fractenberg
fractenberg.bsky.social
fractenberg
@fractenberg.bsky.social
High-minded, middle class, lowbrow

Visuals Editor for THE CITY
If anyone’s looking for their pineapple top, it’s currently on the tracks at Bowling Green.
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Does Dan Smith know about this dude?? Is there gonna be a turf battle?
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“Our neighbors are disappearing. We cannot permit this to continue.”

www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/18/d...
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Quite the lively building
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but everyone has to make the decision when the call of duty comes,” said retired doorman Bobby Amos about childhood friend and FDNY member. “I come out of every year to pay my respects.”
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Now that I've hit the big time I'd like to say I'm also available to photograph money-filled Cheetos and Utz bags.
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Not my first rodeo.”

-Me at my second rodeo
August 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Montana morning walk ✨
August 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There really is an award for everything.
August 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Does this mean my Airbnb host won’t mind if I squat on their property?
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ok this is just getting silly…
July 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For fuck’s sake
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The New York Times, apparently.
July 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Whatever you’ve got to do to bring in the tourists.
July 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
These New Yorkers didn't let a little scorching heat keep them from the polls.

Here's @thecity.nyc dispatch from across the five boroughs.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...
June 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
More of the scene outside immigration court today.
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And a non-functioning OMNY card.
June 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
May we all live so long our family needs to keep stitching on the years
May 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
These ICE agents are looking pretty wild.
May 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This new Tesla model may sell pretty well in the red states.
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Something tells me this isn't going to be the explanation we're all looking for...
May 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What a time to be alive.
May 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So…I should get paid for pushing this button?
May 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The real question from the mayor's mental health crisis response team presser is what it's like for this NYPD officer with the demon neck tattoo talking to people suffering from delusions.
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“My American Dream is my sons…I want my children to perhaps have what I didn’t have, but at the same time I want to show them how to earn it, and how to work like good people.”

There has been a big demand surge in NYC for ESL classes.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/e...
April 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM