Month: September 2012
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Why You Hate Cyclists
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/09/cyclists_are_annoying_why_you_think_they_re_a_menace_on_two_wheels_.html
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Olechowski on Top?
After all the votes were counted last Friday, it appeared that Lincoln Restler had eked out a narrow victory (53 votes out 11,000 or so cast). But nothing is simple in the 50th AD’s District Leader race – there are now reports of an 80-vote discrepancy at one polling place on Kent Avenue. Depending on…
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Restler On Top
I have not seen any official results1, but incumbent Lincoln Restler says that the final tally in the 50th AD District Leader2 has him up by 53 votes over challenger Chris Olechowski. Lincoln had been down by 51 votes (out of about 13,000 cast) in the machine tally, so the absentee ballots apparently put him…
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Corner Store: 1937
1028 Third Avenue, 1937 Photo: via Shorpy Great Shorpy photo of an Italian grocery on Third Avenue, circa 1937 (as always with Shorpy, click through to see the high resolution version in all its glory). The building still stands, stripped of its decoration and given the dreaded styrofoam stucco treatment (in sea foam green, no…
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Hoping to Lure Riders With Scenic Commutes
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-hopes-lovely-commute-brings-it-self-reliance.html?_r=1
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At Transmitter Park Opening, New Commissioner Veronica White Prefers Ribbon Cutting to Information Sharing
http://observer.com/2012/09/veronica-white-brooklyn-parks-transmitter-park/
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Daily News Endorses Otaño
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/daily-news-endorsements-state-senate-assembly-article-1.1157098?localLinksEnabled=false
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Vote for Lincoln
Even though I write about local politics fairly often, I don’t do endorsements very often. But Lincoln Restler is someone who I think you should vote for – he has taken a do-nothing political party position and used it as a platform for doing a lot of good things for Fort Greene, Williamsburg and Greenpoint.…
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Palombino Eyes New Williamsburg Space for Motorino
http://ny.eater.com/archives/2012/09/motorino_returning_to_brooklyn.php