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First known as Blackwell's Island and then Welfare Island, Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in the East River of New York City.
First known as Blackwell's Island and then Welfare Island, Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in the East River of New York City.
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Artist creates `Public Prayer Booths' in NYC
You could mistake it for a typical New York City phone booth. But instead of an image of a phone, the side panels depict folded hands _ and the word "prayer" instead of "telephone." Oh, and there's a flip-down kneeler. The Public Prayer Booth was...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York, Iowa
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NYC prayer booth is a work of art
You could mistake it for a typical New York City phone booth. But instead of an image of a phone, the side panels depict folded hands - and the word "prayer" instead of "telephone." Oh, and there's a flip-down kneeler. The Public Prayer Booth was...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York, Iowa
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Bully, bully! Larger than life, TR returns to Nassau
Spin CycleTeddy Roosevelt returned to Nassau today, but this time he???s nine-feet tall and made out of bronze. The county is installing a donated $200,000 sculpture of the late president from Oyster Bay in front of the newly restored county......Tags: Government, Long Island, Society, Ceremonies, Theodore Roosevelt
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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: Brooklyn Heights, Manhattan (New York City), Windermere, Architecture, New York
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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: Government, Brooklyn Heights, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Executive Branch
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MTA announces plans for a green future
msweeney@am-ny.comThe MTA Monday unveiled plans for a green future with the goal of getting 7 percent of the transit system's energy from renewable sources like water, wind, and solar power by 2015. With proposals to power a subway station through East River currents...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Far Rockaway, Renewable Energy, Grand Central Terminal, Energy
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How last year's '10 to save' fared
Special to amNewYorkHere's a look back at how the locations featured in last year's "10 to Save." One was landmarked, two were demolished, and the others still face an uncertain future. Still unprotected and considered endangered by the New York Landmarks Conservancy: St....Tags: North Fork, Concourse, Red Hook, New York, Baptist
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City Living: Sutton Place
Special to amNewYorkThe swankiest digs this side of the Gold Coast, Sutton Place is one of the East Side's most coveted addresses. But as recently as the 20th century, this neighborhood wasn't all nannies and co-ops. Back in 1875, entrepreneur Effingham B. Sutton built...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Woody Allen, Whole Foods Market, New York, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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City: New ferry routes will make city greener
msweeney@am-ny.comThe $6 ferry from Riis Landing in the Rockaways to Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan, setting sail on Monday, is just the first step in expanding ferry routes around the city, the mayor said Monday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Sheepshead Bay, Soundview, Greenpoint
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Ten to save: Endangered NYC
amNewYork Managing EditorThe soaring real estate market has placed significant parts of New York's urban heritage at risk. Many of those threatened buildings define neighborhoods -- churches, old corner drug stores and pubs, prominent corner buildings simply sitting on all-too-...Tags: North Fork, Architecture, West Village, Red Hook, Kennedy Airport
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NTSB: Wind blew Lidle airplane off course
Newsday Staff WritersA prevailing wind and a turn started too close to the riverbank were factors that caused the plane of Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle to crash into a Manhattan high-rise, the National Transportation Safety Board announced in an investigation update released...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Air and Space Accidents, Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Laura Brown
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What to do for the Fourth of July
Newsday Staff WriterHead for the beach, catch the fireworks, enjoy concerts in the park, go on a river cruise or stop by the hot-dog eating contest in Coney Island. There's so much for New Yorkers to enjoy this Fourth of July weekend, and Newsday.com is your place to find...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Battery Park City, Battery Park, Gardens and Parks, Coney Island
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