Doors opened at 1 for the championship game at 2:45 between the United States and Japan. A CNN truck in parked out front... to bring live reports during the game...
And if the U.S. team wins, then we're taking the fire truck!
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The building’s impending fall was roundly lamented. “It’s going to be suburban people with babies and a Banana Republic and a Gap and one of those candle stores on street level,” grumbled the set designer and performer Machine Dazzle, who was wearing a homemade sheath and towered over other partygoers in Lucite heels that pushed him to 6 feet 8 inches.
"Not sure what's going on, but for the past 2 days, there has been an ARMED GUARD outside the Bank of America on 2nd Ave and 4th Street. Khaki pants, white polo shirt and a GLOCK on his belt. Just standing there."