NYC

The Center of This Universe. Get used to it.

Hugh MacLeod notes God created the world. Inspired by His example, Man created New York. http://www.gapingvoid.com/zzzzzz7654326.jpg

Picking a Neighborhood: http://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoods/2010/65355/

• East Village Restaurant

http://nyc.blogs.com/notebook/

Zed Shaw intro to the local Culture/customs.

Big challenges for living here: Nyc Challenges

Who represents us in the US Congress

In the US Senate (representing New YorkState):

• Chuck Schumer
• Hillary Clinton

In the House Of Representatives:

• East Village (and some of Brooklyn Ny) 8th District - Jerrold Nadler http://www.house.gov/nadler/
• East Side and parts of Queens 14th District - Carolyn Maloney http://maloney.house.gov

Grants, etc. for new/small businesses

• Liberty Zone
• Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
• Digital NYC
• city's Commercial Expansion Plan

The Statue Of Liberty was erected in 1886.

The Chrysler Building was completed in 1930.

The Empire State Building was erected in 1930-31. The original King Kong movie was filmed in 1933.

The World Trade Center was constructed 1966-77.

Celebrity Sighting - not counting attending chichi events (which I don't do anyway), nor Live Performance

• Tony Roberts - outside restaurant
• Wallace Shawn - all over the place, even sat at next table a Noho Star one night
• Joey Ramone - lived on my floor for years before his death
• Irina Pantaeva - lives in my building
• George Peppard '90s walking on midtown sidewalk
• Carolyn McCormick - had kid at same preschool as mine
• Al Pacino - early'02 on neighborhood sidewalk
• F Murray Abraham - fall'02 a couple times within a week Walking around the neighborhood
• Julianne Moore - fall'02 at a preschool where her kid goes
• Chris Noth - often - lives in the area
• John Tunturro - Feb'03 in Japanese place across the street
• Eric Bogosian - Mar'03 on neighborhood sidewalk
• Roy Schneider - Apr'03 in corner market
• someone on a SegWay - Jul'03 - riding on the street instead of the sidewalk - will that sucker stay upright after being hit at 35mph by a cabbie?
• Brett Butler: Sept'04 on sidewalk near office
• Kurt Vonnegut: Nov'04 - apparently lives near my office, see him Walking his dog in the morning
• Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle on weird car/truck stopped at a light. They must have been shooting Reign Over Me.
• Jon Stewart: Aug'06 - at Central Park VictorianGardens mini-amusement park
  • also May'2008 in Forbidden Planet: good daddy
• Alec Baldwin: in Astor Pl StarBucks. Fought the urge to walk up and say Coffee is for closers only!
• Mandy Patinkin: on sidewalk near Union Square
• Philip Seymour Hoffman at Veselka

see 11 hotels under $200/night recommendations - when it's back up i need to check out http://www.corante.com/newyork/