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Taxi: A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver
I drove a taxi in New York City from 1971-1975, graduating from hacking as a part-time earning a 42% commission on each fare to becoming a “steady man” who earned 49% of each day’s receipts plus tips. My first hack was a broken-down Dodge Polara with a smoky...
A New Yorker Who Celebrates Birds Every Day
The following is a modified excerpt from Leslie Day's Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City in celebration of National Bird Day. In New York City, birds are everywhere. They share the sidewalks with us. They build their nests on, above, and...
The great twentieth-century transformation of urban landscapes
Urban landscapes are where Pokémon Go players have recently started to go to catch virtual creatures lurking in a GPS version of what I naively think of as the real world. They are visible environments that are constant background to our lives in towns and...
