Month: August 2009
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Curbed Reader Rant: Trucks on Wythe
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/24/reader_rant_williamsburgs_got_a_great_big_convoy.php
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Times Endorses Yassky; Polls Support Liu, Katz
The Times announced its endorsement for City Comptroller today, choosing David Yassky over Melinda Katz, John Liu and David Weprin. Late last week, an ABC-TV poll had Katz and Liu running neck and neck, with Yassky a distant third (and Undecided beating them all). Given the obscurity of the race (after all, it’s only the…
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Thousands Mourn Firefighter Paul Warhola
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/thousands-mourn-firefighter-paul-warhola-at-funeral-1.1380392
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Finger Will Be
14 StoriesTallhttp://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/finger-will-be-14-stories-and-will-be-called-tree
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When Parents Scream Against Ice Cream
“there goes the icy” Photo: Shira Golding on flickr Parents calling 311 on the icy man? It’s too fucking hot for this crap – just say no to your kids and let the rest of us enjoy our coconut icies.
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Brooklyn Artists Propose Local Currency
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/08/we_dont_need_no_stinking_dolla.html
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Kent Repaving Starts
Kent Avenue, stripped. In comments, reader JJ has a front-line report on the Kent Avenue repaving, which (as promised) started yesterday evening: The transformation of Kent Ave. started last night. And kept me up most of the night as DOT crews tore up the asphalt between Broadway and S. 7th. Thank God! Based on the…