Damek.

Yesterday the NYC Council approved the Mayor’s waste plan which includes a highly-opposed marine transfer station here on the Upper East Side. Personally, I agree with this assessment. This will actually reduce the transit of garbage through the city’s streets by funneling Manhattan’s garbage to a couple of stations where they will be [...]

The new Greenmarket opened down the street from me today — we went to check it out and enjoy the literal fruits of Upper Green Side’s labor over the past few months. I took some photos of the event, which you can see in my post at Upper Green Side. Glenn also covered [...]

Why does this annoy me?

I’d always assumed they were legal, but apparently they’re not.
Temporary signage, whether on construction sidewalk sheds or on scrim that covers temporary work, must have a permit from the Department of Buildings and comply with the city’s zoning regulations on signage. Almost all oversized signs on buildings are illegal unless they are in Times Square [...]

We’re getting rid of our old dresser, now that we have a new one. We’re donating it to Salvation Army — admittedly because they’ll come pick it up.
Understandably, however, they won’t carry it down stairs from an apartment walkup. So we did that ourselves this morning. Not a problem, especially after we [...]