Tag Archives: Central Park

Hey, Marty Walsh: Hire THIS Guy to Fix City Hall Plaza

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Since roughly 1969, one question has vexed every Boston mayor: What the hell to do with City Hall Plaza? And the answer that has routinely come back: Damned if we know. Regardless, the latest chapter of this ongoing saga is unfolding at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston City Hall, Central Park, City Hall Pathetic Redesign Project, City Hall Plaza, Cleveland, Emerald Necklace, Eric Jaffe, Frederick Law Olmsted, James Corner, James Corner Field Operations, Marty Walsh, New York High Line, Public Square, The Atlantic | Leave a comment

The Arts Seen in NYC (Central Park Edition)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town over the weekend and say, it was swell . . . weather. It’s not so much that what we caught at the museums was bad. But what we caught outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe, Act One, Andrea Martin, Belvedere Castle, Bill Cunningham: Facades, Central Park, Charles James: Beyond Fashion, Cindy Sherman, Daniel Goodman, Editta Sherman, Gauguin: Metamorphoses, Guggenheim, Italian Futurism, Jewish Museum, Jonathan Galassi, Judith Thurman, Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art 1948–1988, MAD, Masterpieces and Curiosities: Diane Arbus’s Jewish Giant, MOMA, Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York Review of Books, New Yorker, New-York Historical Society, Re:Collection, Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum, Strawberry Fields, The Black Fives, The Met, Tony Shaloub, Weekly Standard | 4 Comments

A Christmas Carroll

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

For my money (of which there isn’t a lot), the best thing about Christmas Day is that it marks the end of Christmas music for another year. Back in the early ’90s, WBUR asked its on-air personalities to record their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Littlefield, carriage ride, Central Park, Central Park carriage rides, Keeping the X in Xmas, Little Drummer Boy, Only a Game, WBUR | 3 Comments

Correction o’ the Day (pat. pending)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

From Wednesday’s New York Times: An article on Nov. 13 about twin brothers who had been sleeping in a tree in Central Park misidentified the type of tree. It is a European beech, not an American elm. (Go to Article) … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American elm, Central Park, corrections, European beech, New York Times | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Central Park

Hey, Marty Walsh: Hire THIS Guy to Fix City Hall Plaza

The Arts Seen in NYC (Central Park Edition)

A Christmas Carroll

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