Citi Bike, New York’s massive new bike-sharing system, is finally here! The bicycle system is the nation’s largest, including 6,000 bikes at 330 stations in Manhattan (below 60th Street) and in parts of west Brooklyn. Citi Bike will soon expand to 10,000 bikes and 600 docking stations, adding Manhattan’s Upper West and Upper East Sides, Park Slope, […]
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Dispatch from “Occupy Times Square”
On October 15th, thousands crowded into Times Square, the “Crossroads of the World,” to join the Occupy Wall Street movement in protesting corporate greed, power, and their corrosive effect upon our society. The protest was part of a world-wide movement, with demonstrations in over 1,500 cities globally and over 100 US cities from coast to coast. I […]
Where (And What) Is Occupy Wall Street? My Discovery
On September 17, 2011, protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement began demonstrating and living in New York’s Zuccotti Park. They called the small plaza in Manhattan’s Financial District “Liberty Square.” That’s where Occupy Wall Street is. But what is Occupy Wall Street? According to their official statement, “Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many […]