Apr 21, 2008

COMING SOON TO A 'HOOD NEAR YOU: Bewildered Manhattanites Only Half-in-the-Bag!

[NYSun]
No one indulges in the charms of the City That Never Sleeps quite like the New Yorkers whose Manhattan apartments are only a quick lurch and stumble from their favorite inebria-torium. But it's nap time, Manhattan (and I'm looking right at YOU, East Village)! Pressure from community boards has made the NY liquor authority increasingly loathe to issue a license without a stipulated 2AM closing time.

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COMING SOON TO A 'HOOD NEAR YOU: Your Very Own Freedom Tower!

[NYP]
Someone working on the WTC site dumped sensitive blueprints into a public trash can where they were later found by a homeless man. Who knows how many developers got a glimpse before they were returned to the proper authorities? Just don't be surprised when mid- and high-rise Freedom Tower-lets begin sprouting up as NYU student housing, waterfront Brooklyn condos, and ambitious configurations of cardboard boxes.

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Apr 18, 2008

COMING SOON TO A 'HOOD NEAR YOU: Scary Smart Kids!

NYC Apartments[edWKT] This article features a map that shows that the concentration of NYC public school children classified as Gifted & Talented varies hugely between school districts and boroughs and predictably correlates with local NYC real estate values. To avoid their glassy, will-paralyzing stares, you can find refuge to in the green-colored neighborhoods on the map, but it's only a matter of time and increasing school funding before they find you!

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