Brooklyn
John Turturro, thief of New York characters, adds a capstone in ‘The Last Pickpocket in New York’
NEW YORK | John Turturro grew up in Hollis, Queens, and has lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn, since 1988. Though his life as a New Yorker, his most reliable reservoir of inspiration has been the sidewalks and subway cars around him. “You see the variety and diversity,” Turturro says. “It’s always around you. When I’m […]
Kelly Clarkson and a Brooklyn store clashed on social media. Behind it, power dynamics loomed
NEW YORK | It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even take to social media to post about it. But just because we might all have the same impulse, we all don’t have the same reach and […]
A NYC firehouse was first to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on staff
NEW YORK | Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small Manhattan firehouse just across an intersection from the twin towers. He rushed […]