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Raising the Beds, With Professional Assistance
Roy Berendsohn of ‘Popular Mechanics’ helps Ralph Gardner Jr. build raised beds and learn to shovel ENLARGE Roy Berendsohn of ‘Popular Mechanics’ helped Ralph Gardner Jr. build raised beds at his home...
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Re-Laying Floors, Restoring Homes
Rebuilding Together NYC helps low-income New Yorkers with repairs and renovations Rebuilding Together NYC’s director of construction, Terry Scott, leads a team during a renovation. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER...
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Locating a Cemetery and a Link to the Past
Ralph Gardner Jr. visits the graves of his grandparents in an industrial section of Queens Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery in Queens. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH GARDNER JR....
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El Catano Community Garden: Where Gamers Come to Play
The East Harlem space is one of 52 gardens New York Restoration Project acquired in 1999 ENLARGE Domino players work their strategies and keep up the conversation at El Catano Community Garden in East...
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Picking Work That You Love to D
Guitar maker Ric McCurdy is known for both his passion and his commitment Ric McCurdy in his Tribeca workshop. PHOTO: BESS ADLER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By RALPH GARDNER JR. June 13, 2016 7:13 p.m....
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When Hitler Got Hustled
Walter Shapiro’s new memoir on his con-man great uncle’s finest swindle Freeman Bernstein’s mug shot in the pages of ‘Hustling Hitler.’ PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR. By RALPH GARDNER JR. June 19, 2016 8:21...
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Robert Morgenthau: Lawyer, Farmer and Keeper of Family Lore
Ralph Gardner Jr. gets a history lesson in a visit with the former Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau signs a well-wisher’s book at Fishkill Farms. PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL STREET...
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Bill Cunningham Leaves a Social Void
The late photographer’s presence at an event told you it was worth attending Photographer Bill Cunningham shooting the Rodarte show during the fall 2014 Fashion Week....
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A New York Beacon for Greek Jews
Ralph Gardner visits Kehila Kedosha Janina, a synagogue on the Lower East Side The second floor women’s gallery at Kehila Kedosha Janina on Broome Street, the last remaining Romaniote synagogue in the...
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Desperately Seeking a Necktie to Love
For this New Yorker, the best were innocuous and many of the rest downright ugly ROB SHEPPERSON By RALPH GARDNER JR. June 30, 2016 6:19 p.m. ET The 1990s was probably the last time I purchased a...
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Another Condo-Conversion Casualty
The Waldorf Astoria is going the lamentable way of the Plaza The Waldorf’s Park Avenue entrance. PHOTO: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS By RALPH GARDNER JR. July 4, 2016 7:04 p.m. ET There oughta be a law! To...
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U.S. Open Hopes Dashed for Aspiring Ball Boy
For Ralph Gardner Jr., his best wasn’t quite good enough ENLARGE Ball boys at the 2015 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows. PHOTO: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES Ball boys at the 2015...
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A Dream You Can Taste
Helped by the Dream Big Foundation, the Jimenez sisters realize theirs Diana, Ionna and Melissa Jimenez at 3 Black Cats Café and Cakery in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. ENLARGE Diana, Ionna...
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Baseball Cards Steal the Show
Exhibition features greats including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson and Mickey Mantle 1 of 10fullscreen By this time in the baseball season the New York Mets are often many games...
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It’s hard to battle Pinsirs and Rattatas while at the same time avoiding falling into a manhole By RALPH GARDNER JR. July 17, 2016 10:15 p.m. ET Pokémon Go Adds Another Wacky Layer to New York City...
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For Times Square Characters, a New Reality
Tighter rules hamper moneymaking opportunities A tourist poses with cartoon characters in one of Times Square’s new ‘designated activity zones.’ PHOTO: RALPH GARDNER JR./THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By...
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A Photographer’s Focus Captures a City
Larry Silver puts his concentration on display in show at New-York Historical Society ‘ ENLARGE ‘Macy’s Parade’ (1951) is one of 45 works in ‘Photographs by Larry Silver, 1949-1955’ at the New-York...
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West Village Speakeasy-Turned-Pub Starts a New Chapter
Chumley’s, a bar beloved by the city’s literati, will reopen after nine years Archivist James DiPaola stands among author portraits and book jackets at Chumley’s, which reopens Tuesday after nine...
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A Cartoonist Goes to Town
Roz Chast didn’t realize how splendid life could be until she moved to Manhattan Roz Chast in her home studio PHOTO: BILL HAYES By RALPH GARDNER JR....
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It’s the Height of Envy for a Collection of Building Models
Ralph Gardner Jr. admires (and covets) Paul Goldberger’s impressive collection of souvenir building models Architecture critic Paul Goldberger with some of the pieces from his souvenir building...
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