claim to offer the experience of smoking without the hazards.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By SOPHIA HOLLANDER Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:48:57 GMT Smoking and Tobacco Cigars Riverdale: Fears of Blight in a Land of Plenty http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22ghos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22ghos.html “It raises a question,” said a local real estate agent. “Is this a ghost town?” Natalie Behring for The New York Times In an affluent Bronx neighborhood talk of empty storefronts and vacant lots strikes many residents as a new and troubling development.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By KATHERINE BINDLEY Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:49:39 GMT Bronx (NYC) Housing Building (Construction) Economic Conditions and Trends Letters To the Editor: The Cost of a Haircut, the Sound of the Subway http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22lett.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22lett.html New Yorkers are cutting back on haircuts. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times Reader mail answered.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:39:05 GMT Transit Systems Hair Subways New York City Dispatches: Crying in Their Presidential Beer http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22disp.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22disp.html Shane C. Welch of Sixpoint Craft Ales. Robert Wright for The New York Times After a setback with their Hop Obama beer, a small brewer in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is now profitable and expanding.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By JAKE MOONEY Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:48:30 GMT Beer Red Hook (NYC) Obama, Barack Alcoholic Beverages Urban Studies: The Other Tinseltown http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22noll.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22noll.html In search of “Hidden Tears” and other products of Nollywood. Evan Abramson for The New York Times The products of the Nigerian film industry can be found in a tiny nondescript storefront on 165th Street near the Grand Concourse in the West Bronx.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By PAUL BERGER Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:47:00 GMT Motion Pictures Retail Stores and Trade Bronx (NYC) Nigeria Downtown Beckons http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22rest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22rest.html Restaurants along the western edge of three of today’s hottest restaurant scenes: the meatpacking district, the West Village and TriBeCa.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> Compiled by KRIS ENSMINGER Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:45:59 GMT Restaurants Cooking and Cookbooks Manhattan (NYC) F. Y. I.: Stylish Riding, and Paying http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22fyi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/thecity/22fyi.html Reader’s questions answered.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span> By MICHAEL POLLAK Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:31:11 GMT Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers Subways Manhattan (NYC) Second Avenue (NYC)