Nowadays, a coal delivery, down the chute, is a rare sight in New York City. But a Bushwick, Brooklyn, company that gets its coal from Pennsylvania still delivers to 26 restaurants, all pizza places, 16 of which are in Manhattan. The pizzerias — like John’s Pizza on Bleecker St., getting supplied, above — use [...]

If marlins could talk… . After what could very well have been a night of hard partying, this fish was spotted, minus its snout, on Clinton St. near Houston St. on Sunday afternoon.

[media-credit name="Photo by Tequila Minsky " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Sheelah Feinberg, a former Community Board 2 member, is now executive director of the New York City Coalition For a Smoke-Free City. Last Thursday, the coalition rallied with young people in Washington Square Park. They also presented Staten Island Assemblymember Lou Tobacco a “Tobacco Against Tobacco” plaque [...]

[media-credit name="Photo by Tequila Minsky " align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Surrounded by family, friends and fans, Ruth Gruber, 100 — getting a kiss from daughter Celia Michaels-Evans, above — spoke at the opening of her exhibit “Photographs as Witness,” at Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White St. Fifty of Gruber’s archival images from 1944-’47 are on view. A legendary [...]

[media-credit id=1 align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit] Gingrich presents the G.O.P. with a wonderful gift!

[media-credit id=1 align="aligncenter" width="600"][/media-credit]Friday morning, Washington Square Park’s petanque court, just north of the small-dog run, was seeing some action. Before the park’s renovation, the spot had long courts with low walls, but now it’s a just a smooth-surfaced area separate from the grass lawn.