Matty Maher, Owner of McSorley’s, Dies at 80
He was a bartender, a manager and then an owner. Matty Maher, the patriarch of only the third family to own McSorley’s Old Ale House since it opened in the East Village of Manhattan in the mid-19th century, died on Saturday in Queens. He was 80.
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Tourist Killed by Falling Debris While Visiting Italian Church
MILAN – A 52-year-old tourist from Spain was killed on Thursday by a piece a falling masonry in one of Florence’s most famous churches. The tourist and his wife were visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce, one of the Renaissance city’s top tourist attractions, where such Italian luminaries as Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei and Niccolo Machiavelli
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Cape Town, The Mother City – The Heart and Soul of Africa
Cape Town is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape Town was first developed by the Dutch East India Company as a supply
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Texas, Under Water, Sees Residents Returning to Devastation and Destruction
Houston – As Southeast Texas residents emerged by the thousands from shelters, motels and friends’ houses to return to flood-damaged homes, others remained in the grip of the crisis on Friday, cut off by still-rising floodwaters and living without running water for a second day. To the east, parts of Beaumont and surrounding communities remained
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Pickle Day is Coming Back to the Lower East Side
Take a walk back in brine time with Pickle Day on the Lower East Side on Sunday, October 15th from 12 noon to 5:00 pm. Orchard Street will once again be transformed into a pickle paradise as we fill the LES with 20+ picklers, tasty pickled and non-pickled treats, dozens of local boutiques, restaurants, coffee
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End of the Big Dig on Houston Street Draws Near
The Big Dig on Houston Street is nearing completion. It’s been a long 10+ years that Houston Street has had to endure continuous groundwork much to the chagrin of motorists who bear the brunt of the pain due to traffic crawling along Houston Street and Second Avenue. Aside from getting a lot of new piping
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