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Times Square on March 22, deserted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Eric William Chapman) Midtown Manhattan, a dense grid of office towers normally pulsing with activity, has been called a “ghost town” so many times that you’d expect to see tumbleweeds rolling through Bryant Park. Back in July, the  New York Times declared that the commercial district was in a “ purgatorial phase zero” of reopening, painting an evocative scene of a food cart vendor scanning empty streets for signs of life. Months later, things have not improved much. Occupancy rates on city hotels, like those in Mi...

            Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, the astronomical beginning of winter when the length of day roughly equals the length of night.  Since the summer solstice in June, daylight has gradually shortened; beginning today, it will gradually increase until next June when day and night will be equal.  Even though this is the shortest day of the year, sun worshippers actually welcome it because each day from now till the summer solstice daylight will increase.  My neighbor, a sufferer of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), celebrates today because for th...

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Some are viewable day or night. What? Like you're going anywhere? ARTS Alice in Californiland AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl's journey. https://www.axisdance.org/ Ballet22 In a blend of classical ballet, pointe work and contemporary styles, the new Oakland-based company Ballet22 will premiere new dances recorded at SF's ODC Theater, some with a modern holiday edge. The program, titled 'Breaking Ground,' premieres December 11, will include a modern take on the Sugar Plum Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker; Juntos, a neo-classical work by Ci...

Midtown is reeling: should its offices become apartments? Matthew Haag and Dana Rubinstein Dec 14, 2020 – 4.17pm Share New York | The pandemic is pummelling New York City's commercial real estate industry, one of its main economic engines, threatening the future of the nation's largest business districts as well as the city's finances. The damage caused by the emptying of office towers and the permanent closure of many stores is far more significant than many experts had predicted early in the crisis. Office space in midtown Manhattan could be converted into apartments under a proposal by t...