Month: January 2009
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Phony Con Ed Agents May Be Working NYC Buildings
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/phony.con.ed.2.920475.html
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Sound Fix Lounge Closing
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/sound-fix-lounge-williamsburg-institution-closing-/25525/
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27 January: CB1 Waterfront/ULURP Committee
Community Board #1’s ULURP and Waterfront Committees will be holding a joint meeting tomorrow night to consider City Planning’s proposed text amendments to the waterfront zoning provisions. In general, the proposal seems like a good package, and is certainly well-intentioned. But as with all such measures, there are devils in the details and questions as…
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The Gauntlet
Garbage day at Schaefer Landing (and this was a pretty light day). Why is that in a new (ca. 2005) high-rise development, with hundreds of luxury and affordable units, is not required to provide some facility for off-street garbage loading? Probably the same reason that they are not required to provide all tenants access to…
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A Community Organizer From Way Back
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/nyregion/thecity/25orga.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Top 10 Standout Macs of the Past 25 Years
http://www.macworld.com/article/138337/2009/01/10standoutmacs.html?lsrc=rss_main
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McCarren Park Estates
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/01/23/curbedwire_new_burg_building_actually_underway_trying_to_keep_pedestrians_alive_in_chinatown.php
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Freed By U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/world/middleeast/23yemen.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Obama Wants to Reopen Lady Liberty’s Crown
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Park-Service-to-Reopen-Lady-Libertys-Crown.html