Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
We Can Top That: NY Vanity License Plate
We Can Top That: NY Vanity License Plate
Lest you think NJ has all the good vanity license plates , a reader sent in the above picture with this tip: “Lamborghini Countach driving up the west side highway in NYC Sunday a.m.” Checkmate, Jersey. But hey, you can always disavow vanity license plates just like you disavowed the “low-lifes”...
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Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Bloomberg’s Meetings With Obama, Biden Start Rumor Mill
Bloomberg’s Meetings With Obama, Biden Start Rumor Mill
Are Biden and Bloomberg walking and talking ? Page Six claims that Mayor Bloomberg is being wooed by President Obama to join his team at the White House: Building upon the mayor’s golf outing with the Commander in Chief on Martha’s Vineyard last Friday, “Now there are whispers that...
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Posted by in New York, Real Estate on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
CurbedWire: More FiDi Construction Sites Get Makeovers; DOB Wary of Earl
CurbedWire: More FiDi Construction Sites Get Makeovers; DOB Wary of Earl
[Photo via Alliance for Downtown New York's Flickr photostream .] FIDI— The Alliance for Downtown New York’s mission to make Lower Manhattan construction eyesores less ugly, officially dubbed the Re:Construction public art program, continues with three new pieces by New York City artist...
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Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Tiger’s Former Lover Was In Central Park, Mourning Fiancé
Tiger’s Former Lover Was In Central Park, Mourning Fiancé
Dr. Drew and Rachel Uchitel in Central Park (TMZ) As rumors swirl about Tiger Woods possibly buying (renting?) an apartment in Manhattan, his former fling, former NYC club hostess Rachel Uchitel was in Central Park this past weekend filming Celebrity Rehab . According to TMZ , she was mourning her fiance...
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Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Family Pleads For Return Of Stolen Cadaver
Family Pleads For Return Of Stolen Cadaver
Mattia Filippazzo Relatives of Mattia Filippazzo, whose cadaver was stolen from its mausoleum under mysterious circumstances last week , put out another desperate plea for any information on the whereabouts of her body. “Her eternal peace has been disrupted by these…animals,” said...
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Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
#1 Transit Superfan McCollum Stole Two Buses This Month
#1 Transit Superfan McCollum Stole Two Buses This Month
The lovable Darius McCollum, NYC’s #1 mass transit enthusiast , was arraigned today after his 27th arrest yesterday , for stealing a bus. McCollum’s last arrest was in 2008, but it turns out he was keeping busy in the between: He stole another bus just 20 days ago! Cops say that McCollum...
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Reminding Drivers Not To Drive Recklessly
Reminding Drivers Not To Drive Recklessly
In an effort to drive up public awareness for “Elle’s Law” , a new driving law giving harsher punishments to drivers who hit pedestrians while driving recklessly, the state is unveiling an ad campaign with catchy slogans like “Reckless Driving Wrecks Lives,” “Children...
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Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Are NYC’s Green Benches Becoming Extinct?
Are NYC’s Green Benches Becoming Extinct?
              New York City’s public benches have been around for ever ; you know them, they’re wooden and green and have become a small little iconic part of the city’s landscape. Recently we shuddered when a park in Brooklyn painted their benches...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
PriceChopper: 101 Warren’s Last Big Deal Came With a Discount
PriceChopper: 101 Warren’s Last Big Deal Came With a Discount
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. It was announced yesterday that Tribeca’s 101 Warren Street condominium sold out after four years on the market, racking up $650 million in sales and becoming the “most successful condominium offering in the history of downtown Manhattan”...
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Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Poll: 71% Of NYers Says Mosque Should Voluntarily Move
Poll: 71% Of NYers Says Mosque Should Voluntarily Move
Photograph by Jim Kiernan A new Quinnipiac poll taken of New York State residents finds that 54% believe “that because of American freedom of religion, Muslims have the right to build the mosque near Ground Zero,” (40% disagreed/7% were undecided). However, 53% also think “that because...
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