Posted by in Real Estate on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Tiger Tales: The Best Tiger Woods Bachelor Pad Insults (So Far)
Tiger Tales: The Best Tiger Woods Bachelor Pad Insults (So Far)
Apparently all it takes is one rumor of a disgraced global icon moving into a building for people’s true opinions about that building to come pouring out. And it looks like Hudson Street’s Printing House doesn’t have many fans! Page Six isn’t convinced that Tiger Woods would...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Cab Driver Seeks Monetary Help After Stabbing
Cab Driver Seeks Monetary Help After Stabbing
Ahmed Sharif, flanked by Mayor Bloomberg and Bhairavi Desai Ahmed Sharif, the cab driver who was brutally stabbed by a drunken passenger last week, will miss at least four months of work because of his injuries. He turned to the New York Taxi Workers Alliance this weekend for help in raising money for...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Violence Erupts On Coney Island Beach
Violence Erupts On Coney Island Beach
And the violence in Coney Island continues. Three people are being treated for stab wounds at Coney Island Hospital after a fight escalated on the beach yesterday. Eddie Cruz, 28, and Reynaldo Hernandez, 19, reportedly began arguing with the three victims in the ocean and moved onto the sand, where...
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Posted by in New York on 08 21st, 2010 | No Comments
Yosef Robinson Was The "Kind Of Guy We Should All Emulate"
Yosef Robinson Was The "Kind Of Guy We Should All Emulate"
According to those who knew him, Yosef Robinson, the hip hop artist turned Orthodox Jews who was fatally shot during a liquor store robbery , inspired many people with his faith. One friend told the Daily News, “I would look at him and say, ‘Yoseph, how can you be black and be Jewish?’...
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Posted by in New York on 08 14th, 2010 | No Comments
Artist Will Be Homeless For One Week
Artist Will Be Homeless For One Week
A graphic designer from Ozone Park will ditch his digs for a week and sleep in Union Square Park in order to “inspire people to make sacrifices within their own lives.” This is the second year Yusef Ramelize has conducted his “Homeless for One Week” project, where he donates...
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Posted by in New York on 08 13th, 2010 | No Comments
Sleepy Station Agent Retiring, Union Blames Overtime
Sleepy Station Agent Retiring, Union Blames Overtime
NY1 An avuncular MTA employee who was caught on camera sleeping inside the token booth at the City Hall R station has put in his request for retirement. The unidentified worker, whom we’ll just call Sleepy, got in trouble earlier this month when NY1 obtained a photo of him with his face down in...
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Posted by in New York, Real Estate on 08 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Land, Brotherhood and 24-Hour Doorman Service: East Village Condo Buyers: Huppies, Cashmere Communists
Land, Brotherhood and 24-Hour Doorman Service: East Village Condo Buyers: Huppies, Cashmere Communists
By all accounts, the East Village’s Flowerbox Building is a success. The East 7th Street boutique condo building sold out, fetched big prices , attracted hipster icons and, even a couple years later, those self-irrigating flowerboxes still look snazzy . All within steps of Avenue D! Yes, it’s...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 6th, 2010 | No Comments
The Spy Who Came in From FiDi: So where does a Russian spy…
The Spy Who Came in From FiDi: So where does a Russian spy…
So where does a Russian spy get an apartment these days? If that spy is Anna Chapman, the answer is 20 Exchange Place . The Times reveals that Chapman had a two-bedroom at the FiDi luxury rental building, from which she also ran her online real estate business. Did she ditch the courtesy bike during...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Preservation Watch: Brooklynites Don’t Want a Roof Over This Landmark’s Head
Preservation Watch: Brooklynites Don’t Want a Roof Over This Landmark’s Head
Big changes are afoot in Dumbo’s Empire-Fulton Ferry Park . The tiny waterfront patch of green with incredible views is getting swallowed up by Brooklyn Bridge Park, and adding a fancy antique carousel in a barn designed by Jean Nouvel . But what about the old stuff? What about the Tobacco Warehouse...
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Posted by in New York on 08 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Kindly Old Man Will Likely Lose Job Over Nap (In Token Booth)
Kindly Old Man Will Likely Lose Job Over Nap (In Token Booth)
An MTA employee entering his golden years was recently caught dozing like the Maytag repairman inside the token booth at the City Hall R station. A regular late night rider took a photo of the unidentified worker, who looks like he moonlights as a kindly grandpa in Werther’s Originals ads, and...
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