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Edward Koch dies at 88; outspoken mayor led New York City comeback
In the late 1970s when Edward I. Koch won his first term as mayor of New York, the city was in shambles, its coffers and confidence sapped by financial crises and a paralyzing blackout. It needed a fighter and found one in Koch, a well-practiced pol...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Sex and the City (movie), Career and Workplace, World War II (1939-1945), Queens (New York City)
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Times Staff WriterNew York's secret gardens Surprising, serene refuges soften the city's hard-edged corners, cacophony and crowds. By Susan Spano Times NEW YORK Broadway runs on a diagonal; the D train goes to Yankee Stadium; for bagels, go to H&H on the Upper West...Tags: Christianity, Riverdale (Bronx, New York), Frances Hodgson Burnett, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anglicanism
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New York's secret gardens
Times Staff WriterBroadway runs on a diagonal; the D train goes to Yankee Stadium; for bagels, go to H&H on the Upper West Side. There are plenty of guidebooks to tell you things like that. What they don't explain and what many visitors never understand is how residents...Tags: Christianity, Riverdale (Bronx, New York), Frances Hodgson Burnett, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Building Material
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Afghan Rebels' Envoy Puts a Face on the Fight
Times Staff WriterThe first American bombs are hours from falling on Kabul, and Haron Amin, the lead spokesman for the rebel forces fighting the Taliban, is holed up in the war room of the Northern Alliance. There is no place to sit. The only chair is occupied. So he lands...Tags: Terrorism, Taliban, War Crimes, United Nations, Family
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Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Justice System, Finance, Michael Bloomberg, Greenwich Village
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A focus as big as all outdoors
David Plowden's second-floor office in his Winnetka home is not the sanctuary that was his now-shuttered basement darkroom. It is more prone to distractions, but that is just one of the allowances that the celebrated 80-year-old photographer has made to...
Tags: Human Interest, Architecture, Museums, Arts, Fine Artists
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Superstorm Sandy claims at least 50 lives
They've lost their homes, their businesses and many are still stranded -- but residents in the hurricane-battered northeast are overcoming the after effects of Superstorm Sandy with a gritty resolve. "It's sort of like the transit strike a few years...
Tags: Barack Obama, CNN (tv network), Queens (New York City), Caribbean Islands, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Pigeon Poop Peppers Parkgoers
pix11.comFirst, the park was getting a French modernist nude sculpture to grace a corner of the park, but the beauty might be diminished by the copious amounts of pigeon poop collecting. "It's not very pleasant. I guess you can hope for rain I suppose," said a...Tags: Ed Koch
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Car Overturns Near Queensboro Bridge, 1 Dead
PIX11.comA pedestrian is dead and two are injured after a vehicle flipped and landed on its roof on a sidewalk in Queens early Monday. Police say the accident happened just after 4 a.m. just feet away from the Queensboro Plaza Station on the N, R and 7 lines,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Long Island, Long Island City, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning
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Queensboro Bridge Receives New Name
pix11.comThe bridge formerly known as the “Queensboro” will now be called the “Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge” the City Council decided Wednesday. The measure, proposed by Mayor Bloomberg, passed with a 38 to 12 vote. The cost of updating...Tags: Human Interest, Queens (New York City), Ed Koch
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Car Careens Off Queensboro Bridge Ramp
wpix.comHere we go again: a car came off the Queensboro-Ed Koch Bridge Saturday and slammed into a building in Queens Plaza -- the very same area where there have been two deadly car crashes in the past couple of months. Police say the vehicle careened into a...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Ed Koch, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Bicyclist Attacked By Crazed, Naked Man On Queensboro Bridge
wpix.comPolice say a naked man punched a bicyclist while running across the Queensboro Bridge early Friday morning. Cops say a 65-year-old man, who they described as an "emotionally disturbed person," was running on the lower level of the Queensboro Bridge at...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Queens (New York City), Elmhurst (Queens, New York), Health, WPIX
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