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Bloody Installation at the Met

Written by NYPress on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest installation piece mixes images and feelings, conjuring a bloody crime scene at first glance. Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi, known for combining Islamic art influences with modern conceptual approaches, was commissioned to create the work, which covers the roof of the museum and is viewable from the Iris and B.
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Group Pushes for Grand Army Plaza

Written by NYPress on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Local preservation advocacy group Landmark West is pushing the city and the Central Park Conservancy to overhaul their plans to restore the park’s Grand Army Plaza, located on Fifth Avenue between East 58th and 60th Streets. Designed as an outdoor room, in the manner of a French garden, the plaza was created in 1916 by
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Sandy Refuges to Stay in Hotels

Written by NYPress on May 23, 2013. Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

New Yorkers displaced by Superstorm Sandy will continue to be able to stay in city-paid hotel rooms. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that a Manhattan judge ruled the city must continue to shelter hundreds of Sandy-displaced residents. The city currently pays for 890 individuals to stay in hotels, at an average cost of
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Yamaha Yield

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At 7:30 in the morning of Monday, May 6, a 31-year-old man from Northvale, NJ parked his motorcycle on West End Avenue. When he returned after 5 p.m., he found his motorcycle was missing. The boosted bike was a red 2004 Yamaha with New Jersey plates, valued at $8,
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Back Nabber

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At a little after 10 in the morning of Saturday, May 4, a 27-year-old woman was walking down the street at the intersection of Broadway and 66th Street when an unknown perpetrator approached her from behind. He thrust an object into her back, saying, “Be quiet and give me your wallet.” She surrendered her wallet
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Scaffold Score

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

A 51-year-old man told police that some time between Friday, May 3 at 4:35 p.m. and Tuesday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m., TIRAK scaffolding motors valued at $18,000 were removed by unknown perpetrators from an elevated scaffolding area in front of a construction site on Riverside Drive. The location has video surveillance, and police are
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Deluxe Deduction

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Late in the afternoon of Thursday, May 2, a 64-year-old man living on West End Avenue reported that he had received a call from a luxury department store on Fifth Avenue stating that his credit card had been used multiple times for multiple purchases online. The amount of the purchases totaled $4,
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Crossover Crime

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At 2 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, a 55-year-old man from Windsor, CT returned to the spot on West 63rd Street where he thought he had parked his car at midnight and found his vehicle was gone. Police conducted a canvas of the area but were unable to locate the car. The tow pound also
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Posh Perpetrator

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

On Wednesday, May 1, a 36-year-old woman living on Amsterdam Avenue reported that an unknown perpetrator with an aristocratic-sounding name had opened an online account. He then took $3,700 from her account and transferred it into his new account. The perpetrator had also visited a branch of her bank in Queens and taken $890 from
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Busted Boyfriend

Written by NYPress on May 15, 2013. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

At 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, a 42-year-old man got into an argument with his 44-year-old girlfriend at their apartment on W. 72nd Street. As the argument escalated, the man threw multiple aluminum cans of food at his girlfriend. One of the cans struck her in her right arm, causing a bruise. The man
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