Results tagged “happyholidays”

Oops! WNBC's Mistake Causes Problems for St. Louis TV Station more ›

It's hard to believe Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" came out almost 20 years ago. The song was included on the 1987 A Very Special Christmas album, the first in a series of compilations to benefit the Special Olympics. Also on that cd (which included cover art by Keith Haring): Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band singing "Merry Christmas Baby". Happy Holidays! more ›

Last week, the Department of Transportation announced the various ways the city would deal with holiday season traffic or, as some call it, "hell on wheels." With the catchy, management-consulting-speak name 2006 Holiday Traffic Mitigation Plan, the plan has nine gridlock days (this Wednesday being a big one), the "Times Square Shuffle" (no crossover option for cars at 45th Street), and Central Park will reopen its drives to traffic starting today. Happy Holidays, Central Park lovers. more ›

Oh, yes, it's on. After 3AM this morning, the Transport Workers Union announced they would strike a couple hours after rejecting the MTA's latest offer. Thousands of subway and bus workers walked off the job, leaving millions of New Yorkers to find new ways to go to work (sneakers, meet 60 blocks of walking). Now, New York City is in a state of emergency, in its special "contingency plan," with restrictions on vehicles (only cars with at least four people inside) for most of the morning, people trying to hail cabs, and Fifth and Madison Avenues closed to traffic. Transit workers, though, did finish their routes and close up stations carefully, at the union instructed; one station's sign read, "Strike in Effect. Station Closed. Happy Holidays!!!!" The city is trying to convene an emergency court session to stop the strike, but who know, this could go on for days. more ›

Marge Kramer, Santa's Elf more ›

Also, after seeing the NY Times's tacit approval of animal abuse by way of the hat with their use of photos of animals in Santa hats, Gothamist decided to Santa-ize our logo. Happy Holidays, all! more ›

Gothamist will be publishing on a lighter holiday schedule for the next two weeks. We're accounting for latke overdose, too much eggnog, and that New Year's resolution of "spend more time away from the computer." Gothamist will have new posts daily, but we'll be back at full strength (whatever that means) on January 5. more ›