Roxanne Earley

I have struggled with my personal health for a significant part of my life.

I wanted a sense of discovery, of finding something out for myself. I recently traveled to Hawaii in order to celebrate the life of my Great Grandmother, and to reconnect with family who live there.

Calvert Vaux and Fredrick Law Olmstead designed Central Park to be a space where the tenets of Democracy — tolerance and diversity — would be translated into the physical world through trees and soil.

Working with some long-time commuter cyclists, I’ve collected the best advice and sweet tips to hack your bike commute. There are tips for how to practically prepare for, execute, and recover from commuting by bike.

The building ceased to operate as a religious site in 1975, becoming first, a cultural center, and then a drug rehabilitation center.

The first thing that hit me when I gazed down on the panorama was the abundance and concentration of flags showing each project.

Our brains leak out of our ears a little more with each passing day. It feels so good.

Given that NYC trash is a big problem that we ship off to other people, its important to remember that its perfectly fine to grab gently used items.

New York City stirs many feelings and reactions when it comes up in conversation.

I remember the first time I set foot in New York.

Are you a gentrifier?

Do you think about the city as a whole, or only as its various parts? The MTA gets you somewhere, but how does that connect to jobs? Do you care? You should.

If you live in a neighborhood where you can stop and get fresh fruit and vegetables that are affordable to you, congratulations.

I am more boldly, more vulgarly harassed when I am stopped at a light or riding past a group of men than I have ever been walking around the city. I have never seen a male cyclist experience the vitriolic objectification that my lady friends and I receive.

I am not shy about how my career as an educator has been accidental at best, and a trial by fire at worst. I had zero ambition to teach, despite what they say about ‘teaching being a true calling’.

The average number of people that Americans feel they know very well has declined considerably in recent years, and with it has gone our ability to relate.

Separate entrances are perfectly legal. They exist in part because the developer in charge of building the housing has chosen one Affordable Housing option that allows them to provide affordable market rate units in different buildings.