The New York City Traveler

Brownstones are few and far between in New York.  Much of the city is covered in multi-unit buildings, like these tenements in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood.  
Photo: flickr
___________________________________________________________________
Technorati Tags: b5media,The New York City Traveler,New York City,New York,NYC,tourism New York,Manhattan,travel,blogs,photo,tenement,Hell’s Kitchen,Midtown,Midtown West

3 Comments

Reporting and gathering information on human rights for a film is not an easy task.  Too often, governments and financial restrictions stand in the way of filmmakers completing projects which is why each of the 32 films presented in the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival-New York is triumph.         
The 19th Annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival will feature 19 full-length films and 13 shorts from 20 countries, including 31 New York premieres. This year, nearly half of the films are by women.
The central theme of the film festival is human rights, but the festival features films that …read more

Comments Off

The love story between Ennis and Jack isn’t over yet.  New York City Opera announced yesterday that they have commissioned American composer Charles Wuorinen to write an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain.”  Proulx’s 1997 short story was made into a 2005 feature-length film and garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, including three wins.
The film, set in 1963, is an unlikely love story that follows the relationship of two ranch-hands, Ennis and Jack, played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.    
“Ever since encountering Annie Proulx’s extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and …read more

Comments Off

Sniffen Court, one of New York’s only “gated communities,” is located at 150-158 East 36th Street (between Third Ave and Lexington Ave) (map), The buildings were built between 1863-64 and were used as stables by the residents of Murray Hill.  Since then, the buildings have undergone renovations and are now 10 individual houses.  The 1960s rock group The Doors shot the Strange Days album cover in Sniffen Court.  The court was designated a New York City landmark in 1966.
Photo credit: personal collection
__________________________________________________________________
Technorati Tags: b5media,The New York City Traveler,New York City,New York,NYC,tourism New York,Manhattan,travel,blogs,photo,Sniffen Court,architecture,landmarks,famous places

Comments Off