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Filling the pantries, New York City’s hungry children
By Alexandra Waldhorn Over the past year, lines at many of the city’s 1,000 emergency food organizations have gotten longer, and many of the people are younger as the recession’s crippling effects continue. A new report by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH) found that there has been a 21 percent spike in the number of people who depend on emergency food since the beginning of 2009.
Continue reading...123 Sesame Street, New York, New York
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
On November 10, 1969, Ernie and Bert had their first sketch and Gordon took a girl named Sally on a tour of the neighborhood. The 8-foot-2-inch Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Kermit the Frog, Susan and Bob all entered the scene, and the numbers two and three, the letter W and how milk is made [...]
Continue reading...The last finishers carry an added burden
Sunday, November 1, 2009
By Alexandra Waldhorn Two runners in today’s marathon carried an extra weight as they crossed the Central Park finish line, just moments before the official eight-hour cutoff. One of them carried an Eiffel Tower and the other, a backpack filled with 50 pounds of sand.
Continue reading...Losing its solitude: Running with a cause
Sunday, November 1, 2009
By Paulina Villegas and Alexandra Waldhorn Long hailed as the individualist’s sport, running in the New York City Marathon is more than ever wedded to charity. This year, runners will represent 75 charities -- a record number. Their goal: $21 million.
Continue reading...From parking lot to playground, a Bronx school transformed
Friday, October 16, 2009
By Alexandra Waldhorn New research from a February 2009 report published in the journal Pediatrics found that having a daily recess period of just fifteen minutes or more improves teacher’s ratings of classroom behavior. Yet in New York City, where 43 percent of schoolchildren are overweight or obese, there are 118 elementary schools without playground access, affecting about 100,000 children citywide.
Continue reading...Future Olympic athlete brings snowboarding to a trampoline in Central Park
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Korath Wright had no problem doing a 180, 360, corkscrew, tame dog or a backside 720 when he took his snowboarding tricks to a trampoline in Central Park Monday evening. But when asked to do a Spark 60, Flamingo, an Andre 3000, and an upside down 360 – snowboard tricks originating from the minds of 9-year [...]
Continue reading...An immortal birthday party for the Wizard of Oz
Monday, October 5, 2009
Heart, courage, brain and a pair of red sparkly shoes are famous to many. The “Wizard of Oz” turned 70 and New Yorkers of all ages came out this week to celebrate with a past-bedtime free concert and film screening in Central Park. Lines circled around Rumsey Playfield as people waited with bundled blankets under their [...]
Continue reading...Finding Melissa: the 170th kid
Monday, October 5, 2009
By Alexandra Waldhorn Danny Goldfield, a Brooklyn-based photographer is on a quest to photograph a child under the age of 12 from every country in the world who lives in New York City. He has since gone on a local trip around the globe for his project, NYChildren.
Continue reading...Filling in the gaps at one NYC public school
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Mekhi King arrived an hour early for school this morning, and stood in front of his four-story brick school in creased navy uniform pants and a button-down sky blue shirt, waiting patiently for the year to begin. Next to him was his father, Sammie, who a couple decades ago stood outside those same school doors as [...]
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Monday, December 21, 2009
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