April 22, 2008
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an industrial accident on Nelson St. in Brooklyn, the Banco Popular branch at East Houston between Clinton and Attorney Sts. was robbed, and a home invasion with fatal shooting on 70th St. in Queens.
- In the spirit of Earth Day, the lights on the Verrazano Bridge are being changed to energy saving compact fluorescents. And Metro-North has announced the completion of its conversion to CF bulbs at Grand Central Terminal.
- Beyoncé and Jay-Z are definitely married, unless the marriage license they filed in Scarsdale, NY last week was more of a put-on.
- Everyone's a critic! A dog lifted his leg and peed on Natalie Portman in a Manhattan dog park.
- A state appeals court upheld the ban on students having cellphones in school.
- Everyone knows that the Liberty City of Grand Theft Auto IV is a thinly disguised version of NYC. The Bowery Boys take a look at the history of New York in video games.
- Now that Trump has slipped his tower into the resistant far West Village, developers are ready for an all out rezoning of the neighborhood for an orgy of development.
- Plans are in motion for the long unused Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx to be turned into a huge shopping center, business incubator, and home to neighborhood organizations.
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got a similar shot the other day.