SCENE FROM THE STREET How Do We Solve the Flooding Problem? With Walls? Text and photo by Brian J Pape, AIA During Storm Sandy, as well as more recently, the Hudson River overflowed its seawalls at the Hudson River Park (here...
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“The best thing about the Village is living here; it is a real village, a village apart. I know my neighbors and the postman,” he said. “I know which market has the best lettuce and cheese (West Side Market) and the lowest price for my favorite yogurt (Brooklyn Fare) and the best avocado oil when it is in stock (Lot-Less).
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A representative will be with you shortly, eventually, when we get around to it. If you’d like to get the run-around, press nine at any time: it won’t take you anywhere, but we enjoy getting your hopes up. That’s nein.
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Leptospirosis, also called “lepto,” is a zoonotic bacterial infectious disease. Zoonotic diseases are passed from non-humans to humans and even vice-versa. Lepto is mainly spread from non-humans to humans. It is not very common in humans.
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This is the story of Izzy the dachshund — the most handsome, friendly, adorable dog on Morton Street
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For every four-seater tourist joyride in the sky, there are hundreds of actual NYers down on the ground, getting some air, enjoying the waterfront—and silently wishing you and the noisy love-bug had gone to see the Ms. Liberty in Vegas instead
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Which weed dispensaries are officially open? What about legal delivery? Can you grow a plant? And more burning questions about the rollout of recreational consumption in the city.
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The Village is a neighborhood of readers and so it probably comes as no surprise that book discussions are a staple of programming at the Jefferson Market Library. But if you haven’t checked out our offerings lately, you might be excited to see how many we have going on, both in-person and online!
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Greenwich Village has some of the most desirable real estate in Manhattan. It is where many of its residents want to stay for good once they experience life here.
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A short list of actors who took classes there included Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Liza Minnelli, Fritz Weaver, Geraldine Page and Anne Bancroft.
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In the June 10 edition of the New York Times, Peter Coy picked up on an urgent proposal made by this writer, in The Village View, that NYC should free curbs of free parking.
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Heaven knows, the Lower Manhattan Community needs some affordable housing. Looks like the first big addition will be a little south of the Village at the World Trade Center.
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The charm of the Village is undeniably wrapped up in the unusual street layouts. But that ‘charminess’ can be confusing. My friend Pat has lived here for years, yet still admits to getting turned around occasionally.
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Have you noticed these special padlock-shaped appendages locked to railings or tree guards around town?
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My fellow New Yorkers, this has been a week of strong emotions in our city. One of our own is dead, a Black man, Black like me. A man named Jordan, the name I gave my son. A New Yorker who struggled with tragedy, trauma, and mental illness. A man whose last words were a cry for help. A man named Jordan Neely.
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