February 5, 2008
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a large fight at an election on Eldert Ln. in Brooklyn, a stolen DHL truck on Crown St. in Brooklyn, and a child stabbed on 220th St. and 133th Ave. in Queens.
- Brownstoner notes that the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for the best buildings in Brooklyn.
- Staten Island Assemblyman Michael Cusick wants 17-year-olds to have the right to vote in elections. We'd be happy to see if we could enable over-18 registered voters to reliably cast ballots in elections.
- This reminds us of Richard Linklater featuring Madonna's pap smear in his break-out film "Slackers." An ankle cast signed by Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz is up for sale on eBay.
- Artists used to do still life paintings of fruit, so why not auction off photographers' images of top chefs' dishes for charity?
- There is no end to the way that people will attempt to make money rubbing the salt in New England fans' wounds, including creative trademarking.
- Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte was willing to talk to a Congressional investigative committee for two and a half hours. He was speechless when confronted with the press outside of the conference room.
- The Giants were parading less than a block away, people were lining up to vote around the city, but it was Stupor Tuesday for Wall St. traders as the markets continued to dive for a second straight day on bad economic signals.
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That is a wonderful photo.
I agree wholeheartedly and am glad it was tagged with gothamist at flickr. The timing and composition are superb, and the idea of celebrating as one's own one man parade, high above it all . . . it's really a well done piece of work.
Thanks! I am a huge fan & loyal reader of Gothamist.
You have a broken link to the ankle cast auction. Why not link directly to the auction instead of linking to 16 other websites?
Here's where bidders should go: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280197010864
Thanks.