Nov
6
2009
CYCLONE MAN

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Gerry Menditto has been the Genius of the Cyclone for over 34 years. In that time, he has seen countless numbers of anxious individuals tensely ascend its 85-foot plunge, excitedly…

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Nov
5
2009
GUARANTEED HATEFUL LIBERTY

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cms20090408The hate was as vehement as ever outside a Manhattan mosque today. Protected as they were by the guaranteed freedoms of the USA, the very nation they seek to destroy, the

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Nov
5
2009
AERIE FOR THE AIRHEADED

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Mary Mattingly, the avant-garde eco-provocateur, has proposed what could be the most-bizarre abode in all of Brooklyn — a chicken-coop–styled unit that she wants to install…

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Nov
3
2009
SHILLING FOR MIKE

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The Bloomberg Oracle?: The famed “Oracle” outside the Pintchik Hardware store on Bergen Street in Park Slope — once known for making romantic predictions for…

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Nov
3
2009
STUBBORN HORSEPOWER

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The fact that parking spaces on Manhattan streets are as rare as empty seats on subway trains during rush hours has been long established. Motorists have been known to search…

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Nov
2
2009
IN SIEGELMAN’S RHYME

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siegelmanBrooklyn, believe it or not, is looking for a poet laureate. Despite the fact that most people here wouldn’t know an iambic pentameter and blank verse from a…

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Nov
2
2009
RECYCLED LIVES

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USS New YorkThe USS New York passes Ground Zero in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. The new Navy assault ship, built with World Trade Center steel, has arrived in its namesake city…

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Nov
1
2009
ROMANCE IN NEON

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This neon denizen of the night was exceptionally and brilliantly charged at this year’s Greenwich Village Parade. Within the afterglow of an equally dazzling geisha girl (or

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Oct
31
2009
ONE SPOOKY TUNNEL

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When Brooklyn’s very own version of Indiana Jones rediscovered the long-lost Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in 1980, he also claims to have discovered a paranormal inhabitant…

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Oct
30
2009
NO DUCATS IN MUDVILLE

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fans_ticket_line_02The New York Yankees never fail to show their devotedly slavish fans an exciting time…even when it comes to making complete fools of them. Now, as in other years, when these…

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