Photo by forota/flickr Savoring Summer at the Harlem Meer [NYS] Barack’s speech is life of the party in Harlem [NYDN] As DNC wraps up McCain announces surprising running mate [LADN] Doctors replace Wall Street buyers at Harlem’s Observatory [NYS] Manhattan Real Estate Bubble is drifting away [NYS]
August 29, 2008 by narmer
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Kevin Davis respects the streets of New York. The former semi-pro football star pays homage to local Uptown neighborhoods with his own personal campaign to bring skully, one of New York’s great 1930s street games, back from the dead. Played with bottle caps on the street with a chalk-drawn field, skully’s return has been met… [Read more…]
August 29, 2008 by narmer
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Planning Commission Approves E. Harlem Rezoning [NYS] Parents slam “K” kid testing[NYP] SEC May Allow Firms To Use International Accounting Rules [NYS] City Gives Out Free Blood Pressure Machines [NYS] Putin Says Bush Started Georgia Conflict to Help McCain[NEWSONE] Harvard Police Under Investigation fo Racial Profiling [NEWSONE] Scratchoff lotto tickets hit $30 a pop![NYDN] Jewish… [Read more…]
August 29, 2008 by narmer
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Librado Romero/The New York Times Benches along the Broadway malls are being torn up to make way for redesigned seating to the dismay of some residents. ONE way to pass a long summer afternoon would be to stroll the length of Broadway from 60th to 168th Streets, and note that the wood and iron benches… [Read more…]
August 29, 2008 by narmer
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Richard Perry/The New York Times Outside the end of the L train in Canarsie, Brooklyn. At the end of the line, the subway creaks to a stop a few yards short of the yellow crash bumper. A few stragglers, or a lurch of homebound commuters, head for the street. Train cleaners wielding worn-sided corn brooms… [Read more…]
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August 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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