Craig Ruttle/Associated Press What’s going on down there, New YorkAt noon today, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will give his annual State of the City address (we’ll carry it live).
But at City Room we’re also interested in what’s up at the micro level. The past couple of years, we asked readers to provide their own State of the Block reports. Your responses (here and here) have been wide ranging, thoughtful, funny, sad and uplifting, providing a mosaic counterportrait to the broad-stroke picture painted by the mayor.
The ast year has been hard, or worse, on hundreds of blocks of New York City thanks to Hurricane Sandy. In much of the city, though, the cycle of eternal change/stagnation has continued as ever. Either way, please tell us how your block has been doing in the comment box. You can riff on anything from crime to legit business, property values to homelessness, potholes and street trees to the comings and goings of neighbors.
Include your borough, as well as your street and which streets or avenues it is between. You may of course remain anonymous. And as always, we’ll republish some of our favorites. If you’re the Twittering type, use the hashtag #NYCblock.
Thanks very much!
