Charlie KayeFarewell to the Hotel PennsylvaniaOn this fine spring day I found myself walking up Seventh Avenue past the once stately Hotel Pennsylvania, which opened 102 years ago and…2 min read·Apr 24, 2021----
Charlie KayeVisiting the U.N. GuyYesterday marked UN World Health Day, and now that I’m out and about regularly, I thought I’d drop by the official residence of the…3 min read·Apr 9, 2021----
Charlie KayeThe Bialy and the NazisOn this first day after Passover I made a beeline for Kossar’s, the bialy Mecca on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A bialy is the low-rent…3 min read·Apr 6, 2021----
Charlie KayeTHE DONALD J. TRUMP BUS TERMINALI read in The Daily Beast that you’ve raised the possibility of getting an airport named in your honor. If this means you’re actually…3 min read·Dec 23, 2020----
Charlie KayeThe Jinx of Big AllisGoing through some old photos the other day, I came across a shot I took of an imposing industrial structure in the Long Island City…2 min read·Nov 30, 2020----
Charlie KayeSaving the Beatrice InnLike many New Yorkers who used to enjoy an occasional meal in a good restaurant, I’m glad the nearly century-old Beatrice Inn in New…2 min read·Nov 17, 2020----
Charlie KayeBELARUSIAN TV SHOW BECOMES UNLIKELY PLAYERIN EAST-WEST TUG OF WAR2 min read·Nov 16, 2019----
Charlie KayeSILK ROAD FASHION FEST SERVING AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WESTIn a stark example of history repeating itself, what the fabled Silk Road did in bridging commerce and culture between East and West…2 min read·Nov 11, 2019----