Month: September 2008
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Bloomberg Called Ready to Announce Third-Term Bid
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Tear Down These Walls
Manhattan skyline, circa 1940s. Photo: via New York Architecture Images In the process of continuing to hate the Museum of Art & Design, Nicolai Ourousoff puts forth his list of the 10 worst buildings in New York City. Not just plain old ugly, but ugly on a urban scale – truly ruining-the-city ugly: To be…
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Mission Accomplished
A funny thing happened on the way to the aircraft carrier… This morning, John McCain was claiming credit for getting the bailout bill passed. By his own account, McCain was a man of action, “in the arena” and not just “phoning it in” (even though he was, in reality, just phoning it in). Oh, and…
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Ikea Cuts Shuttle Service
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/09/24/2008-09-24_ikea_cutting_out_shuttle_service.html
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Brennan Out of Comptroller Race
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/assemblyman-drops-out-of-comptroller-race/
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Second Northside Piers Tower Hits the Market
http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/24/second_toll_northside_piers_tower_hits_the_market_in_burg.php
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Demolition Begins at McCarren Pool
http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/24/hipster_hangout_no_more_mccarren_pool_destructoporn.php
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The View of Wall Street from Western Long Island
http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/brooklyn-borough-wall-street-crisis-across-east-river
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Residents of Greenpoint Home for the Aged Get Organized
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/09/residents_of_gr.php