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Kilts and CitiBikes... thanks to Janice Ellsworth for this photo outside Stillwater on Fourth Street near Second Avenue today...
The #NYPD is looking to identify this #wanted man for a Robbery that occurred on March 9 at 7:15PM.
— NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) March 15, 2018
He forcibly removed 💰from an 87 year old victim as he was returning home near 1 Ave & E6St. #NYC #EastVillage If you have any info we ask you to 📞 #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/GaSoM7qd74
Police say the man followed the 87-year-old into his apartment building, located near East Sixth Street and First Avenue, on Friday at about 7:15 p.m. As the 87-year-old entered the building, the robber grabbed him from behind and remove his wallet before throwing him to the ground, according to the NYPD.
The robber took $230 in cash from the man before running from the area, police said.
The 87-year-old man was not seriously injured during the attack.
I stopped by Gino’s on East 11th and there was a big sign on the door that the shop was closed due to illness. I stopped next door at the Ipswich Watch & Clock Shop to learn that Gino suffered a heart attack about two weeks ago and has been in critical care ever since.
People with clothes in the shop should leave their name and phone number at Ipswich so that Gino's son can contact them.
Under a plan approved by the board of trustees late Wednesday, Cooper Union would begin increasing tuition scholarships in two years, and aim to provide full tuition in 10. The additional outlay would be offset by unspecified cuts in expenses, more fund-raising and “other revenue increases necessary,” the college said in a statement.
“If we exceed the financial targets in any given year, we may be able to accelerate the plan; if we don’t meet the targets for any number of reasons, such as an economic downturn, we have built-in guardrails that allow us to slow the plan if necessary,” said Laura Sparks, Cooper Union’s president, who took office in January 2017.
I went over and spoke to one of the guys inside. I asked him when are they going to open. He said kind of laughing "April or May. You know how it is." I then asked are they going to use the name Ginger Man or Grassroots. He said no to Ginger Man and possibly for Grassroots. I have no idea what is the guy’s position in the organization, so you never know what’s really going to happen. To be continued.
The artists partnered with app developers at INDE to create an informative, augmented reality experience to accompany the statue. The app allows smartphone users to see a life-size, augmented reality version of one of the three last white rhinos. Using the app, you can watch a rhino walk around and meander among the tourists and pedestrians on Astor Place.
It is an ugly, bathos-filled folly that proves my adage that 95 percent of all public sculpture is crap. Thank goodness this crap is only temporary.
This surreal-ish kitsch monstrosity is a stack of the last three northern white rhinos on Earth. The bottom one is standing with the next one resting on it, back to back — why? — facing up, and then supports the third one on its feet. It’s like a Vegas acrobatic act.
We must accept that hating this work is not dissing the cause. Not liking the sculpture is to show the cause the deep respect it deserves and not selling it out to gaudy artsy spectacle. As an art critic, I also feel compelled to add that if you like the sculpture, I’m afraid it means that you have pretty bad taste.
The Turkish-Kurdish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan has been sentenced to two years, nine months, and 22 days in prison for creating a painting which depicted the destruction caused by Turkish security forces in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, a Kurdish region in Turkey.
Verdi’s lawyer Robert Soloway declined to comment on the charges but said his client feels for Lee-Herman’s family.
“My client has great regret over the family’s loss — more than he’s able to express,” Soloway said.
Historic 1880s townhouse re-imagined by the architect of the DIA Beacon Museum, features lush garden views from floor to ceiling windows and terraces on every floor. This 25-foot wide house with modernist addition offers a total of 4,900sf interior space plus over 2,400sf of outdoor space, facing onto a community garden with protected views.
Configured as an owners duplex and income producing apartment with roof deck, and separate guest quarters. Easy to combine back to its original layout as a single-family home, and currently zoned for up to 3 residences. Loft-like parlor floor with custom sliding glass doors open onto an expansive outdoor patio. Exposed brick, beamed cathedral ceilings, wood-burning fireplaces, and original wide plank oak floors interplay with modern touches of polished concrete, ebonized oak and cedar.
Juice Generation will be partnering with the school and working with students to develop a juice to celebrate Gay Pride month in June, with all proceeds benefiting the school, said Eric Helms, Juice Generation’s founder and CEO.
It will also launch a health and nutrition awareness campaign with the students.
Created in 2012 by Paul Abrahamian and Jon Sherman, Sticky’s Finger Joint is New York’s first variety gourmet chicken finger restaurant. Sticky’s takes the classic chicken finger to an elevated level by not only locally sourcing ingredients and using farm raised, antibiotic-free, hormone-free, chicken, but also by putting unique, flavorful, and creative spins on this childhood favorite.