August 19, 2011 Weather: Scattered thunderstorms, High of 85 Degrees. Notices: At the barber yesterday on Columbus Avenue, I saw another customer casually reading a Playboy while he got his haircut. Beyond the initial shock, it made me feel strangely nostalgic. News: The trustee for bankrupt Tavern on the Green ...
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City Councilwoman Gale Brewer is pushing the mayor to pay more attention to the explosion in the number of food trucks and carts in the city, and start to standardize enforcement. Among her ideas: track food trucks using GPS to find out where they are and where they're going; make ...
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August 18, 2011 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 86 Degrees. Notices: The voting is complete, and New Yorkers chose "A Star is Born" with Barbara Streisand as the final movie in next week's Central Park outdoor movie series. Was there really ever any doubt? News: Charles Mysak, who sells books ...
Read moreThe Blue Donkey Bar at 487 Amsterdam Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets has closed down after the police brought a Nuisance Abatement case against it -- but the police were just one of the groups that the bar blamed for the closing. There was also the neighbor, a guy ...
Read moreJuly 19, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 92 Degrees. News: Malaysian "party boy" Taek Jho Low bought a condo at Time Warner Center previously rented by Jay-Z for $31 million. It's the most anyone has ever paid for a condo at 25 Columbus Circle, at more than $6,400 a ...
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By Maria Gorshin What was it like yesterday at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, where a highly-anticipated public hearing was held for the West End Avenue historic district extension? It could have come down to a long day of Us vs. Them; corporate greed mongers vs. local sentimentalists; The Man in ...
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June 24, 2011 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 77 Degrees. News: Proposed zoning rules backed by Community Board Chairman Mel Wymore and City Councilwoman Gale Brewer could limit the amount of storefront space that banks take up on Broadway, Amsterdam and Columbus. (In one 26-block stretch of Broadway, there are ...
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Friday, May 20, 2011 Weather: Isolated Thunderstorms (30% chance of rain), High of 75 degrees. Notices: Councilwoman Gale Brewer, the DOT, and Upper West Side Streets Renaissance are giving out free bike helmets this weekend. Just go to Gale's office on Columbus between 87th and 88th Streets between 10 a.m. ...
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