
Photograph by James Wolberg on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at Greenpoint Ave & Franklin St in Brooklyn, a perp search on W 28 St in Manhattan and an evidence search at W 230th St in the Bronx.
- A federal appeals ruled that a "reputed former leader of Al Qaeda" should be resentenced, because his 2000 stabbing of a prison guard does constitute terrorism.
- A Long Island doctor who admitted to helping his terminally ill wife in an unsuccessful suicide pact killed himself.
- Check out renderings of Daniel Liebeskind's plans for 1 Madison Avenue, of which the architect says, "This is not a building about a shape or a facade. It's really a building about how New York goes forward, how to build and live in a high-density Manhattan."
- Joining Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham in the revival of Guys and Dolls are Craig Bierko as Sky Masterson and Kate Jennings as Sarah Brown.
- Brokers are having to do a lot of hand-holding as their clients--landlords--become depressed and worried.
- A TV editor from Brooklyn died while climbing Mount Shasta in California. The sheriff's department says that Chihiro "Cherry" Enoki fell between 600 and 1,500 feet on the icy Avalanche Gulch route.
- Fine! Watching video of probable Meet the Press moderator David Gregory dancing is hypnotic.
- The Bush Dynasty continues: Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is considering a Senate run.





I love David Liebeskinds quote.
It reminds me of the introductory monologue of David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs":
And in the death
As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare
The shutters lifted in inches in temperance building High on poachers hill
And red mutant eyes gaze down on hunger city
No more big wheels
Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes
Coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of love-me avenue
Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers
Family badge of sapphire and cracked emerald
Any day now
The year of the diamond dogs
That suitcase planter has been there for some time. It's one of our daughter's favorite sights in Cobble Hill.
As much as I dig that Liebeskind tower, I love the old Metropolitan Life Tower and would hate to see that gem be obstructed. Maybe if 11 Madison had reached its full 80 floors...