:: Mayor Wilders’ recent initiative to “clean up” the city’s catalog of archaic, outdated, obtuse or redundant ordinances begins in earnest next Wednesday when he plans to unveil his self-authored C.O.M.B. (Consolidate Our Municipal Bylaws) Initiative. Among the ordinances targeted…
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Smorgasbord: The First Forkful
Tableaux The wait to get into star chef Marlon Picard’s latest venture has become legend in the city’s food circles, with the opening night having been booked a full nine months in advance of the room’s opening. Sadly, The City…
Snapshots: Wondrous Helio-Copter Float, 1940
May 1940– Winning float in the 1940 Memorial Day parade, Manufacturer’s Division. The Samson Aeronautical Manufacturing Company’s entry, featuring a scale model of a “Personal Helio-copter.” Local aerospace magnate Lemuel Samson (he of the tiny homes of Samson Heights) would…
While We Were Out
Over The City Desk’s brief hiatus- :: No city officials were indicted or arrested. :: William Atherton withdrew from the mayoral race, rightfully citing it as “gimmicky.” :: Eleven people were murdered- eight shootings, two stabbings and one vehicular homicide…
In Case You Missed It, No. 2
Due to outside matters and a complete and utter lack of content, The City Desk will be taking a short break. In the meantime, here are some pieces you may have missed the first time around: Save the Legacy Diner…
Elsewhere: “Jewno”
A brief parody of the film, directed by City Desk contributor Stephen Levinson: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQE045CkDpY]
Mayor Montgomery, Our Own Eliot Spitzer
The unfortunate situation with New York’s Governor Eliot Spitzer has reminded some of a similar controversy which rocked our city in the early 80s. Popular Republican state Representative Karl Montgomery was elected to the mayor’s office in 1980 and had…
Snapshots: The (Proposed) Exact Center of the City, 1912
June 1912– A crew of county and city surveyors poses in at lot at 870 S. Harner Street, which would have been the exact geographical center of the city after the proposed Annexation of 1913. After a bitter battle (both…
“The New-Economy Day Laborers”
A misunderstanding over the attempted coining of a new phrase has resulted in an unlikely friendship between two groups of the City’s workforce. When Tomas Babushkin announced the opening of WorkSHOP, his new “wiki-place†where freelance information professionals can rent…
Elsewhere- This Is Not About a City
The Further Adventures of Li’l Bruce Wayne [The Invincible Super Blog] Often disregarded as part of any continuity, Li’l Bruce Wayne was a long-running series of light-hearted comic books aimed at children, detailing the life of a young, fantastically wealthy…