December 31, 2007
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on 7th Ave. in Brooklyn, a child shot on 224th St. in Queens, and a pedestrian struck on Park Ave. and 39th St. in Manhattan.
- Through the miracle of digital image manipulation, even one's mug shot can become a glamour shot.
- After a gameday prohibition on selling beer at the stadium failed to dissuade scores of men gathering at Gate D and yelling for women to bare their breasts, the Jets organization figures it may as well make some money and will resume beer sales next season.
- "Couch Potatoes To Ring In 2008 On Couch." The ESPN SportsZone restaurant in Times Square is hosting a contest tomorrow to determine who can sit and watch sports, drink, and eat the longest. All New Year resolutions start January 2nd apparently.
- Artist Theresa Duncan's end-of-year end-of-life post mortem blog post is a poem by T.S. Eliot.
- The spiraling gyres of a well folded paper airplane on the waterfront of Manhattan.
- New York City was the destination of choice for 2007 filmmakers.
- Happy New Year to all of our Gothamist readers. Be safe, have fun, and we'll see you next year!
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The guy who makes those glasses is gonna be fucked in 2010!
If the paper airplane was flying in widening gyres, things would fall apart, the centre would not hold, and mere anarchy would be loosed on New York City.
Or so I've been told.