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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: 10-75 at the Milford Plaza Hotel, DOA floater in Bay Ridge, and a water main break in East Midtown.
- Barclays, the bank that just bought naming rights to the Atlantic Yards arena, is demanding newspapers retract stories that mention Barclays' past involvement in slavery. The NY Times speaks to an "expert on the early British Empire" who says that all banks at the time had relationships with the slave traders and slave holders.
- What's a good place to pop the question in NYC? Responses so far: Empire State Building, Brooklyn Promenade, Bryant Park (?), the Staten Island Ferry, the Met, Hoboken (??), Hall of Gems at the Museum of Natural History, Grand Central Station, The Cloisters, Central Park, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Aren't you glad you don't live on Long Island? "Suffolk County police have arrested five teenagers in connection with a type of vandalism called "fence plowing." Police said "fence plowing" is when a person dives head first through a wooden fence." Here's an example.
- Oh, snap: kitty bitch fight between CNET and Gawker Media! Apparently Gawker has been uploading copyrighted material to YouTube, with ads for various Gawker titles. Krucoff thinks it's all a marketing conspiracy.
- Won't somebody think of the children: Brooklyn is swimming in sex-offenders!
- Activists have taken the foie gras war to Fairway, but the supermarket is saying that its duck liver is from humane farms.
- Opposition is lining up against Wal-Mart's plans to build a new store in Downtown Brooklyn-- a protest is scheduled for February 8th.
- And very sad news out of Park Slope-- Snooky's Bar has closed: "It’s the end of a neighborhood institution."
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the staten island ferry?????
Hoboken has some very beautiful spots overlooking Manhattan, similar to the BK Heights promenade!
I sure would like to bust out an engagement ring at the Hall of Gems so it can immediately be compared to some of the largest diamonds in the world.
is that image HDR?
dobkin rocks.
A Great Place to Pop the Question:
Strolling down the Brighten Beach Boardwalk after Dark, during a Spring Summer Fall Evening
or
Visiting Coney Island Beach after a Heavy Snow has blanketed the Sand and leaving the first footprints.
We have witnessed not only proposals but Wedding pictures taken
Absolutely the ferry! At sunsent, as you're coming into Manhattan, in the springtime. Perfect.
Worked for me, anyway.
Just don't go on a windy day, or you'll be terminally distracted by the thought of that ring you went way into debt to get ending up in the harbor.
Is it true there are going to be fence plowing competitions in McCarren Park Pool next summer?
What is a 10-75?
I've always thought the best place for a proposal would be Ruby's. Actually, I think anywhere around Coney Island is great.
Actually, to parlay two items from this entry, Snooky's would have been a good place to propose, if it wasn't closing forever. I still remember many years ago trying to decide what bar to go to with some friends. Too many places had a line of people trying to get in. "How about Snooky's," someone asked, "is there a line to get in there?" "No," someone else said, "at Snooky's there is a line to get out."