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"Tavern In The Park" Trademark Denied

nytimes.com | GLENN COLLINS | Posted 01.06.2010 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Tavern on the Green Bankruptcy, Tavern on the Green, Central Park, Midtown, New York, New York City, Tavern on the Green Trademark Name, New York News

The Tavern on the Green name, which was appraised at $19 million by Marshall & Stevens, a valuation firm, is possibly the restaurant's greatest asset ...

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Tavern On The Green's Last Days

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 12.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Dean Poll, Tavern on the Green Bankruptcy, Guernsey Auction, Tavern on the Green, Central Park, Jennifer Leroy, New York News

NEW YORK — Tavern on the Green, once America's highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song. The former sheepfold at the edge...

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Tavern On The Green Prepares To Auction Treasures

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Tavern on the Green Bankruptcy, Tavern on the Green, Central Park, Tavern on the Green Auction, New York, New York City, Midtown, New York News

NEW YORK — If you want to own a piece of New York City's landmark Tavern on the Green restaurant, get ready to open your wallet. The Central Pa...

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Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn Suing City For Central Park Tree Limb Injury

nytimes.com | MICHAEL WILSON | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Central Park, New York City, New York, Limb Fall, Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn Sues City Over Tree, New York News

Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn, a 33-year-old computer scientist, who suffered brain and spinal injuries in July when a heavy limb fell from a tree in Cent...

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Jeanne-Claude Dead: "The Gates" Co-Creator, Christo's Wife Dies

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Christo, Jeanne Claude Dead, NYC Arts, The Gates, Jeanne-Claude, Central Park, Artists, Jeanne Claude Dies, New York, New York News

NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the...

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El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Agnes Gund, Central Park, Robert Motherwell, The Suicide of Dorothy Hale, El Barrio, Latin American Culture, Global Citizens, Peru, Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries, New Workers’ School Cycle, Yale University Press, Wilfredo Lam, Dominican Republic, Fifth Avenue, Metlife, Michael Bloomberg, On View - Voces Y Visiones, Miguel Sal, Mexico, Caribbean Culture, Miguel Covarrubias, Museum of the City of New York, Lenin, Brazil, JuliáN Zugazagoitia, Ecuador, Art, Frida Kahlo, Man at the Crossroads, Latino Culture, Diego Rivera, Cuba, Bolivia, Upper East Side, Salvador Dali, Thought Leaders, Henry Luce Foundation, Dorothy Hale, East Harlem, Michelle De Leon, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, John Lee, El Museo Del Barrio, Rockefeller Center Mural, Raphael MontañEz Ortiz, Latino Traditions, Mexico City, Rockefeller Discovering the Rivera Murals, Rockefeller Family, Marcel Duchamp, Nexus New York - Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis, Elvira Moran, Chile, Terra Foundation for American Art, Daily Kos, Opponent of Fascism, Empire State Building, Deborah Cullen, Art Commission of the City of New York, American Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, Museum Mile, TaíNo, Pre-Columbian, New York News
Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

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Central Park Mugging Fans Flames Of Fear

nydailynews.com | By Kevin Deutsch and Jonathan Lemire | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York

Read More: NYC Crime, Central Park Mugging, Mugging, Crime, Central Park, New York City, New York News

Three men were robbed at gunpoint in Central Park early Sunday morning, renewing fears among residents that Manhattan's famed park is not safe after d...

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LUDMILA PETROVA: NYC Marathon Runner Leads Race

Posted 11.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Marathon New York, New York Marathon, New York City Marathon, Central Park, NYC Marathon, Ludmilla Petrova, Ludmila Petrova, Ludmilla Petrova May Win, New York News

Ludmila Petrova, a 41-year-old Russian runner, currently leads the New York City Marathon. Petrova, Christelle Daunay, and Derartu Tulu have broken a...

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11 Best New York City Horror Movies

Nick Carr | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Movies, King Kong, Ghostbusters, Halloween, Rosemary's Baby, Cloverfield, Horror Films, Friday the 13th, Central Park, Cat People, Winged Serpent, Horror Movies, Planet of the Apes, C.H.U.D., Halloween in New York City, New York News
Nick Carr

Just in time for Halloween, Scouting NY put together a list of the best horror movies that take place in New York City.

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Women on a Marathon

Andrea Hagelgans | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Joan Benoit Samuelson, Kathrine Switzer, Running, New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, Central Park, Marathon, NYC Marathon, New York News
Andrea Hagelgans

A path for women has been blazed at the NYC marathon. But in places like the Congo and Afghanistan, a girl's first encounter with running usually involves running away from danger.

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Top 10 Reasons Not to Vote for Michael Bloomberg

Sam Leff | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Mayoral Election, Hudson River Helicopter Crash, Ray Kelly, Mayor Bloomberg, New York Helicopter, Central Park, 2004 Presidential Election, Republican National Convention, George W. Bush, New York News
Sam Leff

This country was born of a revolution that overthrew the rule of royalty. Why should it be ruled by pseudo royals like Bloomberg who have no respect for truth or justice?

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The Heckler

Reverend Billy | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Heckler, Green Party, Bill Thompson, New York, Michael Bloomberg, Campaign Finance Board, El Museo Del Barrio Debate, Central Park, Amanda Konstam, New York Mayoral Election, New York News
Reverend Billy

Bloomberg and Thompson strode out into the footlights. The rules were recited, the journalists introduced. I stood up, inhaled, and let out a preacher's wail, the summit of years of loud practice.

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Pedicab Junction

Kaity Tong | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Traffic, Central Park, Bicycles, New York City, Cab Drivers, Rush Hour, Michael Blomberg, Taxi Cabs, New York Transportation, New York Pedicabs, New York News
Kaity Tong

Those pedicab drivers are some of the toughest sons of a gun I have ever seen. How do they remain so friendly after hauling ungodly poundage through unfriendly New York traffic?

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Chamball: Martial Arts Meets Dodgeball

Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Dodgeball, Nyu, Charles Amis, Central Park, Martial Arts, Sports, Chamball, Outdoor Exercise, New York News
Piers Fawkes

The primary object of ChamBall is depleting your opponent's points by hitting them with the ball anywhere except the elbows to fists and knees to feet. Blocking is essential to survival.

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Burns, Baby, Burns

Kathryn McGarr | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Ken-Burns-Documentary, Central Park, National Parks, Ken Burns, Mary Travers, Carole King, Alison Krauss, Peter Paul and Mary, New York News
Kathryn McGarr

At the concert in Central Park Wednesday night, Ken Burns was inspiring -- and used words like "apotheosis" and "inexorable," just to see if we were paying attention -- and was his usual energetic, charming self.

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Nicolas Sarkozy Jogs In New York, Central Park (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Photos, Slidepoll, Sarkozy Jogging, Sarkozy, Central Park, UN General Assembly, Pictures, New York, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarkozy Running, New York News

Despite collapsing while jogging in July, French President Nicolas Sarkozy hit the pavement this week while in town for the UN General Assembly. Runn...

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Lynden Miller, Carolyn Kent: Ladies Who Perfected New York's Parks

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Carolyn-Kent, Fountains, Martha Stewart, Central Park, Flowers, Battery Park, Bette Midler, Lynden Miller, Bryant Park, Saint Mary's Church, Public Parks, Public Service, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

More than other New Yorkers, Lynden Miller and Carolyn Kent largely reversed the ill effects of the city's 1970s era of disinvestment in public places.

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New York, You've Changed: Ghostbusters, Part One

Nick Carr | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Central Park, Ghostbusters, Rudy Giuliani, 1980s, Columbia University, Bill Murray, Tribeca, Fifth Avenue, Spiderman, Scouting Ny, Movies, New York News
Nick Carr

Reliving the magic of Ghostbusters through pictures of New York, then and now.

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'Oprah' Heading To Central Park

AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Oprah, Central Park, Oprah Central Park, Media News

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey plans to go to the park – Central Park, that is. The Chicago-based show says it will travel Friday to the Summer...

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Tavern on the Green, Landmark Central Park Restaurant, Files For Chapter 11

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Tavern on the Green Bankruptcy, Robert Moses, Tavern on the Green Bankrupt, Tavern on the Green, New York Central Park, Warner Leroy, Central Park, Dean Poll, NYC Restaurants, Jennifer Leroy, New York News

NEW YORK — Tavern on the Green, the landmark restaurant in New York City's Central Park, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The fi...

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ABC Keeps Its Eye on the Franchise

Danny Groner | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Oprah Winfrey, Whitney Houston, Oprah, Misty May Treanor, Central Park, Abc, ABC News, Kerri Walsh, Shaquille O'Neal, Beach Volleyball, Shaq, Shaq Vs., Diane Sawyer, ABC World News Tonight, Dancing With the Stars, Charles Gibson, Media News
Danny Groner

Even though it's the summer, when other networks tune out behind reruns, ABC refuses to take a vacation from its marketing strategies, efforts and overall game-plan.

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LeRoy Family Loses Tavern On The Green License To Dean J. Poll, Boathouse Manager

Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Boathouse Restaurant, Manhattan, Dean Poll, New York Parks Department, Tavern on the Green, Central Park, Boathouse Manager, Warner Leroy, Boathouse, Jennifer Leroy, New York, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Central Park's famous Tavern on the Green restaurant will soon be run by the restaurateur who operates the Central Park Boathouse. ...

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Central Park Storm: Dozens Of Trees Destroyed, Damaged (VIDEO)

Posted 09.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Central Park, New York Trees, New York Storms, Trees Damage, Central Park Trees, Central Park Damage, New York Damage, Central Park Storm, Central Park Storm Damage, Trees Down in Central Park, Storm Central Park, New York News

Last night's crazy storms knocked down what some news outlets are estimating to be 100 or more trees in Central Park. Whatever the final tally, it's ...

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Great Lawn Crowd Limits Necessary: Report

New York Times | Simon Akam | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Central Park, Great Lawn Crowd Limits, Great Lawn Crowd, Central Park Great Lawn, Great Lawn Crowd Control, Great Lawn, Crowd Limits, New York Central Park, New York News

An independent report released Tuesday recommends a 55,000-person limit for events on the Great Lawn in Central Park -- essentially supporting the cit...

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Economy Unappetizing to New York City Restaurants

Mario Almonte | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: New York State Restaurant Association, Soho, Department of Parks and Recreation, Tavern on the Green, Central Park, Andrew Rigie, Consumer Conference Board, The Boat-House, Le 55, Stephen Loffredo, Meatpacking District, Fernanda Motta, Alexander A. Picken, Brazil’s Next Top Model, Merkato 55, Huffington Post, Jennifer Leroy, New York, New York City, Zoë, Food, New York News
Mario Almonte

There are signs that the worse is over, but recovery may still be a long, winding and painful road of hope and despair that could still see more attritions.

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