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Union Square Condo Goes Smokefree

Written by admin on May 23, 2013. Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Homeowners in Zeckendorf Towers, the 29-story, 647-unit pyramid-topped building right on Union Square, voted overwhelmingly to become the largest completely smoke-free condominium in the city. Eighty-five percent of unit owners voted on the policy, and 83.5 percent voted in favor of the amendment to prohibit smoking in both residential units and public areas for all
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Nicked Nikon

Written by admin on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Our Town Downtown

At around 7 p.m. on Friday, May 3, a 15-year-old boy was shopping at a kiosk on Spring Street when a 16-year-old boy approached him, asked, “You know what this is?” and grabbed the victim’s camera from the victim’s hands. The victim refused to let go of his camera and struggled to hold onto it
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Board 8 Says Yes to New Cancer Center

Written by admin on May 15, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The cancer and educational center moves one step closer to completion This past week, despite concerns from the community, Community Board 8 voted in favor of approving the zoning amendment sought by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) and the City University of New York (CUNY) needed to build a new cancer and educational center on East
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Red-Brick Break-in

Written by admin on May 1, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch our town, Our Town

By Jerry Danzig At 4 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, April 20, an anonymous 911 caller stated that she had observed a white man breaking into a designer luggage and accessories store on Madison Avenue and stealing property from that location. The perpetrator forced entry through the store’s glass front door with a red
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Local Church Hosts “Vagina Monologues” Benefit

Written by admin on March 22, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

The Fourth Universalist Society church performs the play to stop violence against women and girls By Angela Barbuti Continuing an annual tradition on the Upper West Side, forty women will unite onstage at the Fourth Universalist Society on Thursday, March 22nd and Friday, March 23rd, to perform a benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues. This
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Senators Endorse Squadron for Public Advocate

Written by admin on March 22, 2013. Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

On Monday, a broad coalition of state Senators endorsed Democrat Daniel Squadron for Public Advocate in 2013, including Senators Joseph Addabbo (Queens), Martin Malave Dilan (Brooklyn), Michael Gianaris (Queens), Brad Hoylman (Manhattan), Gustavo Rivera (Bronx), and Jose M. Serrano (Manhattan/Bronx). The Senators highlighted Squadron’s record as a reformer and his vision for the role of
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Morning-after pill use up for younger women

Written by admin on March 15, 2013. Posted in Healthy Manhattan, West Side Spirit

Half of woman say they used it after unprotected sex By Mike Stobbe About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago. The results come from a survey of females ages 15 to 44.
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Computer Thief

Written by admin on March 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

An unknown man came into a computer store on Broadway on March 4th in the afternoon. He spoke with a tech employee, a 26-year-old man, about a phone issue. When the employee walked away, the perpetrator stole a laptop computer worth $1,087, and left the store. Police are on the lookout for a bald Hispanic
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Lady Smarts: Instagram, Uncropped and Unfiltered

Written by admin on March 3, 2013. Posted in DTSocial

A serious malady is striking smartphone users around the city Are you between the ages of 18 and 35? Female? Male? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then chances are you’ve tried Instagram. Whether you’ve merely dabbled in the occasional filter here and there or are already a full-blown Instagrammaddict, I’d like
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The Man Behind All the Drama

Written by admin on March 3, 2013. Posted in Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Arts west side spirit

A chat with Smash’s Jack Davenport Being a straight man on Broadway can be an anomaly. Just ask Jack Davenport, who plays a character who certainly uses this to his advantage. As director Derrick Wills on NBC’s Smash, he has girls swooning over him in literally every episode. “He has a pulse, so he does
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