Jump-Off Season is Taking Off
By Urban Thought at 1 April, 2008, 4:58 pm
Something has been weighing on my mind all week. I’ve been getting random phone calls from people about break-ups that will or have happen. It’s crazy when it all happens at once but this trend isn’t new. This usually happens this time of year and I think I’m going to call it exactly what it [...]
Read More >>Who Are You Voting For?
By Urban Thought at 18 January, 2008, 1:00 am
After working the weekend, I’ve come to the conclusion that people are just as confused as I am as to who they may vote for president. Here I am having a discussion with the Orange Phoenix, a blogger of Urban Observation, and a couple of other people of color. Someone happens to bring up the [...]
Read More >>I Woke Up…
By Urban Thought at 8 January, 2008, 8:00 am
I woke up this morning Knowing that tomorrow isn’t promised and I am able to experience today. I walked out my door this morning After preparing myself for what is a day unknown. I walked down the stairs this morning And saw a little girl lost in the haze of marijuana. I walked to the train station [...]
Read More >>Snow In NYC
By Urban Thought at 3 December, 2007, 1:04 pm
As the seasons change so does the look of the city. Autumn in NYC is great when you have a place like Central Park. This past weekend we experienced our first official snow. It was great considering I spent most of the time indoors. This is one of the visions I was able to capture. [...]
Read More >>Everyday Strangers
By Urban Thought at 25 October, 2007, 3:59 pm
I love New York and all that it is. Growing up in NYC isn’t for everyone but it damn sure is for me. Riding the train this morning, in a packed subway car I realized that morning routines can be so solemn. You have a bunch of strangers standing or swaying to the rhythm of [...]
Read More >>One Man’s Flower is Another Man’s Weed
By Urban Thought at 6 July, 2007, 7:46 am
MOM: Come on, let’s go! CHILD: But I want to play with the flowers. MOM: They’ll be here when you get back. If you could only see the joy in this child’s face as he was playing in the grass, messing with what he thought to be flowers. If you never made it out of [...]
Read More >>U.N. Predicts Urban Population Explosion
By Urban Thought at 30 June, 2007, 6:50 am
(June 30) — By next year, more than half the world’s population, 3.3 billion people, will for the first time live in towns and cities, and the number is expected to swell to almost five billion by 2030, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released yesterday. A United Nations study predicts that the [...]
Read More >>Summer In NYC
By Urban Thought at 29 June, 2007, 3:14 pm
Loud screams, crowds of people, the heat is on. It’s a fight. Everyone appears to be wet or about to be. No, no blood in sight but there is a gun involved. No one is getting hurt, unless it’s their ego. It’s a water fight and the gun is actually a super soaker. This is [...]
Read More >>Renter’s Cant Catch A Break
By Urban Thought at 21 June, 2007, 1:06 pm
New York renters squeezed by the lowest vacancy rates in three years are unlikely to get any relief next week when rent-stabilized guidelines come up for a vote. The Rent Guidelines Board recommended increases between 2 and 4.5 percent for one-year leases and between 4 and 7.5 percent for two-year leases at a preliminary vote [...]
Read More >>The Homeless: Fixtures of the City (Follow Up)
By Urban Thought at 20 April, 2007, 12:06 pm
Last year, when I first started this site, I thought I’d do nothing but post pictures. From what I see now, I’ve gone beyond that. Not sure who my readers are but I hope you are enjoying what I’m bringing. And, if you aren’t then tell me what you are looking for. I may be [...]
Read More >>Mayor Bloomberg Pays Parents To Care for Their Kids
By Urban Thought at 30 March, 2007, 2:15 pm
It isn’t enough to have children and want to see them make a difference in the world, keep your family name going or push them to do better than you’ve done in life, out of love of self and love for your child. No, it isn’t that simple anymore (was it ever?). Mayor Bloomberg has [...]
Read More >>Mayor to Pay Poor Parents And Children to Get Out of Poverty
By Urban Thought at 30 March, 2007, 10:10 am
March 30, 2007 Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a novel $50-million initiative yesterday that will pay poor New York families cash for taking steps to lift themselves out of poverty by keeping their children in school, staying healthy and earning more. Under the two-year pilot program, 2,500 families will earn rewards ranging from $50 to $300 [...]
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