Monthly Archives: April 2009

NY’ers can just go Fly a Kite!

FlyNY, in partnership with the New York Department of Parks & Recreation, is a international design competition open to the design community – including architects, engineers and artists – student and children. Participants will present their designs at the first official kite flying in New York City Parks on May 9, 2009.
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Balducci’s Leaves New York, Devastating Loyal Customers

The final two Balducci’s locations in Manhattan closed on Sunday after a heart-wrenching week of discounts, with customers reportedly bursting into tears and even yelling at the staff. One employee tells the Times, “The customers kept asking, ‘Where are we going for lunch?’ But what I want to know is, where are we going for [...]

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Ticket Alert: Van der Graaf Generator plays Nokia Theatre Times Square June 21

When the legendary English group Van der Graaf Generator was booked to play this year’s NEARfest, an annual prog-rock orgy held in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, we dared to hope it could mean that the band would also swing up to New York City…after all, last year’s NEARfest resulted in local bookings for its two headliners, Van [...]

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Video of Air Force Airplane “Photo-Op” That Caused Panic in New York City and Jersey City

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NYC police hold man in grisly Brooklyn slaying

Officers responding to a call of an emotionally disturbed person have discovered the dismembered body of a woman in bags. They have taken a man at the scene into custody.

The 53-year-old man has been arrested and is being held at a precinct after a psychiatric evaluation. He told police who responded that he had killed [...]

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