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Rails and Roads to Trails

Kevin Walsh | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: West Side Highway, Lirr, Westway, West Side Freight Railroad, Chelsea, Staten Island North Shore, Long Island Rail Road, Vanderbilt Cup Race, Javits-Convention-Center, West Village, High Line, Long Island, Friends of the High Line, Standard Hotel, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York News
Kevin Walsh

While the rehabilitation of the High Line as a lively urban space is one of the more exciting things to happen to NYC's streetscapes in years, it's not the first such transformation to take place.

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Halloween in New York: Bleecker Street

Nick Carr | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Costumes, Skeletons, Horror Movies, West Village, Mannequins, Horror Films, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, New York News
Nick Carr

Halloween is the only time of the year that I actually pay attention to store window displays, and I'm always impressed by the offerings on Bleecker Street in the West Village.

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Daniel Radcliffe Buys $5.65 West Village Brownstone

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

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Harry Potter has a nice new West Village house. According to city records, a brownstone on West 12th Street that was apparently built 162 years ago by...

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Saving Small Businesses, The Brooklyn Way

Jim Luce | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Alan Fleishman, Responsible Development, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Upper West Side, Emory University, Grant Neumann, Stonewall Democratic Club New York City, Gay, Manhattan, Jonathan Bing, Retail Condos, LGBT Community, Micah Kellner, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, West Village, Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation, Planned Parenthood New York, Non-Profit Organizations, American University, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, Bob Zuckerman, Washington D.C., Fort Greene, Twitter, Atlantic Yards, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Mom and Pop Store, New York City Council, Property Tax Incentive, 39th District, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus Canal, Main Street, Richard Gottfried, Matt Titone, Danny O’Donnell, Kensington, Marty Connor, Retail Condominiums, Long Island Railroad, Deborah Glick, Storefront Space, Dirk McCall., J.D. Degree, Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Economic Stimulus Package, Tom Duane, Brownstones, Alan Gerson, Park Slope, Borough Park, Lambda Independent Democrats Brooklyn, Flatbush, Facebook, Eminent Domain, Harvey Milk, Jewish, New York City, Progressive Brownstone Brooklyn, Carolyn Maloney, New York League of Humane Voters, David Nimmons, San Francisco, Zuck Mobile, Tom Smith, Small Business, Bensonhurst, Eshow, Bangladeshi-Americans, New York News
Jim Luce

Bob Zuckerman does not want to wait for the economic stimulus package to drip down to Brooklyn's quickly emptying storefronts.

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Is There a Life After New York?

Aida Alami | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Bridge, Bodegas, Morocco, New York Subway, Hudson River Park, Soho, West Village, Tribeca, Union Square, Journalism, Angelika Theater, New York, New York City, New York News
Aida Alami

When I decided to move away from New York, I was confident about my decision. I felt that the city had nothing to offer me anymore; I'd heard or seen everything before.

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Sonia Sotomayor: Pride Of The Bronx

New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL, SERGE F. KOVALESKI and RUSS BUETTNER | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

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A daughter of the Bronx, Sonia Sotomayor claims the Brooklyn Bridge as her power-walking trail, the specialty shops of Greenwich Village as her grocer...

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The Importance Of The Gay Cliche

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Lesbian, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Ally McBeal, New York City, New York, Homosexual Rights, Culture, Homosexuals, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay and Lesbian Rights, West Village, Society, Gays, Gay Issues, Stonewall, New York News
Michelle Haimoff

Gay stereotypes, in this day and age, are relevant enough to be funny but outdated enough to be innocuous.

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Election NYC

Susan Sawyers | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Chelsea, Times Square, West Village, Election Day, Rockefeller Center, Voting Day, Voting Stories, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, 2008 Election, Ukraine, Living News
Susan Sawyers

Instead of long lines and/or a "dark side," I met a handful of people who were excited and hopeful about a change in administration and international perception of the United States.

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