Articles about “benjaminfranklin”
City Council Urged To Give City Council A Raise
It's not easy being a City Council member, but then again neither is being a school teacher. (New York City Council/Flickr) Mayor de Blasio and City Councilmembers could get fat raises now that a de-Blasio appointed...
Pencil This In
MUSIC: Come enjoy the Whitney after dark tonight as the museum's live showcase series invites Dan Deacon (pictured) to the stage. If you haven't seen Deacon before, get ready for some Casio keyboard electro-rock compositions and an...
Elsewhere in Ist
Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of...
Declaration of Independence Redux
In June of 1776, five men - John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston - began drafting the Declaration of Independence. A final draft was sent to Congress on July 1, and...
How to Show Interest in Someone...Or Not
After reading Bridget Harrison's fairly recent column about how long guys/gals should wait till calling/expecting a call after meeting someone, Gothamist started to wonder the same thing, besides when getting back to someone you might like went...