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Photograph of a mural in Williamsburg by Fists With Your Toes
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A hazmat at Dahill Rd & Cortelyou Rd in Brooklyn, a downed tree at 85 Av & 151 St in Queens, and a bank robbery at Wachovia at 9th St & Broadway in Manhattan.
- Hunter College's School of Social Work is moving from East 79th Street to 118th Street in Harlem, into a new $135 million building.
- Department store Macy's is 150 years old today (that's why the Empire State Building is red tonight) -- more Macy's history here.
- Don't call it a commune: A group of Brooklyn residents is planning its $35 million Fort Greene "co-housing" complex. It's based on "the Danish model of co-housing where folks own individual property as well as some communal spaces"--and there are spaces available!
- A city worker in Human Resources Adminstration--a social services agency-- accessed his case file over 20 times and even manipulated data to get two $759 refund checks.
- Get ready: Mayor Bloomberg will sign the term limits extension bill next Monday at 9:30 a.m.
- Check out this fake flagpole/real cell phone tower in Queens.
- Somewhat disturbing: Cabbage Patch Kid versions of the Presidential candidates.
- Santo Matarazzo, a beloved sculptor- artist- landlord- neighbor in Cobble Hill died last week. He was known as "Mr. Brownstone," for his skill in bringing brownstones back to their glory.
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