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Crime Watch: Gadget Bonanza

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Illustration by Evan Soares Gadget Bonanza A Chambers Street electronics store was broken into on a recent Sunday morning by a group of enterprising thieves. According to police, the perps, who remain at large, successfully and carefully removed the glass from the front door of the shop and proceeded to steal around $25,000 worth of electronics. Their loot included
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Downtown Social: Tribeca Toasts Hollywood’s Classic Cyclists

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Arts west side spirit, Books, Our Town Downtown

Hollywood Rides a Bike author Steven Rea. Last week, author Steven Rea presented his latest book, Hollywood Rides a Bike (Angel City Press, $20), at Tribeca’s Adeline Adeline. The night attracted a very classy audience of cycling aficionados who sipped wine and watched, captivated, as Rea went through a collection of photographs from the book. Hollywood Rides a Bike is chock full
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DT Social: Oscar Viewing Party

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DS-CodySwanson-IMG_4469 copy 92YTribeca on Hudson Street held a live broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. Comedians Giulia Rozzi and Eliot Glazer opened the night and entertained a crowd of well-dressed Oscar enthusiasts. Attendees were provided with their own ballots and a glass of champagne prior to the start of the show
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On Topic: A Changing Village and a Call for Voices

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In and around the Village, we’re seeing an extraordinary burst of development activity with far-reaching consequences. Trinity Realty will soon file an application to rezone Hudson Square and turn it into a 24-hour high-rise mixed-use community. Jamestown Properties is seeking to rezone Chelsea Market to enable the construction of a huge hotel and office complex
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Downtown Alliance’s Kelly Rush lets us know what’s opening and closing

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in Eat & Drink, Lifestyle, Our Town Downtown

It’s not spring yet, no matter how tightly I squeeze my eyes and pretend it is, so in this edition I’m focusing on treats to help you get through the last throes of winter. Soon enough, I’ll park my down jacket in the closet and wipe the filthy salt residue off my well-worn boots. In
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Neighborhood Chatter

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit, Our Town Downtown

Lower Manhattan Tourism Up by 800,000 According to the Downtown Alliance’s 2011 Year in Review, 9.8 million tourists flocked to Lower Manhattan’s major museums, events and attractions last year—800,000 people more than in 2010. “Tourism is thriving in Lower Manhattan like never before,” said Elizabeth Berger, president of the Downtown Alliance. “While business travelers remain
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8MS: What RACHEL KHONA Learned from Pam Anderson

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column, Our Town Downtown

I’ve always found Pamela Anderson a creature of strange fascination. No, it’s not because I am a lesbian or because I have a large plastic boob fetish, much as my childhood Barbie collection might dictate otherwise. It’s not even because she was married to Tommy Lee, on whom I have an undying crush despite his
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Neighborhood Chatter

Written by Our Town Downtown on . Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit, Our Town Downtown

LOWER MANHATTAN J&R JR. STORE OPENS Alliance for Downtown New York President Elizabeth Berger joined J&R Co-CEOs Joe and Rachelle Friedman and their son, J&R Executive Vice President Jason Friedman, to celebrate the launch of the new J&R Jr. store this Monday, Feb. 13. The new location, conceived of by Jason Friedman, is a 15,000-square-foot
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DT Social: Heralding Fashion Week with Debbie Harry

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07 dt social 3 While Fashion Week may be coming to a close, we ought to recoxgnize the related events that thrilled the city the week before—specifically the pre-Fashion Week party hosted by Soho club W.i.P., which featured a performance from the legendary Debbie Harry of Blondie. The night began with Nick Zinner, guitarist for The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Downtown Crime Watch

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CrimeBlotterIllus_2_16_2012_EvanSoares CHAIN GOES OFF THE HOOK Keep your enemies close and your gold teddy bear chain necklace closer. A 16-year-old Bronx guy was having a verbal fight with some friends on Tuesday afternoon on Church Street when one of those “friends” reached out and grabbed a $200 necklace with a teddy bear figure attached to it,
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