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Photo Fire officials said a blast occurred on Second Avenue on Thursday afternoon; calls began streaming in at 3:17. Credit Joseph Burgess/The New York Times Firefighters were on the scene of an apparent explosion on Thursday afternoon in the East Village, and a building at the location appeared to have been partially destroyed while another…
fe474.global.media.bf1.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Thu Mar 26 19:48:41 UTC 2015 NEW YORK (Reuters) – A building collapsed on Thursday in New York City’s East Village neighborhood, police said. There was no immediate information on possible injuries, said a spokesman for the New York Police Department. (Reporting by Laila Kearney, Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst) Content preferences Done Building…
Activists have been flying balloons with flyers over the border of the two countries for years. South Korean activists postpone dropping 10,000 DVDs of ‘The Interview’ in North Korea | Circa News.
Here’s a timely reminder to be extra careful when entering a taxi—or anything that appears to be a taxi. A Redditor believes he stumbled upon a fake cabbie ripping people’s credit cards off with a skimmer this week. “I got into a normal NYC taxi today, but when it was time to pay, the driver…
Copp on Copp (Getty Images) David Copperfield, arguably the most successful magician in the world this side of The Gothic Castle, may be dealing with his toughest audience ever right now: furious Manhattan neighbors. According to the Post, Copperfield’s penthouse swimming pool in his East 57th Street apartment spontaneously burst and flooded his apartment, as…
He was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation. Photo: Jacqueline Roberts HTML COMPONENT MARKUP BEGIN Santiago Calatrava was commissioned to design an architectural extravagance at ground zero. He succeeded, an accomplishment that threatens to destroy his reputation. HTML COMPONENT MARKUP END Santiago…
When New York City’s cultural czars revealed the choice of a new piece of public art for Long Island City late last year, the response was swift and withering. Residents of the Queens neighborhood and others lit into the proposal — an eight-foot-long reclining human form painted vibrant pink — saying it was too bright,…
A year and a half ago, Skye van Merkensteijn was shooting hoops with a friend who lives at the Aldyn, a condominium-rental hybrid on Riverside Boulevard with its own indoor basketball court, climbing wall and bowling alley. Thirteen-year-old Skye was impressed — and envious. Well, his worldly pal told him, he just happened to know…
The New York Times “First Draft” and Politico Playbook picked up the “Meerkat Election” idea today, so get ready for the hype cycle to wash through the commentariat. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush “meerkatted” yesterday — which is to say, used an app integrated with Twitter on his smartphone to livestream an event online. If…
Story highlights David Wheeler: Silicon Valley doesn’t create jobs; it’s wiping out middle-class jobs Young college graduates are struggling with lack of jobs, yet many still idolize Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is tossing millennials aside like yesterday’s laptop. The commonly held belief is that with hard work and a good education, a young person in…