Archive for December, 2009
A last marathon, a family affair
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Almudena Toral.
By Almudena Toral Julian Silgado, a Spaniard who has run 34 marathons, once promised his daughters that if he was still running at age 60, he would bring them and their families with him to New York to watch him run his last marathon. At the age of 60, he is still a devoted runner. […]
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40,000 Runners, 40,000 Pre-Race Routines
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Emily Lavin.
By Emily Lavin Lamar Robertsen has an advantage over other marathon runners on race day. “Before I leave the house, I eat a mint chocolate chip energy bar while the theme song from ‘Rocky’ plays in the background,” said Robertsen, 39. “It’s cheesy, I know, but I’ve done it before every race for the last […]
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Halloween Fears in East New York
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Janet Lawrence.
By Janet Lawrence For shop owners and residents in East New York, Halloween stirs up real fears. And so does the Jason mask. Jackie Davis said she is afraid that thieves are more likely to commit crimes under the cover of Halloween costumes. “What are you going to say, Jason robbed me?” she said. “If […]
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Bogged Down in Midtown
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Emily Johnson.
by Emily Johnson October 6, 2009 — When he was nine years old, Peter Beaton used to go straight from the Little League field to his family’s cranberry bog in Lakeville, Mass. He would work till 8 or 9 at night still in his baseball uniform. Now 62, the fifth-generation cranberry grower stood in midtown […]
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Scaring the Ghosts of Census Past
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Amy Yensi.
By Amy Yensi- Some people would rather face ghouls, goblins and ghosts than the federal government. That’s why census workers walked alongside costume-clad children in the 24th Annual South Bronx Halloween Parade. Their goal: to calm the fears of Bronx residents who are afraid to be counted in the upcoming census, even though the greater […]
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Memories of the Military
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Janet Lawrence.
Gus Guisintanner remembers the sand sprinkled on the Savoy Ballroom’s floors, so feet could slide more easily to the rhythm of live performances by Jackie Wilson or Lou Rawls.
“That’s what I really liked, the sanding on the floor. Shuffling and carrying on,” Guisintanner, now 75, said at the Wayside Boulevard Senior Center in East New York.
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A Fine Tune in Music and War
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Peggy Truong.
By Peggy Truong
Michael Comins carried a violin, not a rifle, when he served in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s. Comins was one of several hundred soldiers who played in the 7th Army Symphony. As a way to show Europe that Americans were not all about war and gangsters, the Pentagon created this cultural political tool.
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Hunts Point Responds to Halloween Crime Fears
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Emily Lavin.
By Emily Lavin Jade Rodriguez has one thing on her mind this Halloween. “It’s all about the candy,” said Jade, 12. “I can’t wait to stuff my face with chocolate. “ But instead trick-or-treating on Saturday, Rodriguez will be home with her candy before most kids have put on their costumes—without having rung a single […]
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Saved: Notorious Nightspot Becomes a Church
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Roman Espejo.
by Roman Espejo A downtown evangelical church in search of a home has found unlikely quarters at a former dance club in Tribeca. “You have to learn the ‘I don’t care’ dance,” Pastor Dan Stratton of Faith Exchange told his congregation during a recent Sunday service. In front of a makeshift pulpit and full band […]
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Ship Talk
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Peggy Truong.
By Peggy Truong
While New Yorkers flocked to Pier 88 to tour the Navy’s newest ship in November, the Marines and sailors aboard the USS New York were just as eager to tour Manhattan. Many of them are in the early 20s. When they are pier side, sightseeing and bars are instant luxuries.
