...Diana Lind, author of Brooklyn Modern: Architecture, Interiors and Design, will be reading at BookCourt, 163 Court St. on Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Though Lind has recently moved to Philly...

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A.M. RICHARD FINE ART: 328 Berry St., Williamsburg. (917) 570-1476 or www.amrichardfineart.com.

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BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Ongoing exhibitions. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000 or www.brooklynmuseum.org.

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DAM, STUHLTRAGER: 38 Marcy Ave., Williamsburg. (718) 387-9818 or www.damstuhltrager.com.

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DANNY SIMMONS’ CORRIDOR GALLERY: 344 Grand Ave. (718) 230-5002 or www.rushphilanthropic.org.

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FIGUREWORKS GALLERY: 168 N. Sixth St., Williamsburg. (718) 486-7021 or www.figureworks.com.

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GALLERY QB: 163 Plymouth St., DUMBO. (718) 222-1885 or www.galleryqb.com.

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HOPE AND ANCHOR: 347 Van Brunt St., Red Hook.

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Through July 19. 480 Van Brunt St.

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Through August 18. 498 Columbia St.

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July–Sept. 7 Wolcott St.

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I.O.I. — ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE: 85 Fort Greene Place, Fort Greene. (718) 673-0706 or www.ioi-nyc.com.

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KENTLER INTERNATIONAL DRAWING SPACE: 353 Van Brunt St., Red Hook. (718) 875-2098 or www.kentlergallery.org.

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MICRO MUSEUM: 123 Smith St., Boerum Hill. (718) 797-3116 or www.micromuseum.com.

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NURTUREART GALLERY: 910 Grand St., second Floor, Williamsburg. (718) 782-7755 or www.nurtureart.org.

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SMACK MELLON: 92 Plymouth St., DUMBO. (718) 834-8761 or www.smackmellon.org.

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SOUTH OXFORD SPACE: 138 S. Oxford St., Fort Greene, Gallery three. (718) 398-3078.

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WORK: 65 Union St., Red Hook. www.redtinshack.com.

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THE BROOKLYN LYCEUM: 227 Fourth Ave., Gowanus. (866) 469-2687 or www.brooklynlyceum.com.

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PROSPECT HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL: 883 Classon Ave.

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BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 222-4111 or www.brooklynhistory.org.

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NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. (718) 694-1600 or www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/museum.

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PARK SLOPE LIBRARY: 431 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 832-1853 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.

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PUPPETWORKS: 338 Sixth Ave., Park Slope. (718) 965-3391 or www.puppetworks.org. “Pinocchio.”

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KEYSPAN PARK: 1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island. (718) 372-5596 or www.brooklyncyclones.com.

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CELEBRATE BROOKLYN AT THE PROSPECT PARK BANDSHELL: Inside the park, near Prospect Park West and 9th Street. www.briconline.org/cb.

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CHURCH OF ST. ANN AND THE HOLY TRINITY: Corner of Clinton and Montague streets, Brooklyn Heights

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TAMBORIL RESTAURANT: 527 Myrtle Ave., Clinton Hill.

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KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 2001 Oriental Blvd., Manhattan Beach. (718) 368-5050

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Hosted by Senator Martin Connor and Assemblywoman Joan Millman. At St. Francis College: 182 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights. Free hearing and blood pressure tests, plus information from many organizations about programs and offerings for senior citizens. For more information, call (212) 298-5565.

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ST. CHARLES JUBILEE OLDER ADULT SERVICES: 55 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 855-0326

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ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE: 180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights. (718) 489-5272 or www.stfranciscollege.edu.

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RYAN REPERTORY COMPANY: Harry Warren Theatre, 2445 Bath Ave., Bensonhurst. (718) 996-4800 or ryanrep@verizon.net

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...inside the original Hunterfly Road houses. Meet in front of Boys & Girls High School on Fulton Street & Stuyvesant Avenue. For more information, call the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, at (718) 788-8500...

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SUNSET PARK LIBRARY: 5108 Fourth Ave., Sunset Park. (718) 567-2806 or www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.

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...future Paramount — Fulton St. and Flatbush Ave. Extension); and B.F. Keith’s Orpheum at Fulton St. and Rockwell Place had the biggest ads — all big time vaudeville — and playing the Orpheum was a team...

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Mark’s Strand at 647 Fulton was one exception and was featuring the film Suds starring Mary Pickford — a silent with...

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...of the bill at the New Brighton Theatre. Two theatres showing films were the Duffield, 249 Duffield St., with Harry Carey in Human Stuff, and Keeney’s at 300 Livingston with William S...

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...the Duffield, 249 Duffield St., with Harry Carey in Human Stuff, and Keeney’s at 300 Livingston with William S. Hart in The Toll Gate. Admission to movie and vaudeville houses was...

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The testing will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fuller Building, 338 Hicks St., Cobble Hill. All testing will be confidential and anonymous. Each person tested will receive a free gift.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 27, 2008.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Dibner Auditorium, Polytechnic University, 6 MetroTech Center.

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...services to parolees returning to the community. Held at Alpha School Center for Progressive Living, 2400 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn. For information, contact Sandy Silverstein: (718) 250-2300...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 27, 2008.

The small tree-lined parking area adjacent to 360 Adams St. has been used as a judicial parking lot for a number of years. And this, surprisingly, seems to rankle some people.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 27, 2008.

The Brooklyn Paper’s Police Blotter brings us this tidbit about an attempted mugging at the corner of Cranberry and Hicks:

Published by Brooklyn Heights Blog on June 27, 2008.

"A diverse cast of politicians" gathered yesterday to talk smack about the Department of Corrections' plans to reopen and expand the House of Detention on Atlantic and Smith, says the Observer, including Councilman David Yassky, Comptroller Bill Thompson, State Senators Marty Connor and Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, and Randy Mastro, a deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani. “We’re not going to let you just move forward, ignore the wishes of the community and act as if you can unilaterally reopen and expand this prison. It’s not going to happen. Department of Corrections: back off. It’s a very bad idea,” said Thompson. According to the Post, Yassky is opposing the plans, in part, because it would be much more expensive than moving the expansion to Rikers: $297,500 a bed in taxpayers' dollars in Boerum Hill, or $440 million, versus $177,000 a bed at Rikers. The Sun says the event drew "dozens" of protesters "waving 'Stop the Jail' signs. Where do you stand?

Published by Brownstoner on June 27, 2008.

The building at 450 Lexington is located at 45th Street and Lexington Avenue on the same block as New York's Grand Central Terminal. The property is currently 99.9% leased. Major tenants in the building include Davis Polk & Wardwell, Warburg Pincus and Citigroup.

Published by GlobeSt on June 27, 2008.

Shorenstein recently provided another office mezzanine loan as GlobeSt.com previously reported, to finance a portion of the purchase of 650 Madison Ave. Shorenstein commented at the time at the firm "continues to see selective opportunities to underwrite and originate mezzanine financing secured by quality office and mixed-use buildings in major markets." That loan was also originated on behalf of its ninth investment fund.

Published by GlobeSt on June 27, 2008.

For the fourth year in a row, the Old Stone House is presenting a great series of music, film, theater and dance from July 1-30, all outdoors, all free. Opening night will feature Opera on Tap in JJ Byrne Park at Fifth Avenue and Third Street on Tuesday, July 1, at 6 pm and 8 pm, sponsored by The Gate, 5th Avenue ’s favorite tavern. With music on Tuesdays, film on Wednesdays and a fantastical equity showcase production of Midsummer Night’s Dream on July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, as well as Silver Brown Dance Company on July 20, there’s something to bring you to the Old Stone House almost daily.

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on June 27, 2008.

Elected officials said the city's controversial plan to expand the Brooklyn House of Detention, at Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street, would cost $180 million of taxpayer dollars. Re-opening it at double capacity, about 1,500 beds, would cost $440 million, about $297,550 a bed. Council Member David Yassky says opening an expanded jail instead on Rikers Island would cost only $177,000 a bed, and the city could make more than $100 million by selling the Brooklyn site to a private developer. Various plans for the jail included adding condos and retail. 

Published by The Real Deal on June 27, 2008.

NEW YORK CITY-Demolishing the 25-story Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty St. is on track for its scheduled demolition for the end of this year, says a source from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the state agency that owns the building and is in charge of demolition. The building is supposed to be brought down to make way for the construction of Tower 5 at the World Trade Center site, and the source says that while demolition is progressing, the first concern is safety.

Published by GlobeSt on June 27, 2008.

We know 330 Jay Street as purgatory the place where we were recently really happy to serve on jury duty. The city, however, thinks of 330 Jay as a building that's worthy of a $499,401,179 investment. That's how much it recently paid to buy the condominium portion of the skyscraper (28 of its 33 stories, or 830,879 square feet). The building, completed in 2005, was a public-private development with Forest City Ratner, which retains control of its top five floors. The condo portion of 330 Jay contains its courthouses and was more or less already controlled by the city (via a city-generated nonprofit called Jay Street Development Corp), but not owned outright. The skyscraper cost $670 million to build. Our question: Is this the most valuable high-rise in Brooklyn? Gotta at least be in the running. Photo by Property Shark.

Published by Brownstoner on June 27, 2008.

638 Grand Street

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The Jumping Bulldog - 28-10 23rd Avenue, Astoria, NY 11105

Published by Joey in Astoria on June 27, 2008.

That was pretty quick. It was only two months ago that we were noting the closure of the restaurant June at the corner of Dekalb and Clermont in Fort Greene. And now comes word that its replacement, an establishment to be known as The General Greene, will be soft-opening tonight and this weekend with drinks and bar snacks. The official opening is July 1. More General Greene Info [Clinton Hill Blog] GMAPThursday Opening Report [Eater]

Published by Brownstoner on June 27, 2008.

In case you didn't get your fill of the Waterfalls yesterday, we've got one more post for ya: A reader drew our attention to these pictographs that now dot the streets in Dumbo and Brooklyn Heights. The shot above comes from the bottom of York Street and the one on the jump comes, via the reader, from the corner of Henry and Clark. Makes sense—we'd guesstimate that about half the lunchtime crowd at the Pop-Up Park yesterday were European tourists.

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15 Central Park West

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859 St. Marks Avenue

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1265 Dean Street

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Quiet Red Hook streets became bumper-to-bumper traffic jams when hordes of furniture-crazed shoppers flocked to the newly opened Ikea on its debut weekend.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

All told, 810 cars drove on Bay Street between Clinton and Columbia streets on June 22, compared to 235 the week before. Red Hook residents say that the influx of cars made Columbia Street look more like a parking lot than a thoroughfare.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

The city’s plan to redevelop Coney Island with new rides, attractions, hotels and housing got a dressing-down during a boisterous public meeting on Tuesday.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

A cook at Junior’s Restaurant stuffed 15 lobster tails down his pants in a brazen attempt to steal the fancy fish from the Downtown institution, cops said.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

64-74 Saunders Street

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That input appears directed specifically at Mamary’s proposed oyster bar on Hoyt Street between Union and Sackett streets. Neighbors say the entrance to that bar is 196 feet from St. Agnes Church at the corner of Sackett and Hoyt streets — meaning that the bar should not be permitted to open anyway. But residents worry that Mamary would reconfigure the entrance to use the loophole.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Compared to Victory Memorial Hospital in Bay Ridge, for example, LICH is in good standing. Then again, Victory is closing for good later this month.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Two weeks after its staff issued doom-and-gloom predictions about the long-term health of Long Island College Hospital, the Cobble Hill medical center said it would shut a program for sex crime victims on June 30.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

The Garment District is for clothing, the Diamond District is for jewelry, and Montague Street is for cellphones?

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

The Garment District is for clothing, the Diamond District is for jewelry, and Montague Street is for cellphones?

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

The Garment District is for clothing, the Diamond District is for jewelry, and Montague Street is for cellphones? Apparently so, now that AT&T will move its Cadman Plaza West store to the block between Clinton and Henry streets later this summer, bringing to three the number of cellular stores on the block.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Powers, born in Park Slope and raised in Bay Ridge, was a retired Wall Street executive and a current board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but he never ran for public office before.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Powers, born in Park Slope and raised in Bay Ridge, was a retired Wall Street executive and a current board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but he never ran for public office before.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Three men on the bus took exception to Alladin's curse-strewn insults and followed him when he disembarked near his Bedell St. home in Springfield Gardens at 10:27 p.m., Kelly said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Investigators believe the deadly chain of events was set in motion when Alladin berated a woman and her young child for jumping ahead of him while boarding a bus in downtown Jamaica, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Keyanna, who was nicknamed "Smiley" for her cheerful disposition, had just finished her first year at John Adams High School and was about to start a summer job at Roy Wilkins Park, her mother said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Keyanna, who was nicknamed "Smiley" for her cheerful disposition, had just finished her first year at John Adams High School and was about to start a summer job at Roy Wilkins Park, her mother said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Scott Antwork, 58, a 37-year veteran, is accused of roughing up 12-year-old Edgar Lopez inside Public School 54 in Richmond Hill.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

"I used my hat to catch the babies," the cabbie from Jamaica, Queens, told the Daily News Thursday. "All of them jumped inside my hat. They just needed protection, that's why they jumped in."

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Castillo, 68, said he slammed on his brakes and the chicks, who had wandered out of Central Park, marched beneath his cab.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

The first-ever graduates from the FDNY High School for Fire and Life Safety got their diplomas Thursday, proving they know their ABCs - and their CPR, too.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Two-thirds of the students who graduated in Thursday's ceremony at the FDNY's downtown Brooklyn headquarters will attend college, a feat keynote speaker and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta called "remarkable."

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

"I didn't even think I would graduate, let alone go to college," said a beaming Devon Nazario, 18, a Queens resident who will study business management at the Borough of Manhattan Community College this fall.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Some of New York's biggest union leaders lined up on the steps of City Hall Thursday to cheer Mayor Bloomberg's new megadevelopment plan - the $3 billion Willets Point project in Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Some of New York's biggest union leaders lined up on the steps of City Hall Thursday to cheer Mayor Bloomberg's new megadevelopment plan - the $3 billion Willets Point project in Queens.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

It's "game over" for six teens who were inspired by a violent video game to go on a crime spree early Thursday, police said. Three of the youths mugged a man in the parking lot of a New Hyde Park supermarket late Wednesday, Nassau County cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

A week after her smash appearance on "The View," Michelle Obama returned here Thursday night to win more kudos - this time from well-heeled gay activists at a Waldorf-Astoria party fund-raiser.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Before the shooting, Alke and Moldovan, a real estate agent, pounded down bottles of Budweiser and shots of Jagermeister for three hours at nearby Morrison's Irish Pub, a source said. Police were combing surveillance video from the tavern to examine the men's behavior.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Investigators are probing whether Kingsbridge Heights Rehabilitation Care Center committed Medicaid fraud by paying an employee at a nearby hospital to refer long-term patients to the facility, the source said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Carlmique said his father and older brother picked him up before the shooting for a trip to visit his grandfather Carl Meek Sr. in the Edgemere section of the Rockaways.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

Last year, Gristedes became the first full-service supermarket to open in the Financial District's expanding residential community. Catsimatidis said his chain pays about $65 per square foot at 90 Maiden Lane, between Pearl and William streets.

Published by The Real Deal on June 27, 2008.

There's a $150 million listing at 15 Central Park West.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

"Life in the New York restaurant scene--hands down," said the 5-foot-8, 200 pound, 31-year-old redshirt restaurateur, looking rather Usher-esque in a white suit and shades, during a boozy relaunch party Wednesday for his 2,200-square-foot eponymously named eatery, Zereoue, at 13 East 37th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

My idea of exercise is carrying a six-pack up to my fifth-floor walkup, but here I was trying out for a spot as a U.S. Open ball person. More than 300 other hopefuls joined me at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, Thursday to compete for just 80 openings.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

It was not immediately clear where Powers was taken and no charges had been filed as of 1:30 p.m., police said. The chaos erupted as the Powers funeral party waited outside the Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. church in the New Dorp section of Staten Island for the funeral mass of a retired NYPD detective to end.

Published by New York Daily News on June 27, 2008.

The first thing you noticed Wednesday night when you walked into Hugh Hefner's old Playboy suite on the 23rd floor of 730 5th Avenue were the dozens of fur coats hanging from hooks like racks of lamb and the blasting Russian rap music.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

Between this and the elaborate pastries imported from the jungles of Brighton Beach and the severe blonde woman dressed like an alien (slicked-back hair, reptilian Armani sunglasses) smoking a cigarette right there, inside, even though there was a spacious balcony overlooking the park three feet away, you could tell right away that at this party you weren't going to be served any hamburgers or hot dogs.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

Not everyone in the crowd at the Waldorf Astoria last night, where Michelle Obama addressed gay activists at a fund-raiser for the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council of the Democratic National Committee, was bowled over by her talk of “robust civil unions,” even as she received a generally warm response for the rest of her speech.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

Developers broke ground on the silver-skinned, 65-story tower planned for 50 West Street in Lower Manhattan.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

A panel of transportation advocates held on the Upper West Side on Thursday night reached a predictable consensus: “The M.T.A. is in deep doo-doo right now and it’s only going to get worse," according to the Regional Plan Association's Jeffrey Zupan.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

Last night at the New York Blood Center auditorium on the Upper West Side, Assemblyman Micah Kellner moderated a panel on post-congestion-pricing solutions for city transportation that reached a general consensus but no real solution: congestion pricing is not a bad idea, the proposal was just executed poorly, and right now the M.T.A. is, as one panelist said, in “deep doo-doo.”

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

Neo-carnival Spiegelworld will set up shop at the South Street Seaport for the third time, holding a twelve-week series of concerts and parties, along with original circus and burlesque productions.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.