If you’re going to have a Maverick meet a Good Friend To The Blacks , why wouldn’t it be at the Famous Famiglia at Broadway and 50th Street? Former 2008 vice presidential candidate, Grizzly Mom and possible 2012 candidate Sarah Palin met 2012 Flirter Donald Trump at the Times Square pizzeria tonight. (So much for a “low key” meal .) When asked, “How about a Trump-Palin ticket?” Palin reportedly crowed , ” That sounds exciting! Sounds unconventional! ” [ more › ]
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Sarah Palin, Donald Trump Eat At Famiglia Pizza In Times Square
Check out today’s end-of-day links, from what higher Chinese wages mean for us and rumors of mass layoffs at Time Out NY. Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: Higher Chinese Wages Worry Companies
Coffee crisis! Maybe! Flatiron’s favorite cuppa, Stumptown, is at the center of a highly caffeinated brouhaha over whether or not it’s been sold. [ more › ]
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Coffee Scandal Brewing: Did Stumptown Sell Out?
Street renaming can be fairly a fairly controversial process, as seen in the Sean Bell Way renaming in 2009. Now, Borough Park residents are beginning to scrutinize the life of Zachary Sansone, a founder of the Congress of Italian American Organizations, who served in Mussolini’s army and is close to having his name attached to 59th street between 14th and 15th avenues. Rabbi Chaim Israel told CBS News that the community “doesn’t have enough information as to what Mr. Sansone’s role was in the fascist Italian army during the second World War.” [ more › ]
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Controversy Surrounds Renaming Of Brooklyn Street For Italian Activist
You won’t have to rely on our illicit photographs of the High Line’s much-anticipated Phase II for too much longer: The Friends of the High Line just announced it’ll be open on June 8 . [via Curbed ] [ more › ]
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Finally: You’ll Be Able To Visit High Line Phase II Next Week