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James Ramsay

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
13
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Sep 24, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Gothamist
Top 500K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · James Ramsay

    The bodega bathrooms of NYC: An experienced user’s guide (opens the original)

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    This column originally appeared in the Looped In NYC newsletter. Sign up here. In a city where there’s perhaps no bigger thrill than locating a free bathroom the second you really have to go, news about more options rarely fails to catch our attention, especially when cool terms like “high-tech” and “solar-powered” get thrown in. But these futuristic Throne robotoilets, two of which opened last week, aren’t without their downsides. They can only be unlocked with a smartphone or a tap card. The d

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · James Ramsay

    Staten Island dominates NYC’s high school bowling scene. We witnessed why. (opens the original)

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    This column originally appeared in the Looped In NYC newsletter. Sign up here. Last Thursday at 3 p.m., a giddy buzz had overtaken Rab’s Country Lanes, a bowling alley just south of the Verrazzano Bridge on Staten Island. But there didn’t appear to be any birthday parties, family outings or buddies gathered around pitchers of beer. Instead, nearly all 48 lanes were occupied by high school bowling teams, including the defending Public School Athletic League (PSAL) citywide champions: the Tottenvi

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · James Ramsay

    Can NYC's free, plein air calisthenics gyms solve my midlife crisis? (opens the original)

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    This column originally appeared in the Looped In NYC newsletter. Sign up here. Every year when Labor Day passes and America’s favorite season blows in, this Scorpio starts stressing about one thing: I’m another trip around the sun closer to being unable to comfortably bend down and pick stuff up. I’m OK for now. But if “muscle mass peaks in our 20s or 30s,” as NPR says, now is the time — I’m turning 37 — to actually get serious about strength training for the first time. A recent Gothamist story

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · James Ramsay

    Here’s what NYC's median rent of $4,200 gets you in each borough (opens the original)

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    This column originally appeared in the Looped In NYC newsletter. Sign up here. Welcome to 2026, a time when a household needs an annual income of at least $168,000 — if we’re following the 30% rule — to afford an apartment at the median asking rent in New York City. But at that price point your housing options are drastically different depending on the borough. For this week’s “Looped In,” housing reporter David Brand toured a home recently listed for rent in each borough: Here’s what $4,200 get

  5. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · James Ramsay

    New York City is full of transplant pizza. We tried some. (opens the original)

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    This column originally appeared in the Looped In NYC newsletter. Sign up here. Has there ever been a better time to be in New York City if you want a style of pizza that’s not from here? Detroit style. New Haven style. Chicago style (deep dish). The other Chicago style (tavern thin). Maryland. Rome. Tokyo. Naples. St. Louis. A pizzeria that’s billed as “reminiscent of your childhood Pizza Hut experience.” They’re all represented, despite the city’s glut of famously delicious New York-style pizza

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