For a quarter-century, it has stood out as a scourge to New York City drivers, a scarlet letter in a bright hue, stuck onto the windows of vehicles whose owners neglected to participate in the ritualistic alternate-side parking dance.
Historically, it's the musical heart of the city, going all the way back to the seventeen-hundreds, when slaves were allowed to gather in Congo Square (now contained within Louis Armstrong Park) to dance and play music.
As the UK's leading theme park and dance music combo journalist, when Bugged Out! announced they were throwing an all day rave at the recently refurbished Dreamland, it was inevitable I'd have to drop by for a visit in order to preview the event.
Introduce yourself to parents at the park, playground, dance class, and soccer practice.
They like a diverse, changing light scheme, like those in cathedrals, theme parks and dance clubs.
When Mr. Parks, a dance critic and editor, died about a year and a half ago from a brain tumor, the apartment no longer seemed right.
In the 1890's, the horse-drawn Moxie Bottle Wagon, promoting the Moxie soft drink, was a familiar sight at amusement parks and dance halls.
A funk concert by Nile Rodgers, an experimental composition by Phil Kline and a recital by the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble are among the highlights of Lincoln Center's 42nd Out of Doors festival, which will run from July 25 to Aug. 12.
So they went out, to parks and dance halls, saloons and restaurants, nickelodeons and penny arcades — to the streets themselves, teeming centers of working-class social life — where they could have a good time and meet men on their own.
Behind those regular, flat facades it would be easy to imagine families of Jane Austen characters who have arrived to take the curative waters, stroll in the parks and dance with young officers.
There was no hip-hop yet, there were just DJs that were playing disco, funk and pop music, and we would gather round, go to the parks and dance and enjoy ourselves.
