Month: December 2010
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Bloomberg v. Blizzard
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/bloomberg-v-blizzard-how-strong-is-the-mayors-defense/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Inaction and Delays by New York as Storm Bore Down
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/nyregion/30response.html
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Yet Another Khim’s Millennium Market Coming to Bedford Avenue
Via the Brooklyn Paper, word that yet another Bedford Avenue storefront will become a Khim’s Millennium Market. With another outlet set to open on Bedford and South 2nd, that brings the number of Khim’s on Bedford to three, with the entire Khim’s empire at six (they also have outposts on Bushwick, Graham and Driggs Avenues).…
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This Shrine to Steak Deserves a Little More Respect
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/dining/17mrcritic.html
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Brooklyn Flea Coming to Williamsburg Waterfront
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/12/next_summer_brooklyn_flea_to_s.html
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Demographic Shift as Minorities Move to Suburbs
The Times has two interesting articles based on the latest data dump from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The first article looks at local trends, and finds that Metropolitan New York is being rapidly reshaped as blacks, Latinos, Asians and immigrants surge into the suburbs, while gentrification by whites is widening the income gap…
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New Movie House Slated for Film-Starved Williamsburg
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/51/wb_newmoviehouse_2010_12_17_bk.html
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76% of Brooklyn Residents Want Walmart
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=40134
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Retail Rumor: Apple Still Not Coming to Williamsburg
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/51/wb_salvationarmy_2010_12_17_bk.html
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Duane Reade – Oh Noes!
Oh great, now the Guardian (UK) is on the Duane Reade story. Must be news. Give me a break. It’s not news. It’s a drugstore. A shiny new, clean and characterless drugstore (I never thought I would use the words “shiny”, “clean” or “characterless” in describing a Duane Reade, but there you go). The second…