Director Jules Dassin died this week. He just happened to direct a film I wrote about a few weeks ago — The Naked City — featuring one of the most extensive on-location New York shoots of almost any film before 1960. Now you have no excuse not to go rent it this weekend!
HE’S SHOT IN BEEF AT A BODEGA! Believe it or not, that’s not a Post headline. Come celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Queens papers The Times Newsweekly [City Room]
What did Manhattan look like before landfill? [Gawker]
A historic upper Manhattan stables, literally on the move. [Gothamist]
A wonderful old mid-Manhattan diner closes this week. But can it be saved? [Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York]
Hey, it’s the Bowery Boys. For real! We accompany Lauren on her tour of the Bowery [New York Challenge]