Becky Fifield
The Brutal and the Beautiful New York State Museum
This weekend, Dr. V, Jake, and myself went up to Albany to visit the New York State Museum. We had the very good luck of running into...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 8, 2016
- 1 min
“Omelettes – Plain or with Rum”
What? Where in culinary history did I miss the inclusion of rum in an omelet? New York Public Library announced recently the availability...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 3, 2016
- 3 min
Railroad Dreams: Danbury Railway Museum
If you mourn the destruction of the late, great Pennsylvania Station in NYC, you’ll find this glass heralding the coming of the new...
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Becky Fifield
- Dec 31, 2015
- 2 min
An Unfortunate Title for a “Great” Article on Penn Station
David W. Dunlap writes the rather fun Building Blocks column for The New York Times. On December 30, 2015, his contribution was titled...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 22, 2014
- 2 min
Wanderlust Wednesday: Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Redux
Better known as the PATH, the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad began shuttling passengers through its cast iron tunnels between Manhattan...
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Becky Fifield
- Nov 7, 2013
- 1 min
Bye Bye Schrafft’s: Losing More Unique Buildings on the UES
Schrafft’s at 155 E. 79th Street as it appeared in 1944. A “Rat Poison” sign appeared on the front door of 155 East 79th street....
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Becky Fifield
- Aug 26, 2013
- 3 min
Museum Monday: Museum-Hater
Do we say “museums are not for everyone” and leave it at that? Or should we have meetings this Monday morning to figure out how our...
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Becky Fifield
- Jul 22, 2013
- 2 min
Museum Monday – WNYC Municipal Archives Online
Back in May, I gave a lecture on collections emergency preparedness at the New York Archives Conference. It was supposed to be a...
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Becky Fifield
- May 21, 2013
- 2 min
Trans. Tuesday: We Survived The Parade of Trains
Just barely. RL Fifield 2013. Dr. V. indulged my whim to visit the assemblage of historic trains at New York’s Grand Central Terminal...
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Becky Fifield
- Feb 28, 2013
- 3 min
Snapshot: Fabric Shopping in NYC
Tuesday, 2/12/2013, was, amazingly, a holiday at my place of employ. I took advantage of everyone else having a normal work day and went...
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Becky Fifield
- Feb 26, 2013
- 2 min
Transportation Tuesday: Move Madison Square Garden NOW
Commuters rush through the LIRR entrance corridor past artwork that evokes the original and only Pennsylvania Station. Andrew Leicester....
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Becky Fifield
- Feb 21, 2013
- 2 min
Overheard in the Subway…
Much of NYC’s life takes place underground. Last Tuesday was a holiday for my place of work, and I used the morning to get some errands...
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Becky Fifield
- Feb 19, 2013
- 2 min
Transit Tuesday: Subway Station Renovation – A Few Thoughts About Getting It Right
New York City’s subway opened in 1904. During an era of competing private lines that radiated from the heart of Manhattan into the...
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Becky Fifield
- Feb 12, 2013
- 1 min
Transit Tuesday: Grand By Design Exhibition at Grand Central
After a boozy brunch with Dr. V’s cousins, we wandered up the sunny side of the street to Grand Central Terminal, celebrating its 100th...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 30, 2013
- 2 min
Book: The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski
It’s a little bit untrue to title this small volume solely a book. It caught my eye while I was perusing the stacks last week at the New...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 18, 2013
- 2 min
On the Subject of Duck…
Picture postcard of duck hunting in a sink box at Havre de Grace, Maryland. Duck is tasty. It was popular fare in New York’s...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 15, 2013
- 2 min
Transit Tuesday: The Walking City
Colleagues of mine were up from DC this week for the Alliance for Response NYC program “Community-Based Recovery After Superstorm Sandy”...
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Becky Fifield
- Jan 14, 2013
- 1 min
Museum Monday: The Discussion After the Storm – Alliance for Response NYC
On January 11, Alliance for Response NYC hosted “Community Based Recovery After Superstorm Sandy.” Alliance for Response is a national...
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Becky Fifield
- Dec 20, 2012
- 1 min
Spaces that Feed the Writing Brain
McSorley’s. 2003. I just finished Dwight Garner’s “A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan” in The New York Times (December 14, 2012). I’m...
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Becky Fifield
- Dec 8, 2012
- 1 min
A Lesson in Water Conservation – from Martians
The Leaky Faucet features two of the weirder Muppets, The Martians. Their octopus-like lower halves are topped with wide flexible mouths...
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