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the canyons of manhattan (and again here, by daniel.gene at flickr

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian was struck on 62nd St. and Broadway in Manhattan, a bank robbery on 56th St. and Broadway in Manhattan, and a shooting on Lincoln Ave. in Brooklyn.
Top Chef finalist Lisa Fernandes doesn't read blogs or online commentary (generally negative) about her role on the show because she doesn't care what poor people who can't even afford to eat in her restaurant think.
For some reason that his defense attorney could not explain, Robert Williams did not show up for the first day of his trial. Williams is charged with raping and torturing a Columbia Univ. graduate student.
A jury convicted a frame shop employee of stealing an Andy Warhol silkscreen of Chairman Mao.
The Long Island baby, born via c-section in her eighth month of gestation after her mother swerved into oncoming traffic and killed an elderly motorist (his wife was seriously injured), died.
Additional dates have been opened for kids' sleepovers at institutions like the Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo.
The tour of Flatbush, Brooklyn's beautiful Victorian houses will take place this Sunday from 1-6 p.m.
Temperatures are expected to be in the 90s over the weekend; find the nearest cooling center to you at the City's OEM site. Feel free to share the information with elderly or infirm neighbors who are more vulnerable to extreme temperatures and less likely to be online.