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Rachel Holliday Smith

@rachelholliday.bsky.social

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managing editor at THE CITY (@thecity.nyc) • news if I must, local joy where I can find it • bird enjoyer • bluesky elder (derogatory) • tell me something good: [email protected] 📍 queens / fun hell

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · Nov 8

hi new readers, I work for an independent, nonprofit, never-paywalled local newsroom that regularly punches way above our weight.

like our work? pay for it.

simple as that: donorbox.org/nycdonate

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 20h

"Houston Street"

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 15h

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Choire @choire.bsky.social · 16h

2025 is over eggnog’s here

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 15h

😔

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

Timothée Chalamet has shaved his head.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 15h

diva down 😔

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 16h

timothee chalamet at the yankees game with a fully shaved head I’m sick

detox on drag race grimacing and covering her mouth

britney spears wearing her iconic “dump him” tshirt

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katie honan @katiehonan.bsky.social · 1d

Summer is just around the corner. Trust me!!!!

And the Parks Department is starting lifeguard recruitment even earlier than ever with a kickoff event at the Washington Square Park arch

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Rich Mintz @richmintz.bsky.social · 19h

Excuse me Waterside Plaza but what is this

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Laura G. @hawklady.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is "kestrel" so here is one from my archives: two youngsters getting ready to take their first flight. 🪶

Two kestrels getting ready to fledge from their cavity.

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Kate Hinds @katehinds.bsky.social · 23h

AAAAAHHHHH www.curbed.com/article/rei-...

The Soho REI Is Closing

The outdoor chain’s flagship, its only store in the city, will shut down late next year.

www.curbed.com

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

ok fine

21 out of 25.
Bonafide New Yorker
You've got the rhythm of the city down - and the attitude to match. You know which bodega makes a real bacon, egg and cheese, you've survived at least one subway delay meltdown, and you've developed the right level of impatience for people who walk too slowly. You might not know every shortcut through Central Park, but you've got the grit, the wit, and the instincts that make you a true New Yorker.
Take the quiz again.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

truly. I just went to Fraunces Tavern for the first time and I was like wait lmao how is this still here for real

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

yes yes yes yes this ROCKS

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

I walked by here the other day

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 1d

I wasn’t aware of all the ballot measures coming up in NYC—important to catch up before the vote

Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

yes, us! here you go:

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

omg you work at the Horse Insurance building?????

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 1d

I asked a friend who works for the city if they had opinions on these housing related ballot initiatives and they said YES and then asked if I had 30 minutes free for them to get into it 😮‍💨

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yes, us! here you go:

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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 1d

It'll forever kill me that the oldest extant remnants of New Amsterdam, pieces of a city now 400 years in the past, can be found directly in front of a Le Pain Quotidien

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

YES THIS EXACTLY

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

the financial district is too funny … tell me why every old office building has a name etched in stone like The Amalgamated Steamship, Corn Refining and Horse Insurance Co., 1888

and now it’s a WeWork with a salad place

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 1d

yes, us! here you go:

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Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 2d

TIL about Baby Park in Queens and I am fully on board with the Restore Baby Park movement www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/07/b...

How Queensbridge’s “Baby Park” Became an Orphan and a Battleground for LIC Rezoning

Public housing residents want to bring back a once beloved, New Deal-era strip of playgrounds under the Queensboro Bridge. Local Councilmember Julie Won said she won’t approve the rezoning plan withou...

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Camera-on-Hudson @camonhudson.moacir.com · 2d

🌇 on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 18:30 in New York City.

Current conditions (via NOAA):
🌞 Fair/clear
Temperature: 22.2°
Relative Humidity: 66.22%
Heat Index: 22.2°

A photo of the Hudson river, at about (40.81, -73.96), taken at 10/6/2025, 6:30:59 PM.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · Feb 7

just spent hours on the phone with my doctor, pharmacy and insurance company so you know what that means: I’m now the joker

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 3d

You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you sweat details. You operate in good faith. You believe in honesty and truth. You get yelled at by the president of the United States. You worry that you'll get laid off. Again and again.

And then you see this. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million

Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

www.wsj.com

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