Subway safety for dummies
Speaking of which, I have a subway-tracks story of my own, though I was no hero, believe me. I had lived in New York only about two years when I let someone do something stupid. It...
SubwayA collection of 23 posts
Hero between the rails
This brief article from the New York Times begins by asking who hasn't thought about what you'd do if you fell onto the subway tracks. I've certainly wondered, and more...
I couldn't see the date on the newspaper
My subway reading the past couple of days has been the Bruce Sterling collection Globalhead. This morning I was sailing right through—until I decided to change things up and take a different route to work....
Conned
No power until next week? So says Gothamist. Jesus!...
The 8% solution
When you call ConEd today, they'll report an 8% voltage reduction in northwestern Queens. In our bit of Astoria, though, it's more like 8% voltage period. For a couple of days now,...
Sardines would have felt claustrophobic
I forgot to report my Friday subway adventure! Friday afternoon I left the office at 4:45, but I didn't make it home until nearly 7:00 pm. Seems most all of the underground...