Tag Archives: Central Park

CENTRAL Park: Lunch Delivery To Your Blanket Via iPhone GPS

Seven NYC restaurants have signed onto a delivery service that will find you anywhere in Central Park via an iPhone GPS app. A new iPhone application for food delivery to the Manhattan oasis debuted Saturday, with Sheep Meadow sunbathers free to order a slice and Great Lawn Frisbee tossers liberated to call for chow mein. The app comes with a …

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Rabid Raccoon Attack In Central Park

A woman was bitten by a presumably rabid raccoon in Central Park and today she tells New York Magazine her story. I live on the Upper East Side. I was doing a little shopping on the Upper West Side and when I was done, decided to walk back through the park. But it was so gorgeous out, I stopped to …

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Hot Chip To Play Central Park

Devo-esque gay favorites Hot Chip will play Central Park’s Summerstage on August 4th. I was a little late getting to the Hot Chip party, but 2008’s Ready For The Floor did it for me. You’re my number one guy!

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Central Park Has Rabid Raccoons

New York City’s health department has issued an alert about rabid raccoons in Central Park. Over 100 infected raccoons have been trapped or found dead in the park so far this year. “It’s like Central Park in the ’70s when you had to be fearful of people – now you have to be fearful of raccoons,” said Manhattan teacher Meg …

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SLIDESHOW: NYC Pride Rally

NYC Pride held its annual Rally at Central Park’s SummerStage yesterday where co-hosts Bruce Villanch and Vickie Shaw entertained the crowd in between performances by the Gay Men’s Chorus, MeShell Ndegeocello, Ari Gold, Billie Myers, the cast of Hair, and Martha Wash. Also featured was Lt. Dan Choi, who delivered a rousing MLK-esque speech, leading the crowd in chants of …

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Tavern On The Weenie

Central Park’s famed Tavern On The Green, which recently closed in bankruptcy despite being the second-highest grossing restaurant in the country, is going to have a new life. As a snack bar and souvenir stand. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg envisions an unexpected, humble but most likely temporary destiny for the closed, bankrupt, once-glittering Tavern on the Green restaurant: a snack …

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Ten Things Not To Do In NYC

Travel site Concierge lists their ten most over-hyped tourist experiences in NYC. 1. Hansom cab ride through Central Park.2. Dining at Tavern On The Green.3. Eating anywhere in Times Square.4. Comedy shows in Times Square.5. Shopping at Century 21.6. Nightclubbing in the Meatpacking District.7. A pedi-cab ride through mid-town.8. Eating from a hot dog cart.9. Visiting the Empire State Building.10. …

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Morning View – Central Park

(Via JMG reader Inga)

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The Coyote Of Central Park

After several weeks of sightings, the Central Park coyote has been caught on tape as he played on the frozen surface of The Pond. Photos here. Nobody knows how he got onto the island, but he’s not the first – in 2006 another coyote died shortly after being captured in the park.

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Morning View – Central Park

(Via JMG reader Inga)

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Rev. Billy’s Unmarriage Ceremony

Yesterday in Central Park, performance artist and famed NYC activist Rev. Billy performed a group unmarriage ceremony for straight allies unwilling to partake of the institution until “love is the law.”

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UnMarriage Until Gay Marriage

Popular performance artist and one-time NYC mayoral candidate Rev. Billy will stage a group unmarriage ceremony in Central Park tomorrow in which participants will vow not to get married until everybody can. Join hundreds of couples at The Bethesda Fountain in Central Park this Valentine’s Day for a mass ritual in support of the rights of ALL people to marry …

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Tavern On The Green Closing

Central Park’s Tavern On The Green, the nation’s highest grossing and arguably most famous restaurant, will close tomorrow after 75 years in business. The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year’s Eve, when it will serve its last meal. Just three years ago, it was …

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Morning View – Yield To Horses

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80’s Flashback

Diana Ross, Live In Central Park, 1983. Once of the most famous moments in Diana Ross’ career came when a sudden thunderstorm interrupted her free Central Park concert just as it was beginning. Ross shrugged off the downpour and continued singing, despite the request of promoters that she wait. As the storm intensified and the estimated crowd of 800,000 (perhaps …

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Daily Grumble

So last night the New York Philharmonic gave a little free concert in Central Park. A free concert for 100,000 people. Some HuffPo blogger is calling it “Ludwigstock.” Funny. And annoying, because even though I’m just a few blocks from the park, I never knew about it. The New York Times reviewed the event as “the perfect New York night.” …

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Tomorrow: Bear Hill in Central Park

Every couple of Saturdays during warm weather, my crew gathers on Bear Hill in Central Park to kick back under the trees and enjoy the disco oldies from the roller rink below. Most days there’s a dozen of so of us, but sometimes on special weekends such as Pride, our numbers swell greatly. So if you’re in the neighborhood, feel …

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Saturday In The Park

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Blaine The Cheater

All the networks have been breathlessly reporting on “magician” David Blaine’s three-days-upside-down stunt in Central Park. “He could go blind!!! He could get brain damage!!!” However, Gotham’s blogs have been lighting up for the last day with photos of Blaine taking a break every hour to stand on his feet for ten minutes. Check out the gallery at Mollygood’s post: …

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National Go Topless Day: August 23rd

I was handed a flyer for National Go Topless Day as I was leaving Central Park over the weekend. Organizers hope to draw attention to public nudity laws that allow moobs but not boobs. The flyers were being handed out by a cute young chick, but the presence of a sign-carrying Raëlian nearby should have tipped me that those very …

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