Category: Linked
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Soup
Hale and Hearty Soups, which opened its first store in Manhattan in 1996, has outgrown its production headquarters in the borough and hopes to complete a new 20,000-square-foot facility in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, by spring. That’s a lotta soup.
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More Democrats for Romney
Genius advertisement for the Dems for Mitt movement (The Mitten for the Mitt?):
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Democrats for Romney
Michigan Democrats should vote for Mitt Romney, because if Mitt wins, Democrats win.
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Any Affordable at Berry and North 12th?
From Brownstoner, word today that the parking lot at the corner of Berry and North 12th (last used by Brooklyn Brewery to park their trucks) is going to be a rental project: Last month Manhattan-based real estate firm LCOR partnered with Lehman Brothers and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System to buy 34 Berry Street,…
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Speaking of Branding
Further to the discussion yesterday about the idiocy of naming your new condominium development after a light switch, it is worth pointing out that the (shudder) Decora was designed by the same architect that brought us the Lucent. I have no idea if the same marketing geniuses are behind both projects, but it wouldn’t surprise…
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Too Easy
This is too damn easy: We’ve been watching this scary unique building 165 N. 10 Street in the Burg unfold ever since we laid eyes on the rendering […] from the drawing boards of Gene Kaufman Architect… In the meantime, the building is now being identified as The Decora… [Curbed] Kaufman’s Decora: Leviton’s Decora light…
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Dedication to a Cause
Listening to New & Notes on NPR just now, a caller phoned in to discuss the state of the Democratic primary (Hillary & Barack). The caller noted that he was a life-long independent, but had switched his party affiliation this year. He joined the Republican party just so he could vote against Rudy Giuliani in…
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Ferries close, ferries open
NYT has a another update on the ferry closure (and the new operators for the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island ferries). According to Tom Fox, owner of NY Water Taxi, Schaefer Landing’s developer has been paying to subsidize service, but even that is not enough to cover costs. (No word here on whether or not any…
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What if Iowa Doesn’t Decide?
Whoa – states other than Iowa may have a say in who the next President will be? What’s this country coming to?