City Life

Watch the sunset: Manhattanhenge is tonight and tomorrow

by Nigel Chiwaya May 29, 2012

It’s the annual event where the setting sun is perfectly aligned with Manhattan’s cross streets. This means you can watch awesome sunsets from virtually any street in Midtown, with exceptional views at 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd or 57th streets.

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Go outside today: Memorial Day weather to be great

by Nigel Chiwaya May 28, 2012

Oh, and if you’re saying ‘Of course the weather’s great, Nigel, it’s MEMORIAL DAY,’ take a minute to realize that there’s a tropical storm beating up Florida and Georgia right now. Just sayin’…consider yourself lucky while you’re out and about.

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Heads up, A train riders: this jerk face masturbated in front of me on the subway

by Nigel Chiwaya May 20, 2012

I’d hoped to go my entire life without becoming a participant in such an unwanted encounter, but rather than sulk about it, I’m posting the jerk face’s photo online so that everyone can learn that he’s a flasher. (And maybe, just maybe, he can get caught.)

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Fastrack shuts down A/C/E lines this week, here’s what’s going down

by Nigel Chiwaya April 23, 2012

It’s a little less confusing than previous weeks, as only thing you have to know is that there’s no service on any of the lines between 59th-Street Columbus Circle and Jay Street MetroTech.

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Ten years later, is Manhattan still really white?

by Nigel Chiwaya April 10, 2012

Now that the Census Bureau has rejected New York City’s appeal, we can now look at the census figures, flawed as they are, as official. That means we can use them to answer a burning question: is Manhattan still really, really white?

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