Bloomberg Shows Tyra That He Too Can Be FierceTyra and Bloomie pretend to plant trees in Chelsea, the broken playground in Union Square Park is creepy, and lesbian sightings are scarce in the Slope these days. That and more in our daily boroughs report.
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Even Store That Sold CBGB Items Will Be ShutteredJust because it’s April 1 is no reason to doubt reports that a Trump luxury tower is coming to Bay Ridge, right? That and more, in our daily roundup of borough news.
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The High Line Blogs!Bay Ridge: Hey, who’s dumping the huge piles of plastic spoons in Owl’s Head Park? Will huge piles of Pinkberry follow? [Right in Bay Ridge]
Chelsea: The High Line is blogging and social networking! And it already has 47 fans! [Facebook and High Line Blog]
Gramercy: That big new condo on 23rd Street and Third Avenue won’t be sold chockablock to rich Irish folks after all … looks like it’s gonna be a big fat NYU dorm! [Villager]
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Mail, Dates Tough to Get in Brooklyn• East Village: Landlord sues tenants for not letting loud, dust-covered construction workers tromp through his apartment and build an overpriced penthouse. [amNY]
• Fort Greene: We must all sacrifice imported dates in this time of war. [Brooklyn Record]
• Hunts Point: Why go to Rikers when you can go to your neighborhood jail? [NYDN]
• Ozone Park: Plan to make Aqueduct Racetrack even more depressing is deterred by the delay of video slot machines. [amNY]
• Prospect Heights: The substitute mail carrier won’t even ring once. [Brooklynian via Daily Heights]
• Upper East Side: A New York City public high school gets its act together, so it must be time to relocate. [Gotham Gazette]
• Upper East Side: Woody Allen doesn’t have any problems with performances spaces; he’d just prefer that they not be in his neighborhood. [NYS]