Ask a New Yorker: The one and only Tucker Robins. What do you do for a living? Tucker: I design and build furniture with remote tribal groups around the world. Ask a New Yorker: Remote tribal groups and furniture. Pray tell? Tucker: My furniture is from sustainable harvested materials and recycled elements from agrarian societies… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Who are you, where am I, and what do you do? Chris: Chris Duffy. 16 West Berry Street in Brooklyn. We’re in a community, public hot shop where we do glass blowing. Anyone who has experience can rent time here and come in and produce whatever they need. We also teach… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Hi Mark. What do you do, either to pay your rent or your mortgage? Mark: I’m a high school teacher at Freedom Academy High School, a public school in Brooklyn. It’s my first year there. Up until this year, I was teaching middle school in Manhattan. Ask a New Yorker: What… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name and what do you do? Ron: Good morning. My name is Ron Kraut and I’m the director of ice maintenance here at The Pond at Bryant Park. Also I’m a New York City representative for ice rink events. We sell and install the ice map 2 system made… Read more »
We met Joyce on a crisp autumn afternoon in her fabulous apartment near Gramercy Park. What a treat! Construction work in her apartment building was in progress, so the keys were having difficulty opening the door due to all the dust. Finally we got the door opened due to a kind man working in the… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Talk to me Larry, how long have you been playing the bass? Larry: I’ve been playing the bass for around 29, 30 years. It keeps me sane. It keeps me out of trouble. It’s fun. You have to forgive me I’m a little sniffly out here. The weather has gotten to… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: What’s your name and what do you do? Well, I guess it’s pretty obvious what you do, but could you tell us anyway? Brandon: I’m Brandon, and I drive a horse drawn carriage through Central Park. Ask a New Yorker: How long have you been doing this? Brandon: 25 years. Ask… Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: hi Laszlo, where are you from originally? Laszlo: Originally I was born in Hungary. Ask a New Yorker: How long have you been in New York? Laszlo: 23 years Ask a New Yorker: So that would place you back in Hungary during the communist era. How the hell did you get… Read more »
AskaNewYorker: Hi Jennie, tell us about yourself. Where do you hail from? Jennie: I’m an army brat. I spent a lot of time in Germany growing up. My folks settled out in Denver. And a long, long , long time ago I moved to New York. AskaNewYorker: Do you consider yourself a native New Yorker?… Read more »
AskaNewYorker: Tell us about yourself, Daniel in Buffalo? Dan: I’m a school teacher in Longport, which is a northern suburb of Buffalo. I’ve been teaching for 20 years. I’ve lived in this particular home for three years and some of my favorite things to do in Buffalo (Dan broke his arm badly not too long… Read more »
