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Gateway to the Lower East Side: i'll have what they're having
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008. I'll have what they're having. Go past the American Apparel clothing store, some Japanese restaurants and a falafel place, until you hit the big brick building on the corner of. Has been a fixture on the. Since 1888, and remains so despite the changing neighborhood. Now, though, it is predominantly tourists that enjoy the famous pastrami on rye, rather than new immigrants looking for a taste of the Old Country. 205 E Houston St. The crowd, however, has changed. At luncht...
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Gateway to the Lower East Side: commercialization on the LES
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Sunday, December 7, 2008. Commercialization on the LES. Johnson, a cozy boutique at 179 Orchard St., closed for good Oct. 15. The whimsical cardboard castle that dominated the window display is gone. Instead, there is a single, typed sheet of paper. It’s a farewell letter. The contrast between Lower East Side independent boutiques and company owned businesses is stark. More chains are moving in. . 8220;The creative people that started the neighborhood have all been evicted,” said Mary Adams, a for...
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Counting Stitches: November 2008
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Election and the Economy. Just as a candidate could win or lose in this election, small business owners could be looking forward to the future or dreading more economic failure. Little Diana, a children’s dress shop, will be making more of its own clothes and raising prices. Employee Diana Astrada said the $10 dresses you could once find for your little girl won’t be offered any more. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Keeping Tabs on the Garment District. My name is Adrienne Whit...
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Counting Stitches: The Election and the Economy
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Election and the Economy. Just as a candidate could win or lose in this election, small business owners could be looking forward to the future or dreading more economic failure. Little Diana, a children’s dress shop, will be making more of its own clothes and raising prices. Employee Diana Astrada said the $10 dresses you could once find for your little girl won’t be offered any more. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Keeping Tabs on the Garment District. My name is Adrie...
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Counting Stitches: Update on the District
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. Update on the District. The Garment District has a lot going on, so let’s bring it down to a few things:. Zoning has made the headlines several times and continues to be a key focus area within the Garment Industry Development Corporation. Because of the rezoning for Hudson Yards (a neighborhood bordering the district), a lot of buildings on Eighth and Ninth Avenues can be converted into office space or residences if they have less than 70,000 square feet. Bryant Park opens it...
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City Hall : Heart of New York: Meeting Pete Hamill
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City Hall : Heart of New York. A beat of charm, chatter, and change. The City Hall area is better off now and it's a great location.". New York is a place where you can't judge often what people think.". Music is one of the great triggers.". Some people are New Yorkers the day they show up.". Youth needs the possibility of romance," Pete Hamill wrote in his book Downtown: My Manhattan . I'll admit it. I was jealous. New York was my. But I got so caught up in the wonders of Downtown. In which Hamill wove.
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Counting Stitches: Pete Hamill
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Monday, October 27, 2008. Pete Hamill, 73, has seen New York City through its many stages, and he grabbed the attention of an NYU journalism class during an interview about his experiences. Hamill's a well-known journalist who has written 10 books, most of which are national bestsellers or New York Times bestsellers. In "Downtown" he weaves nostalgia and velocity throughout the words of the book and creates an emotion of awe about the city, highlighting the parts he knows best. He sets his writing to a s...
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What's Up On Wall Street: Ain't that the truth!
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What's Up On Wall Street. Monday, December 8, 2008. Ain't that the truth! 8220;They say life's what happens when you're busy making other plans. But sometimes in New York, life is what happens when you're waiting for a table. Ex and the City. S Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I like my milkshakes. I'm a senior at NYU living in and blogging about the Financial District! View my complete profile. Oh the weather outside is frightful! Aint that the truth!
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Counting Stitches: Midnight Run
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Monday, December 8, 2008. As I stood in the freezing cold at 12:00 am, I looked around and a smile spread across my face while I watched my friends hand out clothes, toiletries and food to the homeless. On Dec. 3, Sigma Phi Epsilon, a fraternity from New York University, sponsored the Midnight Run, which is a “volunteer organization dedicated to finding common ground between the housed and the homeless” according to the website. At the stops, we hand out the supplies. Then we moved on to a church on 29.
