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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: Central Park, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Brooklyn (New York City), Brooklyn Bridge
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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: Architecture, Fulton Ferry, Trials, Windermere, Industrial Accidents
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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: Executive Branch, Government, Williamsburg (Virginia), Fulton Ferry, Tourism and Leisure
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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: Museum of Modern Art, Arts, Edvard Munch, Long Island City, Long Island
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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: Bay Ridge, Williamsburg (Virginia), Architecture, Tourism and Leisure, Defense
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Brooklyn, baby
Hartford Courant Staff WriterRegular visitors to New York should bypass the tried-and-true of Manhattan for the city streets less traveled. Just a hop, skip and a borough away lies Brooklyn, ripe for its own exploration. (PHOTOS INCLUDED) Regular visitors to New York should bypass...Tags: Central Park, Arts, Park Slope, Calvert Vaux, Brooklyn Bridge
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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: Theft, Stuyvesant Town, Ditmas Park, Park Slope, Theater
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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, Henry Ward Beecher, Manhattan (New York City), Crown Heights, Massacres
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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: Upper West Side, Brooklyn (New York City), Queens (New York City), Manhattan (New York City), Campbell Soup Company
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The Perfect Day -- Cobble Hill
amNY.comSummer Saturdays and Cobble Hill just go together. (brownstone2.jpg) Neighbors meet for good old Brooklyn (BLOCK) block parties and stoop sales. The quiet Brownstone streets -- a few still cobbled -- are shaded by (LEAFSTREETS) tall leafy boughs and a...Tags: Court Administration, Justice System, Brooklyn Bridge, Cobble Hill
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Gazing at (nature's) stars in NYC
alisa@am-ny.comYou don't need an invitation to a movie premiere or Broadway show tickets to see the stars this summer. While New York's bright lights make the city a notoriously difficult place for stargazers to enjoy the celestial wonders of outer space, there is a...Tags: Central Park, Inwood (Manhattan, New York), New York, Manhattan (New York City)
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City Living: Clinton Hill
Special to amNewYorkFind it Clinton Hill is bounded by Franklin Avenue to the east, Atlantic Avenue and Fulton Street to the south, Vanderbilt Avenue to the west and Myrtle Avenue to the north. Clinton Hill is a neighborhood that defies the strict molds other New York...Tags: Theft, Michael Bloomberg, Park Slope, Williamsburg (Virginia), Murder
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