The Hardest-Working Santa in Northeastern Queens

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 NEW YORK JOBS [The Hardest-Working Santa in Northeastern Queens]( My day with Dana Friedman, a 63-year-old Jewish civil litigator and Kris Kringle for hire. Photo: Clio Chang “If your son has apprehension, keep him facing away from me when we’re taking the photo,” Dana Friedman tells the mother placing her wriggly 2-year-old onto his lap. The crying begins on contact. “That’s okay!” Friedman booms, his Santa voice at its full tenor, as he returns the child to his mother. “Take a photo of just the two of you!” He pretends to walk away, but actually sneaks back around the bench to stand behind them. It works almost instantly — the child calms, Santa smiles. Moment captured, everyone is happy. [Continue reading »]( Holiday Sale: [Save up to 70% and get two exclusive gifts]( with an annual subscription to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Upside-Down Building Is No Longer Novel At Greenpoint’s new Eagle + West, cantilevers are just one more architectural gimmick.]( By Justin Davidson [In Praise of the ‘Good Life’ Modernism of Barbie’s 1979 A-Frame An excerpt from Barbie Dreamhouse: An Architectural Survey.]( By Wendy Goodman [Elon Musk Is Selling Off Twitter’s Cafeteria And some Eames chairs, too. But the office beds are staying put.]( By Brock Keeling [The Status Submarine’s Time Has Come “If you’re just going on a yacht in some fancy place, that’s one thing,” says Ray Dalio of going bullish on submersibles.]( By Clio Chang [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved