Tag Archives: Manhattan

(This story makes its third appearance on JMG. It last ran on this day in 2006.) Manhattan, September 11th, 2001That day, I got to my office on 42nd Street at about 8:55am. About ten minutes later, I got a call from Thomas in Orlando. “Honey, you should look out your window because a plane just hit the World Trade Center!” …

Would you take your lunch in the middle of Broadway? The surprise remodel that I told you about last month is already finished and the Times is reporting that it’s a huge hit, even though office workers are predicting imminent death and gore. “It’s a death trap,” Mr. Sachinis, a network administrator for a garment company, said with a laugh. …

The NYPD has a new plan to photograph the license plate of every vehicle entering Manhattan and to “sniff” all vehicles for radioactivity. The proposal — called Operation Sentinel — relies on integrating layers of technologies, some that are still being perfected. It calls for photographing, and scanning the license plates of, cars and trucks at all bridges and tunnels …

Drag superstar Lady Bunny has joined up with PETA to protest KFC with a giant billboard near the entrance of the Holland Tunnel. Says Bunny: “I’ve joined the PETA gang to send the message that while PETA isn’t insisting that KFC stop serving chicken, it is strongly denouncing grisly procedures like de-beaking the birds while they are alive. EVERYONE I’ve …

One of Manhattan’s few remaining lesbian nightspots, Rubyfruit, is closing. RUBYFRUIT, the beloved West Village lesbian bar and restaurant, is closing after 15 years – a victim of rising rents and smaller crowds. “It was the first of its kind as a meeting place for local lesbians and those visiting New York from all over the world,” owner Debra Fierro …

Gotham nightclub FUBAR was destroyed in a construction disaster on Manhattan’s East Side this afternoon, just about a mile from my apartment. A 15-story construction crane collapsed, destroying an entire five-story apartment building and FUBAR. At least three people were killed. Something is seriously wrong with construction oversight in this town, this shit is happening every week. More photos.

I should note that I have dined in almost all these establishments. And to be precise, in Times Square there are actually two Applebee’s, two T.G.I. Friday’s, and three Sbarros.

A new free service in Manhattan called MizPee.com allows you to locate the closest public restroom via your PDA. Restrooms are ranked for cleanliness on a scale of 1-5, in case you can hold it long enough to make it to a higher-ranked location. With the paucity of public restrooms around town (no robo-johns for us, sadly) I can see …