Karen Moline is a NYC-based novelist, journalist, and ghost-writer who has travelled the world in search of all things divinely, delectably, and deliriously Goddess.
The Real NYC Back in the Day Through the Eyes of Laura Mars
If you’re a recent visitor to NYC, you’re likely to take for granted the clean(ish) streets and subway cars, the Starbucks on practically every corner, the ease of calling for a car with an app on your cellphone while people-watching the happy hordes in Times Square waiting to go to the theatre after spending their life savings at the Disney Store, with a chaser of goodie bags to tide them through the matinees from the M&Ms store just up the block.
Madison Square, now found at the fabled intersection of 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue, dominated by the brilliant triangle of the Flatiron Building, used to be a swamp.
Karen Moline believes it’s time to reincarnate as disco-era Cher and roller-skate along New York’s High Line – especially now the second section is open.
The Real NYC Back in the Day Through the Eyes of Laura Mars
If you’re a recent visitor to NYC, you’re likely to take for granted the clean(ish) streets and subway cars, the Starbucks on practically every corner, the ease of calling for a car with an app on your cellphone while people-watching the happy hordes in Times Square waiting to go to the theatre after spending their life savings at the Disney Store, with a chaser of goodie bags to tide them through the matinees from the M&Ms store just up the block. 
Ever since Covid, many restaurants in NYC have set up permanent outdoor seating, with shade for hot days and heaters for cold. 
Madison Square, now found at the fabled intersection of 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue, dominated by the brilliant triangle of the Flatiron Building, used to be a swamp.