David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Jackie Robinson of Advertising at 89
“I just turned 89,” Jackie Robinson of Advertising, Roy Eaton told me. I ran into him this morning on Roosevelt Island in New York City, the community we both call home. Then, he told me about his upcoming gigs at…
Built too tall 1059 3rd Ave May Lose 5
Built too tall, 1059 3rd Ave may be forced to lop off five floors. It hasn’t happened in nearly 20 years, but Orlando real estate developer Inverlad may have to alter an Upper East Side building under construction. Manhattan Borough…
Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis
Birth of the Cool released anew: YRB’s Jonn Nubian talks to the next Miles Davis generation Before Kind of Blue, the best jazz album of all time, the Miles David Nonet released Birth of the Cool. That groundbreaking album gets…
NYC Confiscates 34 Ice Cream Trucks But World Does Not End
NYC confiscates 34 ice cream trucks, striking back against scofflaws. In a story first reported in the New York Times, New York City came up with a clever way to punish companies not paying fines on illegally parked trucks. by…
Kadir Nelson turned to sculpture in Major Taylor tribute
Kadir Nelson turned to sculpture in a tribute to Major Taylor. We learn about it in his talk with YRB Magazine‘s Jonn Nubian… by David Stone for Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Nelson’s best known for paintings that become New…
Sad Sign Of The Times: Shrinking Empire State Building
The Shrinking Empire State Building reached its peak in 1931, but it didn’t start getting smaller until recently. It opened just when the American economy hit bottom. The Great Depression was at its worst across America. They moved in opposite…
Pigeon Bird Man of NYC and Other Washington Square Oddities
Pigeon Bird Man NYC is a photo I couldn’t resist. I saw him in Washington Square Park, New York City, June 1st, 2019, when we sat down to enjoy Greenwich Village falafels. You might think the birds flock around this…
FIGMENT NYC 2019 scenes
FIGMENT NYC 2019 scenes from the first day in Lighthouse Park on Roosevelt Island…
FIGMENT NYC 2019 Today
FIGMENT NYC 2019 kicked off today In New York on Roosevelt Island. June 1st, 2019, Roosevelt Island welcomed its first FIGMENT NYC participatory art project in Lighthouse Park. The crowd for this fun family event was perfectly light, and it…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor