The dilapidated footbridge passing over the FDR Drive from East 81st Street to Carl Schurz Park has seen better days. Crumbling supports, steep stairs and discolored cement characterize this footpath built in the 1940s. The bridge is currently under close scrutiny by local Community Board 8 and the Department of Designs and Construction as the entities work toward an estimated $10 million overhaul 
Spread ’Em Cops aren’t the only ones who will tell you to place your hands on a car—criminals will tell you to do so if they want to make off with your stuff and keep from being seen. On Monday, March 19, near First Avenue and 74th Street at 9 p.m., a man was pushed against a car by some crooks who 
By Sean Creamer The dilapidated footbridge passing over the FDR Drive from East 81st Street to Carl Schurz Park has seen better days. Crumbling supports, steep stairs and discolored cement characterize this footpath built in the 1940s. The bridge is currently under close scrutiny by local Community Board 8 and the Department of Designs and 
Miles David is by no means an ordinary writer. A resident of the Upper East Side, David has recently completed Saving the President, a novel about Margaret Massey, a fictional U.S. president who takes the reins of the country during a period that oddly parallels the current Obama administration. Massey faces some issues that are 
Upper West Sider Jerome Koeing, a partner, friend and renowned expert on state petition law, died on Friday, Feb. 17 of a heart attack. He was 78 years old. He is survived by his brother Howard, his sister Sandy and Mary Geissman, who was his life partner for over 40 years. Much of Koenig’s legacy 
Creativity is a facet of humanity that can be expressed in a multitude of venues. Some people make music, others make sculptures; Rebecca Schweiger, founder and director of The Art Studio NY, found her creative spark through painting and instilling the idea that everyone has an artist within themselves waiting to be found. The Art 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art acts not only as a home for a plethora of works of art showcasing the human condition, its outdoor plaza serves as one of Manhattan’s favorite hangout places. Backed with funding by industrialist David Koch, The Met plans to redesign its outdoor plaza so it can accommodate the crowds of 
What was once an obscure stretch of land known as “Welfare Island,” home to smallpox cases, is being reimagined as a monument to the president who led Americans out of the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, expected to open fall 2012 at the tip of Roosevelt Island was first envisioned by the 
