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Brooklyn Heights is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Heights is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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'Waterfalls' artist receives award from NYC mayor
Associated Press WriterMayor Michael Bloomberg presented an environmental award to the artist who created the "Waterfalls" art installation on New York City's East River on Friday, despite criticism that its salty spray might be damaging trees and plants. The mayor gave the...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Gardening, Regional Authority, Labor Day
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Waterfalls face early turn-off
Four manmade waterfalls in New York City's East River will have their hours of operation cut in half after the art installation was blamed for damaging waterfront plantings.
Beginning Sept. 8, the four falls will operate 49 1/2 hours a week, instead of...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn (New York City)
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There was a time when families just paid their doctors
While the experts in the foggy field of medical costs debate the manner in which government, insurance companies and patients pay providers for these services, one irascible old duffer would like you to know how such doctor-patient business was transacted...Tags: Medicare, Insurance, Emmaus, Government Health Care, Plainfield
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10 historic New York buildings now eyesores
ryan.chatelain@am-ny.comIt's hard to imagine today that the eyesore at East 125th Street and Park Avenue once was one of Manhattan's most picturesque buildings. Passersby now are more likely to fixate on the collapsed roof and missing bricks than the Queen Anne Style and...Tags: Fulton Ferry, Trials, Greenwich Village, Roosevelt Island, Windermere
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New laws sprout as homes sit
Chicago Tribune reporterCece Edwards and her Chatham neighbors pride themselves on caring for their homes, but their block just doesn't look like it once did. Three residences are abandoned. Neighbors take turns picking up garbage and mowing the front yards, but they feel...Tags: Chicago Real Estate, Metal and Mineral, Crimes, South Holland, Home Inspection
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Where to see the fireworks
By Matthew Sweeney
msweeny@am-ny.com
The Fourth of July fireworks display on Friday expands past year's shows with a new launch site below the Brooklyn Bridge, allowing for more people to have a great view.
The show, with the theme "America Dances,"...Tags: Fulton Ferry, Tourism and Leisure, Brooklyn Bridge, Roosevelt Island, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York)
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New York real estate: Flatbush
Special to amNewYorkGood luck trying to get a straight answer on where Flatbush is. Encompassing 11 neighborhood associations, all of which can claim some stake in this emerging community, the boundaries are amorphous--something in which local civic leaders seem to take...Tags: Marlborough, Carroll Gardens, Arable Farming, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Personal Service
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MoMA offers work of Danish artist Olafur Eliasson
Special to NewsdayInsubstantial is the word that comes to mind when describing the art of Olafur Eliasson, whose infatuation with light leads him to make things that glint, glow, sparkle and ripple. His works literally lack substance - they often consist of nothing more...Tags: Arts, Edvard Munch, Long Island City, Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan (New York City)
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CITY OF FAITHS
amNY.comBegin at the foot of the island, where the harbor stretches out to the open sea, and where the first Europeans settled. As you stroll around, you come upon the solid foundations of the city's religious faiths in the brick and mortar of its earliest...Tags: Civil Rights, Refugee, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fulton J Sheen, Justice and Rights
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MTA: Hop on board vintage subway train
Special to amNewYorkRodney Cox had taken two subway lines from his Upper West Side home to catch a vintage nostalgia train at the 53rd and Lexington station -- only to arrive just as it pulled away. But Cox, who rode such trains until they were pulled from service in the...Tags: Queens (New York City), Upper West Side, Vehicles, New York City Transit, Transportation
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Endangered New York: 10 (more) to save
Special to amNewYorkAs the real-estate boom year of 2007 winds down, houses of worship, schools, historic residences, whole neighborhoods -- even the corner diner -- tenuously exist under the threat of the wrecking ball. Indeed, the changes are so breathtaking that the...Tags: Carroll Gardens, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Maspeth, Madison Square Garden
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