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| Such Agreeable Friends |
| Published: July 15, 2007, 9:16 pm |
| Tags: Manhattan, Natural History, Squirrels |
| into the semi-wild world of Manhattan). Grace records it all in minute, charming detail, and the most charming thing about it all is the lack of deep philosophizing. If she can't figure out why a squirrel is doing some peculiar thing (and, like humans, they do peculiar things all the time), she says so and moves on.As with any regular cast of |
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| Bottomfeeder |
| Published: June 6, 2007, 9:08 pm |
| Tags: Manhattan, Vampires, Guilty Pleasures, Genre Fiction |
| pretty much the entire Manhattan phone directory, but we here at Stevereads are acting under the impression that he actually wrote the book himself. So when he writes 'stay tuned,' we can hope for more such books from him.Philip has over time evolved a (for want of a better word) moral code to supply his appetite (it's a conceit borrowed |
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| Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 1:00 pm |
| Tags: Transportation Policy, Parks, Manhattan, Car Free Parks |
| Starting Monday, August 6, Car-Free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the Park's West Drive. Here are the details from the Dept. of Transportation: New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today announced further |
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| DOT Expands Car-Free Time in Central Park by One Hour |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:34 pm |
| Tags: Manhattan, Car Free Parks |
| The Dept. of Transportation is announcing that it will add one additional hour of car-free time to Central Park's West Drive during morning rush hour starting Monday, August 6. No incremental improvements have been announced for Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Here is DOT's announcement:Beginning Monday, August 6th, the West Drive of Central |
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| City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:29 am |
| Tags: Commuting, Transportation Policy, Parking, Manhattan, Bicycling |
| Outdoor bike parking at 100 Gold Street The stories are similar. Bike-commuting city employees ride to work, same as any other day. But when they get to their buildings they're told they can't come in -- not with their bicycles, at least -- forcing them to leave the bikes outside, in many cases unguarded against theft and the elements. |
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| Meatpacking Plaza Update |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:02 pm |
| Tags: Manhattan, Urban Design, Quality Of Life, Pedestrian Safety, Bicycling, Traffic Calming |
| Here's another photo from Mike Epstein showing progress on the Ninth Avenue redesign at 15th and 14th Streets. The photo is looking southbound. It's looking like most of the traffic engineering is basically done -- note the new bike lane running along the left-hand side of the photo. Now let's see what sort of public space sprouts up in the midst |
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| Fear and Loathing for Bike Lanes on the Upper East Side |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 3:09 pm |
| Tags: Parks, Elderly Amp 038 Disabled, Community Boards, Urban Design, Manhattan, Pedestrian Safety, Quality Of Life, Bicycling |
| A Curbed tipster sent along this photo of the "controversial" new bike lane going in along E. 90th Street. In the last week or so, the New York Times, the Sun, Gothamist and Curbed have all run stories about the City's plan to build new bike lanes across the Upper East Side and the community members who are |
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| I Just Adore A Penthouse View!: One Manhattan Apartment Is Simply Not Enough |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 3:30 pm |
| Tags: Cattiness, I Just Adore Penthouse View, Manhattan, Real Estate, Rich People |
| Today's Sun highlights a trend among the rich of our fair isle: people buying second or third homes not in the country, but in the... city? Take must-be-crazy-rich Robert and Suzanne Cochran, who... |
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| Manhattan Bridge Bikeway to Reopen on Monday |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 11:01 am |
| Tags: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bicycling |
| Rehabilitation of the Manhattan Bridge On Monday, August 6, 2007, the New York City Department of Transportation Division of Bridges will reopen the north bikeway of the Manhattan Bridge. The north bikeway has been closed since October 2006 to complete various construction tasks in association with the rehabilitation of the lower |
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| Hunting for Yuppies in Greenpoint |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Brooklyn, East Village, Gowanus, Greenpoint, Kensington, Manhattan, Queens, Soho |
| Corona: Is this the hot new Queens nabe? Is there a truly hot Queens nabe? [OuterB] East Village: So the new marketers of Stuy Town are spinning the open lawns there as "a park." But say some they’re not, technically. Ouch. [Atlantic Yards Report] Gowanus: Swank new condos are slated for the canal. How Venice — stench included. |
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| In Brief: The new J.Lo - Marc Anthony salsa movie ... |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 4:42 pm |
| Tags: Here S Where You Admit You Your Bff Saw Maid In Manhattan |
| The new J.Lo - Marc Anthony salsa movie El Cantante she was shilling in this month's Glamour is out tonight, and it sounds like one of those typically too-fast-to-care-about-any-of-the-characters... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| All the World's a Duane Reade |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 4:14 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Coney Island, Dumbo, Flushing, Greenpoint, Manhattan, Park Slope, Queens, Upper West Side |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant: With the real library closed (endlessly…) for renovations, a host for the "Free Children's Library of Bed-Stuy" is sought. [BedStuyBlog] Coney Island: While Coney's amusement-park future remains up in the air, live animals are thrown through the air at the nearby, sketchy Sea Rise housing projects. [Brooklyn Eagle via |
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| Lower Manhattan Legislator Lays Out Pricing Concerns |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 11:09 am |
| Tags: Manhattan, Congestion Pricing |
| piece of Chinatown and Lower Manhattan. Encompassing the Holland Tunnel, Canal Street and a section of the Westside Highway, her district suffers from some of the worst traffic congestion in all of New York City. Transit-rich and offering some of the city's most walkable and bike-friendly streets (Jane Jacobs lived and worked in this Assembly |
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| City Building Opens New Indoor Bike Parking Facility |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 11:46 am |
| Tags: Parking, Manhattan, Bicycling |
| The city bureaucracy got it a little bit backwards, cracking down on bike commuting employees before actually offering them a new place to park their wheels. But this e-mail sent this morning to Dept. of Heath employees working at 280 Broadway seems like a step in the right direction. From: Dept. of Health AnnouncementsSent: Tuesday, August 07, |
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| It's Hard Out Here for a Mascot |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 4:01 pm |
| Tags: Neighborhood Watch, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Chelsea, Clinton Hill, Flatbush, Harlem, Manhattan, Midtown East, Williamsburg |
| Brooklyn Heights: Yet another Montague Street restaurant mascot has been vandalized … and it sure looks creepy lying on the ground. [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Chelsea: Um: Cool air was being force-fed into the Episcopal seminary here during shooting of a new TV show about an immortal detective yesterday. Huh? [Blog Chelsea] Clinton Hill: A |
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