The Seesaw of Power
Serge Schmemann, the editor of this magazine, has a spirited conversation about global shifts with Joseph Nye, Dambisa Moyo and Kishore Mahbubani.
In photos: Explosion in NYCs East Village injures at Least 12
A residential apartment building in New Yorks East Village neighborhood collapsed and was engulfed in flames along with a neighboring building today, injuring at least twelve people. By Xeni Jardin. New York City Fire��.
Explosion rocks NYCs East Village, building collapses
The glass came out like a shotgun. Ive been picking glass out of my shoes all day long. He said he ran right into the wreckage and helped bloodied and battered victims make it out. Meanwhile, one brave soul ��� identified by witnesses as an off-duty .
Life Beyond Avenue A
I DECIDED to move out of my neighborhood in Alphabet City the night I heard a couple getting held up at gunpoint outside my window. By the time the police came, the incident had long since ended, without a gunshot. But from that day on (it was about a year ago), I kept pepper spray under my bed. Every time I heard a noise in the front of my apartment while I was sleeping in the back, I mentally rehearsed my escape route. I also began the arduous and humbling adventure that is searching for an apartment in Manhattan.. Article by Neil Strauss on living on Avenue B in Alphabet City section of Manhattan; focuses on revitalization of Avenue B, and streets stretching off to the east and west; says bars, restaurants, ethnic book stores and curio shops have begun sprouting; map; photos (L)
Family Looking for Missing Man Following East Village Explosion: Reports
New York City Fire Department personel work to extinguish a fire as a building burns after an explosion on 2nd Avenue of Manhattans East Village on March 26, 2015 in New York City. Officials have reported that at least 12 people were injured but it is .
Explosion Rocks New Yorks East Village, Several Injuries.
NEW YORK (CNN) ��� An explosion rocked a heavily traveled section of Manhattans East Village on Thursday, injuring at least a dozen people and leveling parts of a building, authorities said. At least four of the injured in the��.
East Village Building Collapses in Flames After Apparent.
A building in Manhattans East Village has reportedly collapsed following a large explosion. Hundreds of fire firefighters are reportedly at the scene, battling whats become a seven-alarm blaze. The New York Post is reporting��.
Lebanon: Hezbollah Munitions Cache Explodes
The explosion in the house of a local Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon produced conflicting reports of casualties.
After East Village Blast, a Familiar Sight: New Yorkers to the Rescue
First there was the smell of gas, then an explosion and a burst of flying glass. Smoke and a hail of hot ash spattered onto the pavement of Second Avenue in the East Village as a red-brick building folded into itself on Thursday afternoon. Flames.
Iraq: 10 Killed in Attack on Coffee Shop
Ten people were killed and 18 others wounded when two explosions struck a popular coffee shop on Thursday in Diyala Province, officials said.. Ten people are killed and 18 others wounded when two explosions strike a popular coffee shop in Diyala Province, Iraq.
Counterculture Lion, Back in His Tidy Jungle
Robert Stone, whose new book is a long-awaited memoir of the ’60s, “Prime Green,” revisited his old East Village neighborhood recently.
EAST VILLAGE EXPLOSION - New Yorks PIX11 / WPIX-TV
EAST VILLAGE (PIX11) ��� Moments after an explosion tore through an East Village building, a screaming woman found herself trapped on a fire escape, her rescue coming from a man who climbed up to her on a ladder��.
Explosion and massive fire rip through New Yorks East Village
It was one of the first truly spring-like days in the city, damp but warm, and the intersection of Second Avenue and Seventh Street in New Yorks East Village was typically busy just after 3 p.m. on Thursday. Late lunchers lingered over their meals at.
Mayor Bill de Blasio Speaks at Site of East Village Explosion.
Twelve people have been injured, three of them critically, after an explosion and ensuing building collapses and seven-alarm blaze today in the East Village, where another building remains in danger of falling. ���Preliminary��.
East Village Building Failed Con Ed Inspection Prior to Explosion
An East Village building that exploded this afternoon, spurring a seven-alarm blaze, had failed an inspection of a new gas line by Con Edison just an hour before the explosion, Con Edison President Craig Ivey said today. Con Edison, the gas and.
Syria Calls Pipeline Explosion an Accident
Syrian officials blamed a technical problem for an explosion that damaged a natural gas pipeline near Deir al-Zour, a restive region in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.
Recalling Blast at a House Where Bombs Were Made
A City Room post recently about a town house on the Upper East Side that blew up in 2006 brought to mind another town house, another era and another explosion - the town house in Greenwich Village that became a bomb factory for the radical group the Weathermen.. Before an East Side town house was blown up by its owner, there was an even more famous explosion in a Manhattan town house, used by the Weathermen.
East Village explosion and collapse: Fire spreads to four.
EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) ��� A massive explosion apparently connected to gas and plumbing work at an East Village building sparked a vast seven-alarm fire that spread to four buildings, leaving at least 19 people��.
Arab Marauders Damage Israeli Village Waterworks
TEL AVIV, Jan. 24 Arab marauders struck across the Israeli border last night, ending a peaceful interlude of nearly three months.. raiders from Lebanon set off blast, Yuval, Israel, ending 3-mo peace
Fire rages after explosion, collapse at East Village apartment building
It is believed the explosion happened inside a restaurant on the first floor, called Sushi Park, and Mayor Bill de Blasio said the preliminary investigation points to gas and plumbing work inside. Con Ed was at the building earlier in the afternoon.
An Indian-Style Gem Takes On a New Role
In a neighborhood chockablock with architectural gems, the teak-trimmed house at 7 East 10th Street makes its brick and brownstone brethren look like drably appointed poor cousins. The Lockwood de Forest house, an explosion of intricately carved flowers, elephants and birds, is one of Greenwich Villages most eye-grabbing buildings and the only Indian style row house in the city. Architectural historians say it may be the only one of its kind in North America. Now, after a two-year, $1 million renovation, the five-story house is to open on Thursday as the Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University. Mr. Bronfman, chairman of the Seagram Company, donated $2.5 million for the buildings purchase.. Century-old row house on East 10th Street in New York City, with teak facade and exuberant Indian-style carvings, will open after $1-million renovation as Edgar M Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University; photo (S)
Sushi Park, Pommes Frites Destroyed in Massive East.
#Explosion �� #NY RT East Village, NYC, after explosion, at least 30 missing and 3 firefighters (via @EastVillageEats) pic.twitter.com/Ocz4B31Cbu. ��� Nadi Mobarak (@NadiMobarak) March 26, 2015��.
Scenes From the East Village Building Explosion
Manhattan building collapse and explosion �������� #nyc #eastvillage #explosion #fdny. A photo posted by Rafael Fernandez (@rafaelmfernandez) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:41pm PDT. Videos and photos from the scene of the horrific fire that leveled an apartment .
They Can List, but They Can’t Hide
Amateur sleuths at Stuyvesant Town scour the Web for short-term rental listings to see who among fellow tenants seek to turn their apartments into hotel rooms.. Some residents of Manhattans Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complexes are trying to hunt down tenants who rent out their apartments as hotel rooms on the Internet; such practices violate the lease and, in many cases, city law.
My East Village Home Exploded
The Brookses and their roommate live on the top floor of 123 Second Avenue in Manhattans East Village. On Thursday afternoon, their home was the scene of hundreds of firefighters, policemen and even more gaping bystanders coughing and snapping .
Rock band members lose apartment in East Village blast
A group of young rockers were counting their blessings that they were on tour when a gas explosion leveled their East Village apartment building Thursday. The members of upstart rock band Public Access T.V. watched in disbelief as news reports about.
Windows Pop: A Mystery Story
Hundreds of windows have been popping and shattering inside apartments at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, and the problem is getting worse, tenant leaders say. Complaints were first heard two years ago, when 138,000 new windows were installed as part of a major capital improvement program at the two developments. But they escalated late last year, and a recent survey has turned up 20 broken windows in one apartment building on First Avenue.
An Explosion and a Blockade, and a Syrian Pact Is in Limbo
An insurgent group claimed responsibility for an attack on Thursday, saying it was a response to the mass killing of unarmed civilians in Aleppo.. Insurgents in Aleppo Province, Syria, set off enormous explosion that levels the Carlton Hotel, underscoring their vow to continue the fight and their ability to carry out damaging attacks despite retreating from Homs; members of the Islamic Front, who claim responsibility for the blast, are among those who have objected to the evacuation deal on grounds that the rebels should make no compromise with the government.
Chaotic scene, dramatic escapes after NYC explosion
���Yo, call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!��� a mans voice cries out at the start of a stunning video taken moments after Thursdays explosion on Second Avenue in the East Village. An injured man lies on his back in the street, and another of the.
NYC East Village Explosion and Fire Engulfs Building.
The NYPD has reported several injuries after an explosion in Manhattans East Village caused one residential and business building, on Second Avenue and Seventh Street, to collapse, while another was engulfed in flames.
After the Beats: A New Generation Raises Its Voice in Poetry
Naomi Shihab Nye stood under the bright lights at Waterloo Village on Thursday night, a television camera hovering around her like a mobile X-ray, to read her work into a microphone. The poet could not hear herself; the wind whipping the tents plastic walls, the rains ping-ping drumbeat on the roof and the expanse of empty seats seemed to swallow the sound of her. I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,
Explosion in Golan Heights Appears to Target Israeli Troops
Rather than intentional or accidental fire from the Syrian civil war, the explosion seemed to be a terrorist attack, Israeli officials said.
CBS2 Exclusive: Man Steps In To Rescue Woman On Fire Escape In East.
Photos from the scene showed the woman escaping the building, lowering herself into Brandas arms just seconds after the explosion ��� and just before the flames began roaring. Branda watched as the woman struggled with the ladders of the fire escape.
Building Collapses After Explosion In NYC East Village, 12.
An explosion in Manhattans East Village caused a building to collapse, injuring 12 and sparking a blaze in the New York City neighborhood.
19 injured, 4 critically, after explosion and fire in Manhattans.
Nineteen people have been injured, four of whom are in critical condition after an explosion caused a fire over four buildings in Manhattans East Village. Two of the buildings have collapsed, and another���
Genre-Bending Hangout Takes Its Final Bows
The restaurant is an institution that became both a timeline and a time capsule of downtown life.
Bahrain: Blast Injures 7 Police Officers During Protest
The officers were wounded when a bomb exploded on Monday as protesters near the capital called for the release of an activist on a two-month hunger strike, officials said.. Seven police officers are wounded when a bomb explodes as protesters near Bahrains capital called for the released of jailed activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a two-month hunger strike; Bahrain has ruled out sending Khawaja, who is also a Danish citizen, to Denmark for medical treatment, despite a request from the Danish government.
Building explodes and collapses in Manhattans East Village.
An explosion rocked the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, causing a massive fire that collapsed at least two buildings. 19 people were injured, four of them critically ��� 5 members of the��.
Explosion in Manhattans East Village
Explosion in Manhattans East Village. Updated 8:45 PM ET, Thu March 26, 2015. The building includes both apartments and businesses. <img alt=The building includes both apartments and businesses. class=media__image itemprop=image .
Dramatic video captures chaos in moments after East.
NEW YORK ��� Cell phone footage originally obtained by PIX11 shows the moments after an explosion rocked the East Village of New Yorks Manhattan borough Wednesday. ���What happened? Oh my God!��� one person can��.
Building collapses on East Village after possible explosion.
EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) ��� The FDNY is on the scene of a building collapse in the East Village after a possible explosion. The building, on Second Avenue and Seventh Street, is currently on fire. An unknown��.
Explosion in NYCs East Village Rattles Residents, Business Owners
43, a basement bar and restaurant on East Seventh Street near Second Avenue, said he was inside when he heard a huge boom and ran out to see what happened. He said the front of a restaurant, Sushi Park, was blown out. ���People were walking around .
Recalling Blast in a House Where Bombs Were Made
A City Room post recently about a town house on the Upper East Side that blew up in 2006 brought to mind another town house, another era and another explosion - the town house in Greenwich Village that became a bomb factory for the radical group the Weathermen. Unlike with the physician on the Upper East Side who apparently intended to destroy his town house, the explosion on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village, in 1970, was an accident.. City Room blog recalls 1970 incident in which Greenwich Village town house that was being used as bomb factory for radical group the Weathermen exploded in freak accident. Photos (M)
AT ISRAEL FUNERAL, MOOD IS DEFIANT
Her neighbors and fellow settlers laid Rachel Druck to rest today in the rocky soil of biblical Samaria, mourning her violent death and vowing that they will stay on this disputed land forever. It was part-funeral, part-political assembly as hundreds of people from Shillo and other Jewish communities in the West Bank gathered at Mrs. Drucks graveside a day after she and an Israeli man were killed in an ambush attack on a busload of settlers.
It was the loudest boom I ever heard
Since I live just two and a half blocks away, I walked home a couple of hours after the explosion to assess the damage and check on my dog. Shell-shocked New Yorkers of all ages milled around Second Avenue, which was blocked off south of 10th Street.
East Village Buildings In Explosion Housed Popular Restaurants
Many residents mourned the loss of the businesses that were damaged or destroyed in the explosion. Sushi Park, on the ground floor at 121 Second Ave., was described by Eater.com as a ���cheap Japanese restaurant always offering half-price sushi deals.���.
EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic video captures chaos in moments.
EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) ��� Dramatic cellphone video shows the terrifying moments after an explosion rocked an East Village building Thursday afternoon. People can be seen frantically running out of the Sushi��.
EV Grieve: [Updating] Explosion on 2nd Avenue and East.
A powerful explosion in the East Village on Thursday caused two buildings to collapse and ignited a large fire that quickly spread to neighboring buildings, leaving at least a dozen people injured, at least three of them critically��.
AN EXPLOSION IN EAST RAILWAY.
AN EXPLOSION IN EAST RAILWAY.
Stomp Cancels Thursday Performance Following East Village Building Explosion
Following the explosion and fire in the East Village, the off-Broadway production of Stomp has canceled the March 26 performance. The long-running show performs at the Orpheum Theatre, which sits across the street from the site of the collapse on 2nd .
12 Injured, 4 Critically, After Gas-Related Explosion Causes.
Inspectors from New Yorks gas utility were at a building in Manhattans East Village on Thursday a little more than an hour before a fiery blast injured a dozen people, at least three critically, leveled the structure and a��.
Two Cheers for Sweatshops
It was breakfast time, and the food stand in the village in northeastern Thailand was crowded. Maesubin Sisoipha, the middle-aged woman cooking the food, was friendly, her portions large and the price right. For the equivalent of about 5 cents, she offered a huge green mango leaf filled with rice, fish paste and fried beetles. It was a hearty breakfast, if one didnt mind the odd antenna left sticking in ones teeth. One of the half-dozen men and women sitting on a bench eating was a sinewy, bare-chested laborer in his late 30s named Mongkol Latlakorn. It was a hot, lazy day, and so we started chatting idly about the food and, eventually, our families. Mongkol mentioned that his daughter, Darin, was 15, and his voice softened as he spoke of her. She was beautiful and smart, and her fathers hopes rested on her.. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn article, adapted from their book Thunder From the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia, describes Asias sweatshop culture; photos (M)