October 2008 archives

Obama campaign volunteer Elaine Joseph prepares to post a sign in the window of a restaurant in Forest Hills, Queens, on October 29, 2008

Joseph and other members of Forest Hills for Obama, a grassroots group, pooled money to buy signs, flyers and buttons to promote their candidate in New York and in Scranton, Pa., where they traveled several times during the campaign season.

Antonia Mirando, 97, sells raffle tickets at the Northeast Bronx Senior Center in Throgs Neck on Oct. 29, 2008.

Passengers on a Staten Island-bound ferry at the end of a work day

The big orange boat between Manhattan and the most distant of the city’s five boroughs is a popular tourist attraction, but for many people it’s just a way to get home.

Michael Arenella & his Dreamland Orchestra take Central Park, Sunday

Dancers joined the fun and swing dancing in front of a large crowd gathered by the Angel of the Waters Fountain.

Nelson's mural

Near the Sunnyside-Woodside border in Queens.

Sun sets on New York City Waterfalls

October 13th is the last day for New Yorkers and visitors to view the public artwork “New York City Waterfalls”, by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. The display of four man-made waterfalls, set at points around historic New York Harbor, opened on June 26th. Eliasson said his desire for this project was to place a natural, [...]