May 24th, 2013 at 2:30PM: John Fekner, Wikimedia
After protests from neighborhood residents and representatives, a New York company offering "ghetto tours" of New York has ceased all sightseeing offerings. According to news.com.au, Real Bronx Tours allowed outsiders to gawk at life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," taking them past housing projects and food pantry lines on three weekly tours.
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New York 'Ghetto Tours' Canceled After Neighborhood Backlash
May 24th, 2013 at 2:30PM: John Fekner, Wikimedia
After protests from neighborhood residents and representatives, a New York company offering "ghetto tours" of New York has ceased all sightseeing offerings. According to news.com.au, Real Bronx Tours allowed outsiders to gawk at life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," taking them past housing projects and food pantry lines on three weekly tours.
The news outlet ...Woodlawn Cemetery named National Historic Landmark
Jul 1st, 2011 at 12:30PM:
New Yorkers have always known that Woodlawn Cemetery was someplace special. This Bronx burial ground is the final home for many of the rich and famous. It's beautiful too, a parklike setting with 400 acres of ornate headstones and mausoleums, such as this one for Frank Winfield Woolworth. Yes, that Woolworth.
Founded in 1863 in an age when wealthy families vied with each other to have the ...Name a cockroach after your lover: Valentine's Day at the Bronx Zoo
Feb 12th, 2011 at 9:00AM: The Bronx Zoo has come up with a good way to show that special someone you care--name a giant cockroach after them.
The BBC reports that for ten bucks you can buy the rights to one of the zoo's 58,000 giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and name it after that special someone who bugs you more than anybody else. The zoo says they sold 1,000 dedications in the first day of the promotion. Perhaps ...Ten budget travel tips for New York City
Dec 1st, 2010 at 10:00AM:
New York can be crazy expensive. $8 for a bottle of beer. $300/night for a hotel room. $400 for dinner at famed Japanese restaurant Masa. As someone who spent most of 2008-09 writing about the Big Apple for Gadling and who's lived here over 7 years, it's a sad fact I've come to know all too well. But here's another shocking fact I've discovered about my adopted hometown: if you know the right ...New York City street vendors to accept credit cards
May 21st, 2010 at 10:30AM: Starting in June, if you've got a hankering for some street meat in New York City, you'll be able to use a credit card to purchase your kebab. As part of a trial program in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, select street vendors will begin accepting credit card payments for food.
If the initial response to the experiment is positive, it could be rolled out to all New York City street vendors ...Undiscovered New York: 10 unique NYC sights
Jun 17th, 2009 at 1:00PM: It's been exactly 10 months since our very first feature here at Undiscovered New York. Given the occasion, it's the perfect time to look back at some of our "greatest hits." When we first started the Undiscovered New York series, our intention was to provide an insider's look at the hidden places, history and overlooked spots in this huge city, the very spots many visitors don't have a chance to ...A guidebook to New York Hip-Hop (Remixed)
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Feb 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Though New York has given birth to any number of musical movements, it's only the last 30 years that have given rise to Hip-Hop, arguably one of the more defining cultural movements of the late 20th and early 21st Century. Though Hip-Hop is alive and well in New York City, it's not necessarily something that's easy to pinpoint on a map for out-of-town visitors, especially not like the Empire State ...Undiscovered New York: Is the "Real" Little Italy in the Bronx?
Nov 19th, 2008 at 8:00AM: Welcome back to this week's installation of Undiscovered New York. New York has a longstanding love affair with all things Italian. From the Feast of San Gennaro to some of the world's best pizza outside Italy, to our town's infatuation with the Cosa Nostra, it's hard to deny that Italian culture has strongly influenced New York culture. In fact, many visitors come to New York specifically to ...Undiscovered New York: Bombing the Bronx and the Graffiti of 5 Pointz
Oct 1st, 2008 at 2:00PM: As a resident of New York for just over five years, I frequently take for granted the "relative" cleanliness of my city. Sure, I could do without the many, pungent trash bag piles during summertime, but you quickly get accustomed to a certain level of grit and grime when you live in one of the world's largest metropolises. In fact, my version of New York circa-2008 is a utopia of clean compared ...
