Jeffrey Liss

The Sounds of New York City

Bowery Boys Podcast: The history of Hart Island, a place of strangeness and sorrow

Few people are allowed to go onto Hart Island , the quiet, narrow island in the Long Island Sound, a lonely place in sight of the bustling community of City Island. For over 150 years, Hart Island has been New York’s potter’s field, the burial site for over one million people — unclaimed bodies, stillborn … Read more Bowery Boys Podcast: The history of Hart Island, a place of strangeness and sorrow

Renewing the New York Spirit at a Surreal Moment

Posted on March 26, 2020 at 3:29 pm by West Sider Theo Dixon, ‘The Mayor of the Upper West Side’. By Charlie Lyons This is not the sixtieth birthday I had in mind. Maybe that’s not the worst thing. The pandemic is far worse. But one positive side-effect is we’re starting to be warmer to … Read more Renewing the New York Spirit at a Surreal Moment

My Autograph Collection

While I am not an autograph seeker, I never turned down the opportunity if some celebrity was signing stuff. I have also received a few as gifts.Read more My Autograph Collection