April 24, 2008
Morning Dose
Photograph of tulips in Madison Square Park by photo45 on Flickr.
- Last night on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on West 53rd, a perp search on Mulberry Street, and a DOA floater in the East River.
- Staten Island Ferry commuters are packed like sardines today, as one of the ferries (the Guy V. Molinari) is out of service AND it's Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day.
- Keepin' it classy--or not: The Daily News shows off a classic paparazzi photograph of Mrs. A-Rod--Cynthia "C-Rod" Rodriguez--leaving the hospital with their new baby girl.
- Pier 94, a trade show venue and former FEMA Disaster Assistance Service Center location (after 9/11), will be redeveloped by developer Vornado.
- Atlantic City casino customers will not be allowed to smoke on the gambling floors of all 11 casinos.
- An eyewitness in the murder of Jam Master Jay has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for robbery.
- While his apartment was burning, a man jumped to safety--thanks to his neighbors who piled up garbage bags to break his fall.
- Super hot Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is apparently canoodling with Teddy Forstmann, the 60-something billionaire.
- And some NJ residents are on alert after multiple bear sightings in Paramus; adorably, the police "believe they know the bear in question" and WCBS 2 uses a teddy bear to illustrate the situation.
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Can I just ask why the ferry boats from the 1960's (I'm looking at you JFK) are still in use while the new boats the city JUST bought are docked? No one wants to take those old ferries any more. They are AWFUL! Besides, they can't possibly be as efficient as the new ones anyway. It doesn't sound economical.
I like the idea of the Morning Dose, Jen.
that no smoking in AC sounds great. not that i go all that often, but it might make it a better choice than the casinos in CT now.
@ djwerdna-- thanks. we've been feeling like Extra, Extra was getting a little too long, and holding stuff for 6:30 every day meant some links were going up hours after they should have. so we're going to try a morning links post every day-- if anyone has a better name for it than "morning dose", we're all ears.
I too very much like this idea. Good job gothamist, you guys just keep getting better and better. You guys planning an iPhone site at all?
Also, what the fuck is with Padma? Why doesn't she go after a hot 20-something like me instead of some other old dude?
That tulip shot looks like it was taken with a first generation HP digital. I have much better tulip shots than that.
Why doesn't she go after a hot 20-something like me instead of some other old dude?
Because she's a whore for money?
I like this new feature. It's much better than the "comment of the day" you guys had earlier this year.
Yeah, she's a whore for money for sure, but it isn't like she doesn't earn a ton of money on her own. She's already made it big, why does she go after some rotten old guy?
Argh this so frustrating!!!