A picture I posted on a blog post for QuirkyNYC.com was picked up by NYTimes.com's City Room Blog.  Click here to see the original QuirkyNYC post, and check out the NYTimes' post below!

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"What's Possible Is Not Always What's Best" -- blog post on NYTimes.com's City Room Blog.
 
 
          In February, I appeared on the CUNY-TV news magazine program, "219 West."  I was interviewed about my experiences visiting Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating January earthquake and about some of the images I took and the people I met while I was there.
          In the same episode, a segment I helped report and produce ("Birds or Ballfields?") was also run.  The segment is about the Ridgewood Reservoir, a natural wetlands and forest acreage in Queens which is under consideration by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Parks department for conversion into baseball fields and recreational facilities.
          The episode can now be viewed online.  Click here to watch the show!
 
 
          Along with several colleagues, I've helped launch a new site, called Quirky NYC.  We'll explore the lesser-known corners of all five boroughs and introduce both natives and visitors to some of the best that NYC has to offer-- all off the beaten track!  
          Check it out here: http://www.quirkynyc.com
 
 
          Less than a week after the 7.0 earthquake struck in Haiti, I landed in Port-au-Prince to volunteer on an aid mission.  I was profoundly moved and affected by the people and places that I saw.  TheTakeaway.org published my brief blog post on part of the time I spent in Haiti, at a hospital treating hundreds of victims.  To read more, click here.
          More photos from my trip can be found here.
 
 
Tribeca residents are up in arms over a local bar they say has worn out its welcome.  The Tribeca Trib has my story about Biddy Early's, on Murray Street in Tribeca.  Read  my article here, featured on the Tribeca Trib's website.
 
 
I helped cover the Yankees' World Series victory parade in lower Manhattan for the Tribeca Trib.  See my photo and the article I contributed to on the Trib's website.
 
 
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IrishCentral.com has published an article I co-authored with Megan Finnegan about a memorial service for forgotten 19th-century immigrants whose remains were uncovered during a courthouse construction project.  Click here to read the full story.


For more pictures from the event, click here.
 
 


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After a rainstorm, fog and clouds roll in over the Coney Island boardwalk.  Click here to see the blog post.
 
 
Check out my article and photos in this month's issue of The Brooklyn Rail about Brave New World Repertory Theatre's "The Tempest" on the beach and boardwalk of Coney Island.
 
 
Amos Wengler has lived in Coney Island or nearby for most of the last four and a half decades.  His family emigrated from Israel in 1962, when he was 17, and moved into one of the towers built by Fred Trump.

For years, Wengler has been composing and singing songs about Coney Island, from songs about the hot dog eating contest to the “polar bears” (a local club of people who swim in the ocean during the winter). During community meetings discussing redevelopment of the neighborhood, Wengler has been known to sing, instead of speak, in an effort to persuade politicians to stop their development plans.

On a recent Saturday afternoon, I sat down with Wengler in the Coney Island Museum for a chat about the neighborhood, its atmosphere and his music.  I also recorded him singing in the Coney Island subway station, where he has a permit to sing.
Amos Wengler's "Hot Dog Song", "Polar Bear Song", and "In the City"
More of Wengler’s singing, such as his Mermaid Parade song and his Save Coney Island song can be seen on YouTube or MySpace.