Photo by Craig S via flickr.
October 31, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 52 Degrees.
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Happy Halloween! West Side Rag web designer Laura Koo Nicholas created a special new banner for the top of the website, giving our newsboy some spooky Halloween friends. The photo above is from the Procession of Ghouls at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
There are some great Halloween events tonight in the neighborhood, including two block parties, so check them out in our fresh and new list of weekly events.
News:
Workers at the Museum of Natural History are giving the animals in the dioramas a full makeover, for the first time in more than 70 years. They were respirators as they vacuum the dust. Some animals are getting new teeth and the bison got a nose job. The whole project will take more than a year. (NY Post)
City parks officials closed the parks on Saturday night after they got more than 1,000 calls to 311 about fallen trees and branches following the freak October snowstorm. A 69-year-old woman was hit by a tree branch at 61st Street and Central Park West on Saturday around 1 p.m. and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The parks were reopened on Sunday, but parks officials urged caution. To help Central Park pay for storm recovery, go here. (NY Daily News)
Elizabeth’s, the spot we told you about on the corner of 93rd Street and Columbus, opens today, serving “American comfort food” without genetic modifications or antibiotics. (New York Post)
