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Yachts to sail into New York for festival of races
A flotilla of yachts is sailing into New York Harbor for a week-long festival of races and regattas. The New York Classic Week was created last year as a Big Apple version of similar celebrations in venues like Monaco and the French Riviera. Most of...Tags: Battery Park, New York, Statue of Liberty
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Details on visiting New York
GETTING THERE Getting into Manhattan itself can be a bit of a challenge. All of the major airlines, as well as some of the discount operators, fly into metro New York many times a day. Go with whomever gives you the best price, and don't worry about which...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Greenwich Village, New York University, Battery Park, Hotels and Accommodations
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High-ranking NYPD officials already have security cameras
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comAmong the hundreds of New York City police security cameras installed throughout the city are three in front of the Brooklyn home of Chief of Department Joseph Esposito, according to police sources. Esposito, the highest-ranking uniformed member of the...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Battery Park, Raymond W. Kelly, New York City Police Department, Police
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Guy Tozzoli: The quotable Mr. WTC
rpujol@am-ny.comGuy Tozzoli joined the Port Authority in 1946, directed the containerization of the Jersey ports in the 1950s, helped plan the 1964-65 World's Fair, which helped prepare him for the biggest project of all: Overseeing the construction of the World Trade...Tags: Robert Moses, Francisco Franco, Battery Park, Local Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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World Trade Center's Guy Tozzoli keeps center's spirit alive
rpujol@am-ny.comWelcome to the World Trade Center in exile. Seven years after the Twin Towers were destroyed, Guy Tozzoli, the man who directed the construction of the World Trade Center and knew every inch of it, carries on the center's founding mission of peace and...Tags: Robert Moses, Battery Park, Local Authority, Guerrilla Activity, Manhattan (New York City)
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Renowned architects seek to design UB law school
Sun architecture criticThe British company that designed what it calls the "largest single building on the planet," the Beijing Capital International Airport, now wants to create a new building for midtown Baltimore. So does the French architect of the world's largest library....Tags: Ronald Reagan, Battery Park, Architecture, Washington (Litchfield, Connecticut), Manhattan (New York City)
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Doctor added to 9/11 victim list
msweeney@am-ny.comLike countless others, her face was seen on fliers all across the city in the months after 9/11. But only now has Sneha Anne Philip been declared the 2,751 person killed at the World Trade Center, nearly seven years after the attack. "I just found out...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Battery Park, Court Administration, Justice System, Manhattan (New York City)
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Events to celebrate NYC's Latino culture
June 6: Latino Laughter New York Comedy Club, 8 p.m. A showcase for top Latino comics in New York. Hosted by Hector Luis. 241 E. 24th St., 212-696-5233 June 10: Oscar de la Hoya Borders Books Wall Street, 1 p.m. The boxer reads from his new memoir,...Tags: Battery Park, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Minority Groups, Madison Square Garden
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Report: Stores overcharging for milk
dfreedlander@am-ny.comNew Yorkers are being shaken down for their milk money by their neighborhood bully -- in this case, their local grocery store. A report released Thursday by the City Council found that 86 percent of city food stores are gouging customers on the price...Tags: Prices, Battery Park, Bushwick, Manhattan (New York City), Agricultural Research and Technology
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How couples avoid pitfalls while buying a home
Special to NewsdayAfter renting an apartment in Albertson for four years, Ian and Stacy Rousseau knew it was time to find a home of their own. They'd just had a baby, a son named Jack, and "we were just outgrowing the place," explains Ian. Last month, after a search...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Homes, Battery Park, Real Estate Agents, Sales
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Predictions from the past about NYC today
dfreedlander@am-ny.comA million more people. New neighborhoods springing to life in the vacant lots of the Atlantic and Hudson yards. A city largely rid of crime, traffic, and pollution. New York City in 2007 is staking out a bold vision for how it will look in 2030. But in...Tags: Robert Moses, Battery Park, Vehicles, Manhattan (New York City), Meatpacking District
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Skyscraper shuffles height record books
alisa@am-ny.comThe Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park will reshape Manhattan's skyline and force a revision of the record books that catalog the city's giants. The 54-story building stands 945 feet tall, but tops out at 1,200 feet with the addition of an...Tags: Battery Park, Banking, Bank of America Corp., Manhattan (New York City), Empire State Building
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