Jul 22nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Manhattan's rarely cheap. So, even if you can get a kickass flight, you're still stuck lamenting the hotel rates and dinner prices – not to mention spending a fortune on cabs. The Kimberly Hotel is about to make this easier. If you're looking to get your kids to the top of the Empire State Building before school starts, you still have time to squeeze in a trip this summer with a nice ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Cap off your summer in style at the Kimberly Hotel in Manhattan
Jul 22nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Manhattan's rarely cheap. So, even if you can get a kickass flight, you're still stuck lamenting the hotel rates and dinner prices – not to mention spending a fortune on cabs. The Kimberly Hotel is about to make this easier. If you're looking to get your kids to the top of the Empire State Building before school starts, you still have time to squeeze in a trip this summer with a nice ...Along the Hudson: The Hudson River School and top places to see the paintings
Jun 15th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Four hundred years ago, when Henry Hudson first saw the river that was named after him, I imagine he felt inspired by its beauty. The river not only captivated Hudson's attention motivating him to take a look-see far up into its reaches, it has also inspired artists to capture its essence, literally and figuratively.
There are places along the Hudson River's shores where you can imagine painters ...Undiscovered New York - Going Dutch
Jun 10th, 2009 at 10:00AM: 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of New York's "discovery" by a Dutch expedition led by explorer Henry Hudson. Way back in 1609, Hudson (who was actually British) and a small crew of Dutch sailors steered their vessel through the small gap between Staten Island and Long Island and into New York Harbor. Before them laid a vast wilderness, thick with old-growth forests and teeming with wildlife ...Undiscovered New York: Bike tour of Governor's Island
Jun 3rd, 2009 at 2:00PM: New York is a city dominated by islands. Most of these islands, like Manhattan and Staten Island, are easily accessible and fairly well traversed. Yet in a city this densely populated, so well-known and discussed, there still remain pockets of isolation; islands of mysterious calm and forgotten charm that make a visitor feel as though they've stumbled upon the ruins of some grandiose ...Undiscovered New York: Getting sporty
Apr 2nd, 2009 at 12:30PM: You probably already know New Yorkers are a competitive bunch. Whether it's fighting it out for designer duds at the latest sample sale, running down a taxi or climbing the corporate ladder, it's a city that thrives on getting ahead. What you may not realize, however, is that these very same facets of New York City also make it the ideal place for athletic pursuits. Despite all the glass and ...Breaking: Yet another plane crash. This time near Amsterdam
Feb 25th, 2009 at 6:00PM: I have to say, as much as flying does not bother me, it's a bit unnerving to click on The New York Times to see if any thing new has happened in the past few hours to find out that the new thing that has happened is another plane crash. This time the crash was just outside Amsterdam, but in a soft field instead of on a house near Buffalo, New York, on snow near Nome, Alaska or on the Hudson ...Commuter plane crashed on way to Nome and all safe
Feb 20th, 2009 at 3:30PM: Last night a Frontier Flying Service plane heading to Nome, Alaska from Brevig Mission went down with a pilot and five passengers. Although the story is not as fantastical as the Hudson River landing, I imagine the sentiments of those on board are similar, particularly with the news of the crash near Buffalo still so recent.
According to this Anchorage Daily News article sent our way by Matt, a ...Plane crashes and traffic accidents
Feb 13th, 2009 at 8:05AM: The first thing I read this morning was the news about the plane crash of Flight 3047, a stark contrast to the landing of Flight 1549 into the Hudson. Perhaps, this is why Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III has down played his role as a hero. One different step and the outcome could have been the terrible version. The version that makes someone's heart stop for a second and think, "There but for ...FAA releases US Airways flight 1549 ATC transcripts
Feb 5th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Sorry if our constant coverage of the US Air flight 1549 crash is beginning to bore you - but it isn't often that a plane ditches in a river, and everyone is able to walk away. The news today comes courtesy of the FAA, who just released the air traffic control transcripts of the actual event. The audio is pretty boring, so I cut out the most interesting part where the controller is told by the ...Separation of the airline classes made clear in a photo
Feb 4th, 2009 at 12:00PM: This is the kind of photo I could probably post without wasting too many words on. If you ever wondered what kind of perks a first class ticket will get you, then think about the coach class passengers up to their knees in freezing cold water, watching the first class passengers take a comfortable seat in the raft. I wonder whether any of the first class passengers demanded some hot nuts and a ..."Hero on the Hudson": Play it on Gadling!
Feb 1st, 2009 at 10:00AM: Maybe it's too soon for this, but there's already a popular online game inspired by the recent emergency landing on the Hudson River. "Hero on the Hudson" isn't terribly sophisticated, but it gets the point across. You are in the left seat, acting as US Airways Flight 1549 pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. Your plane is headed toward the Hudson River, and you need to take action. This free game ...Sharks circling Hudson landing
Jan 27th, 2009 at 2:00PM: When US Airways ponied up $5,000 a passenger for the passengers of Flight 1549, most seemed skeptical. Commenter Bill opined, "I'm guessing those $5000 checks won't stop any lawsuits." A recent story in USA Today confirms this view. And, of course, lawyers have been contacted. Joe Hart wants his bloody nose and bruises "made whole." The salesman from Charlotte also says it's too soon to know what ...So how do we get that Airbus 320 out of the Hudson River?
Jan 27th, 2009 at 8:30AM: I assumed US Airways Flight 1549 would simply lie at the bottom of the Hudson River for the next 10,000 years, where it would become a home to all the fish (if there are any) that live in that river.
But apparently the plane was already fished out of the river back on January 17, which, judging from the pictures that I've just stumbled upon, was no small feat of engineering. How was it done?
It ...US Airways check already in the mail
Jan 20th, 2009 at 8:30AM:
Notoriety is now worth $5,000. US Airways sent checks for $5,000 to each passenger on Flight 1549 last week, better known as the plane that touched down on the Hudson River. The payment came with a letter, in which the airline claimed to be "truly sorry." Passengers were also reimbursed for ticket costs.
This is a pretty refreshing move, especially following JetBlue's refusal to recognize its ...Photo of the Day (1/15/09)
Jan 15th, 2009 at 8:00PM: From our Gadling group at Flickr comes this shot taken by olyman almost exactly where the USAirways flight 1549 ditched today. I've always wanted to kayak around Manhattan, and I probably would have discovered this picture eventually, but with the exciting news that everyone appears to have survived the ditching of the A320 in the Hudson River, I wondered if there was a picture in the Gadling ...Undiscovered New York: Up the Hudson River Valley
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Nov 6th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Welcome to this week's installment of Undiscovered New York. This week we're going to be heading north, following the path of the Hudson River, one of the great waterways of the Northeastern United States. Many New Yorkers will tell your our city is "the center of the world," and in some ways, they have a good case. But the land bordering the Hudson River up to the capital in Albany has been just ...
