In the last three and a half decades, this city has seen a lot of its ups (rents, fares and
taxes) and downs (that Olive Garden they put in Times Square). Read and see all about it in New
York magazine's terrific 35th anniversary special.
Here are some highlights of the package:
100 People Who Changed New York A list as diverse as New York itself includes Reggie Jackson and George Steinbrenner. Notable omissions include the guy who invented much-needed taxi cab air fresheners and whoever set the price of a Gray's Papaya hot dog at 75 cents.
17 Most Influential New York Bands Three short of a number that makes sense, New York tabs KISS, the Beasties, the Ramones and that 36-year-old bald-headed fag that Eminem once wanted a blowjob from. (Actually, Moby is 37 now.)
Scenes You Had to Make Apparently, there hasn't been a cool thing to do for 14 years, since all these scenes are pre-1990 and partial to the coke and crappy music of the 1970s. I swear in the mid-'90s going to a Knicks game was a cool gig. Now you could have more fun in a church.
35 Scandals and Crimes Here's where the site could have been better. There's no browsable index, so users have to click 35 times to see all the events. Terrible web practice.
My favorite NYC moments of the last 35 years:
1. Keith Hernandez spends Mets career smoking cigarettes between innings.
2. In 1993, Mets outfielder Vince Coleman tosses an M-80-like firecracker into crowd of people at Dodger Stadium, injuring a young girl.
3. Darryl Strawberry decks Keith Hernandez to instigate a brawl on the Mets 1989 spring training picture day.
4. John Gotti, lifetime criminal, murder, drug profiteer, poisonous vermin, embarrassment to honest New Yorkers and hero to the stupid, dies June 10, 2002.
5. Coyote Ugly opens January 27, 1993.
they are putting a red lobster in times square as well. *sigh*
fricking red lobster.
city crab baby. city crab.
Posted by erin at April 28, 2003 12:37 PM