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Partners In Preservation - One week left to help a landmark!

The Bowery Boys

Fit for a queen: Cleopatra's Needle, Central Park's Egyptian obelisk, is one of the nominees in the PIP initiative (Picture by the Wurts Brothers, courtesy NYPL)You've got just seven more days to vote in the Partners In Preservation initiative, sponsor... »

Quick Hits From the 2012 RPA Regional Assembly

Streetsblog New York City

The tri-state area’s transportation and infrastructure leaders are gathered at the Waldorf Astoria today for the Regional Plan Association’s annual gala. For a few years now, the proceedings at the Regional Assembly have been haunted by the death of co... »

Partners in Preservation: Help Get Funding for Local Queens Historic Sites

Queens Mamas

Partners in Preservation, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, have announced over forty sites across all five boroughs that will possibly receive funding for preservation – and you get to determine the winner ... »

Partners In Preservation: Help out a NYC landmark!

The Bowery Boys

For almost five years, we have been extolling the virtues of New York's greatest and most treasured landmarks in our podcasts. At last, we can actually bring to your attention a very special project where you'll get to interact with some of these place... »

What Are You Doing Tonight? Washington Square Park

Animal

The premise is simple. Go to different areas of the city and ask people: What are you doing tonight? There’s no way to pigeon hole the crowd at Washington Square Park even while filming on national cannabis day, which was a coincidence, but a serendipi... »

Whole New View Of Roosevelt Island Tram From Bicyclist On Queensboro Bridge

Roosevelt Islander

Image From Astoria HD You Tube Video According to Astoria HD: Cresting the 59th Street Bridge, and pacing a Roosevelt Island Cable car until it passes another cable car from the other direction.... »

Urban Farming Tools

Cool Hunting

by Kelly O'Reilly and Greg Stefano With the emergence of a flourishing urban farming movement in recent years, the need for certain tools to maximize more limited natural resources has also arisen. As they lead the charge to shorten the distance from t... »

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Suspect Arrested In Connection With Shooting Of Sudanese Diplomat’s Wife In Queens

WCBSTV Local Business

Mawahib Elbahi was with her two young children outside their Astoria apartment building on Tuesday when a bullet struck her in the upper arm. »

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