by Ben Wagenberg | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog
Taste is in the eyes of the beholder. Just saw another article on Facebook which posted a blog on the Village Voice as to where you can find the 10 Iconic foods of New York City. Wouldn’t you know it, Katz’s Deli was listed as THE PLACE to go for pastrami. Now we...
by Ben Wagenberg | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog
A sight you rarely see in New York. Coal delivery. Coal was the main source of fuel for boilers even until the late 1900’s. My school was heated by a coal fired boiler (pity the guy who had to stoke the fire!). Con Ed plants were by the rivers and waterways to enable...
by Ben Wagenberg | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog
Someone had this in his car junk yard and has to sell it. It is a 1935 R-6 INC subway car. No wheels or electric motors, but move it into your back yard and, wow, what a conversation piece!
by Ben Wagenberg | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog
Gee, I thought I was the only one who knew about Wo Hop’s, the restaurant in New York City’s Chinatown. That was the place I remember going to in the early morning hours on either Friday or Saturday night for a bite. The place was always open and the one thing that...
by Ben Wagenberg | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog
Great article on ABC.Com about Joan Rivers and Jewish Food. Check it out. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/book-jewish-food-features-intro-joan-rivers-25588665
by Ben Wagenberg | Sep 14, 2014 | Blog
We do indeed live in a multicultural city. Great story in Tablet Magazine, an online zine, regarding a group of African Americans who believe they are the direct descendants of Ethiopians who they claim to be the actual and original Jews (“Jews were African”). They...
