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Statue of Liberty by Scott Dunn

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: stabbing on Valentine (!!!) Avenue in the Bronx, MVA with pin in Williamsburg, person under train at 14th and 7th.
After the totally uncool FDNY shut down his illegal lobster restaurant in Greenpoint, Ben Sargent has taken his business on the road, using "vintage Vespa scooter, which has a huge lobster shell as a hood ornament."
Craigslist personal ads were so much more creative in the 1880s.
Kevin Smith was "too fat" for his Southwest flight and used Twitter to vent his anger. But he did manage to get on a later Southwest flight.
And Happy Valentine's Day: Newmindspace placed tons of chalk hearts on the sidewalks of Broadway between Houston and Canal.
The Public Editor of the Times defended the paper against its critics on the Paterson story: "I think it would be ill-advised of the Times to make any comment until it's ready to publish what it intends to publish. A newspaper may start out reporting a story and find that as it reports, the story leads to unexpected places."

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By Jake Dobkin in Miscellaneous on February 14, 2010 6:00 PM

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Guest

"stabbing on Valentine (!!!) Avenue in the Bronx"

uhm... happy valentine's day, everyone

Snoopy

Regarding a second story: "After the totally uncool FDNY shut down his illegal lobster restaurant in Greenpoint"

HUH? If the restaurant was illegal why is it totally uncool to shut it down?

Snoopy

I guess I agree. But may I ask are you referring to my Statue comment or my FDNY comment?

Jake Dobkin

Jesus Christ, Snoopy- do I need to invent a special irony tag for you?

Snoopy

That would be great Jake if it's not too much of a problem. You're the best. Thanks in advance.

BTW how is Jen's baby doing?

Snoopy

I gots lots of friends here on Gothamist. In fact I can count that number on my own two hands and still have eight fingers left.

Snoopy

Oops sorry, but with the pop-up Twitter every time I passed it with my cursor I got lost and thought it was Facebook.

Snoopy

How recent is that photograph of the Statue of Liberty? If it's recent something is wrong because the tip of the nose was replaced back in the eighties when the NPS did a renovation of the statue and it shouldn't be rusting out again considering it's copper and the reinforcement work was made out of stainless steel.