Posted by in New York on 08 27th, 2010 | No Comments
Bloomberg Discusses Mosque On Daily Show
Bloomberg Discusses Mosque On Daily Show
Mayor Bloomberg and Jon Stewart (Kristen Artz/NYC Mayor’s Office) Last night, Mayor Bloomberg appeared on the Daily Show to discuss the most controversial topic New Yorkers have ever encountered: The sliced bagel tax , which Jon Stewart suggested was “anti-Semitic.” The Stewart asked...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Heads Up: Flyover Near Statue of Liberty This Morning
From the city’s Office of Emergency Management: “There will be a flyover involving nine airplanes near the Statue of Liberty beginning at 10:00 AM this morning. The airplanes will enter New York Harbor, fly over the Verrazano Bridge, pass the Statue of Liberty, and continue north above the...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Paul Outlaw and Jen Catron, Jen-N-Outlaw’s Fish-Fry Truck
Paul Outlaw and Jen Catron, Jen-N-Outlaw’s Fish-Fry Truck
Food truck backlash, meet your match. Raised in the America where catfish is served fried and dressed and crawfish boils are the social events of the week, the team behind Jen-N-Outlaw’s Fish Fry Truck decided to bring the culture to the east coast. And, speaking from experience, they know what...
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Posted by in New York, Real Estate on 08 20th, 2010 | No Comments
NYPD: That’s A Drunk, Not A Cop, In Rape-Threat Video
NYPD: That’s A Drunk, Not A Cop, In Rape-Threat Video
The NYPD has gotten back to us on that video supposedly showing an undercover NYPD detective threatening a videographer with prison rape after a raid at the artsy DIY party club Surreal Estate in Bushwick. Cheryl Crispin at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner tells us, “The individual making...
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Posted by in New York on 08 19th, 2010 | No Comments
[UPDATE] Phish Fan In ICU After Plunge From Jones Beach Upper Deck
[UPDATE] Phish Fan In ICU After Plunge From Jones Beach Upper Deck
          [UPDATE BELOW] First of all, they never should have stacked that 4,257-seat monstrosity on top of Jones Beach amphitheater back in 1998. Sure, the view of the sea is impressive, but if there’s any wind that’s where the sound is headed, too. On the night...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 17th, 2010 | No Comments
Checking In: Not Wild About Williamsburg Condo/Hotel: Neighbors, Cats
Checking In: Not Wild About Williamsburg Condo/Hotel: Neighbors, Cats
‘Burg condo-hotel The Residences at the Williamsburg , the North 11th Street complex with apartments from $446,500 to $1.57 million and pillows carefully accessorized with mints, is now doing double-duty as a poster child for its ‘hood. The Times pays the former Development Du Jour a visit,...
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Posted by in New York on 08 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Riverside Park Rape Suspect Indicted
Riverside Park Rape Suspect Indicted
Hugues-Denver Akassy’s mugshot The man accused of raping a Russian tourist in Riverside Park was indicted by a grand jury yesterday. Hugues-Denver Akassy, a self-proclaimed TV reporter (well, he does have a website ), was charged for numerous incidents on Upper West Side women. Besides the alleged...
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Posted by in New York on 08 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Letters To St. Nicholas (Park)
Letters To St. Nicholas (Park)
        The Executive Director of The West Harlem Art Fund , Savona Bailey-McClain, sent along this photo of one of their installations in St. Nicholas Park in West Harlem this summer. The box has a sign asking that you share your own stories of the park, helping to build its already...
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Posted by in New York on 08 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Gothamist House Relocates To Various NYC Spots
Gothamist House Relocates To Various NYC Spots
              On top of inviting bands over to our office, or the lovely Florida Keys NYC studio (where we recently filmed The Hold Steady ), we’re starting a new series of videos for our Gothamist House collection which will be filmed in iconic, or abandoned,...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 6th, 2010 | No Comments
CurbedWire: Old Spooky Building Getting Fixed; The 505 Goes Halfsies
CurbedWire: Old Spooky Building Getting Fixed; The 505 Goes Halfsies
EAST VILLAGE— Looks like the renovation of the East Village’s 147 First Avenue will soon get underway, if the scaffolding going up is any indication. Also, the old Angelica’s Herbs store is going to become a snazzy new restaurant, maybe. [CurbedWire Staff] HELL’S KITCHEN—...
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