November 8, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 67 Degrees
News:
A march to support Occupy Wall Street wove through the Upper West Side yesterday from Washington Heights on its way to Zuccotti Park. It swelled to more than 700 people on its way through the neighborhood, according to a twitter feed kept by the organizers. The photo above was apparently taken in the West 60’s by @endtoendfor99.
It turns out that the 10023 zip code in the Upper West Side has the highest number of people in the top 3% of income of any zip code in the U.S. (the top 1% is not easily available via IRS data) as of 2008. The top 3% include people who make more than $200,000 a year. There are 7,621 households in 10023 making more than $200,000. (The Atlantic)
The new $600 million John Jay College campus on 59th Street and 11th Avenue is now open. (NY Times)
Hugues-Denver Akassy was found guilty by a jury yesterday for raping a woman in Riverside Park after a picnic date last summer. (DNAinfo)
As a student bozo from Pittsburgh, I dated a Barnard girl who lived on 72nd and the Park. I did’t need the IRS to tell me who lived there or that they made a pile of money!!