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NYC’s Underground Scene: ‘This Must Be the Place’
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NYC’s Underground Scene: ‘This Must Be the Place’

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 / 23 August 2023

Music may be the glue of every NYC underground scene This Must Be the Place covers, but Jesse Rifkin’s primary interest is in the community held together by that glue.

‘Eyes of Laura Mars’ Is Best as a Document of ’70s New York
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‘Eyes of Laura Mars’ Is Best as a Document of ’70s New York

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 / 30 January 2020

A romantic thriller that boasts a contribution from John Carpenter, Eyes of Laura Mars benefits greatly from the gritty '70s Manhattan scenery.

‘The Manhattan Nobody Knows’ Guides You Through the City at Eye-Opening Level
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‘The Manhattan Nobody Knows’ Guides You Through the City at Eye-Opening Level

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 / 9 April 2019

New York trekker William B. Helmreich's latest urban walking guide, The Manhattan Nobody Knows, can feel like a series of bite-sized Joseph Mitchell essays, and as such is great fun to read.

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Humor and Hysteria in Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Bleeding Edge’

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 / 17 September 2013
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Occupy Literature: New York from Melville to the Beats

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 / 9 October 2012
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In Defense of Woody Allen’s Recent Work

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 / 19 July 2012
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Where’s Woody?

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 / 19 June 2011
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Que Pasa, New York?

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 / 31 January 2011
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‘Visions of New York City’ Is a Breezy, Celebratory Visual Travelogue — Join the Tour, Here

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 / 9 August 2010
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Uncertainty: A Meditation on Choice in New York City

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 / 31 May 2010
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Re: Reading Chronic City

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 / 18 March 2010
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Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville by David Freeland

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 / 27 October 2009