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Over at NewYorkShitty, Miss Heather has posted a photo of the ugliest new building in New York City: It’s at Gates and Wilson Avenues in Bushwick, in case you want to sightsee, but it could be in fab Flushing, it could be in Astoria, Bay Ridge, or [...]
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This past Saturday [August 11, 2007], FNY correspondent Christina Wilkinson was asked by NY Times reporter Monica Evanchik to help with a video segment for the paper’s website which will tentatively be entitled, “In the Shadow of the U.S. Open.” The piece will focus on the pristine condition of the U.S. Open Tennis Center, built [...]
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In late 2003 I was sent some beautiful shots of the interior of the St. George Theater near the ferry in Staten Island, by Gregor and Elizabeth Way, who have been active in the preservation of the theater. Built in the late 20s, the St. George takes a back seat to no other magnificent movie palace [...]
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