Quickies
I did indeed make it to the top of the Grand Army Plaza arch on Sunday as part of openhousenewyork. It was a pretty cool view and you find yourself just under the giant bronze chariot at the top -- supposedly facing South to remind them they lost the Civil War. The Parks guide said they had about 400 visitors on Saturday and would love to open the roof on a more frequent basis. I was expecting a great view into Prospect Park, but was surprised the arch isn't tall enough to let you see over the trees at the park's entrance. The Parks guide said she'd love to be able to come up once the leaves start changing color and again when it snows and the leaves are gone so you can see into the park. Great idea.

Gawker on the apparent strategy adopted by the city's newest paper, amNewYork: "just bore the people into looking at your ads."

LA Times editor John Carroll finally explains the logistics behind the reporting of the Arnold groping stories. Unfortunately, it's a week late and thousands of people have decided to never trust the LA Times. (via Matt Welch and L.A. Observed)

Mariane Pearl thinks a stringer for the Washington Post - writing in an English-language newspaper in Pakistan - may have caused her husband's kidnappers to learn he was Jewish and decide to kill him. (Howard Kurtz, second item. via Romenesko)

My Treo 600 arrived this morning and is now happily charging.

- posted by Amy @ 10/13/2003 11:51:00 AM