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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a staircase collapse on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn, an unusual escort on Van Wyck and Atlantic Aves. in Queens, and a person fatally struck by a train at 170th St. and Jerome Ave. in the Bronx.
2007 marks the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64 PC. The computer, which attached the primary system with the monitor and the keyboard, had a whopping 64K of memory. 17 million were sold.
A bootleg recorded by an audience member at Rutgers turns out to be the only surviving recording of a live Woodie Guthrie performance in existence.
Manhattan doormen vs. Brooklyn doormen. Union vs. Non-Union. A comparative study.
Reporting that one's breasts are humongous seems akward. We imagine Tom Brokaw announcing that he's hung like a horse would be less so.
An improperly vented furnace and dryer nearly killed 19 people at a party in Newark, NJ, as carbon monoxide accumulated in a house.
If you've ever been to a Betsey Johnson boutique, then how her apartment is decorated should come as no shock.
Warning: Pop Burger burgers are bigger than they appear, according to Midtown Lunch.

Photograph of Rudolph at Santacon 2007 by AMARTIO2 on Flickr

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