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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: possible jumper on the Queensboro Bridge, falling debris in Union Square, and a DOA removal on Lexington.
- Well, that's disturbing.
- Brooklyn Record says the scariest bar in Brooklyn is the Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge. Our opinion? We're much more frightened of the taxidermy-ing bocce-ball hipster fiends at Union Hall.
- Lex visited the Graving Dock at the New York Shipyard in Red Hook, and snapped a nice picture. That's the last you'll see of it, because an Ikea is being built on the site.
- Time to panic: there have been two armed robberies in Central Park in just five days, the most recent at 63rd and Center Drive at 9pm on Thursday.
- Bucky takes Peter Vallone to task for politicizing the death of 13-year old graffiti artist Ari Kraft. We'd quote him, but the insult he used is completely unprintable. Read it for yourself.
- Did you know that Queens has a secret High Line of its own? Two and a half years ago, we took a tour-- check out our pictures.
- The NYPD says calligraphy is not art: "The park officer then suggested Xu Zi and the other calligrapher draw pictures with their words so that they would not be in violation of the permit laws. While the other vendor agreed to add colorful images to his calligraphy, Xu Zi did not want to compromise her art form."
- If Jeff learned one thing today, it's DO NOT MESS WITH BARRY MANILOW FANS.
Queensboro Bridge, by Pabo76.
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