NOTES ON NEW YORK — [since 2013]

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Welcome to Notes on New York. I'm Rick Stachura. My site covers things that happen in New York City around daily life, music, history, current events, the performing arts, parks, preservation, and real estate -- or whenever something calls for investigation. From February 2013 to June 2018, Notes was hosted on Tumblr. All work is mine unless otherwise ascribed. Thanks for stopping by!

Simple Minds Live (Part 2)

by Rick Stachura on May 27, 2020 in Music Matters • 0 Comments

“Thank you for the pictures of living… in the beautiful black and the white.”

Simple Minds Live (Part 1)

by Rick Stachura on May 25, 2020 in Music Matters • 0 Comments

“Everybody take the great leap forward.”

In God’s Country

by Rick Stachura on May 23, 2020 in Tableaux New York • 0 Comments

“We need new dreams tonight.”

Absurd New York #122: Bottom of the Big Apple Gripe Box

by Rick Stachura on May 18, 2020 in Absurd New York • 0 Comments

Somebody’s inconvenient quarantine.

Retro Notes: “Fran at BAM”

by Rick Stachura on May 16, 2020 in New York Talks, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

When Martin Scorsese sat down with Fran Lebowitz. [Originally posted to Tumblr on January 21, 2014.]

New York by Numbers (4)

by Rick Stachura on May 8, 2020 in New York by Numbers • 0 Comments

A look at the projected economic fallout from Covid-19.

Laughing, we looked up

by Rick Stachura on May 4, 2020 in Poems & Lyrics • 0 Comments

The moon is crisp (a vacant spool)…

Retro Notes: “Blade Runner (Part 5)”

by Rick Stachura on April 29, 2020 in Blade Runner Chronicles, Retro Notes • 0 Comments

On 8th Avenue searching for Dr. Eldon Tyrell’s penthouse atop the Tryrell Corporation Building. [Originally posted to Tumblr on June 4, 2017.]

Absurd New York #121

by Rick Stachura on April 27, 2020 in Absurd New York • 0 Comments

The MTA’s copy editor strikes again.

Art of the City — 4

by Rick Stachura on April 26, 2020 in Art of the City • 0 Comments

Starring Shabnam Tavakol.