links for 2006-05-14
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"They were younger than us, in their mid-20's, and we thought: 'They don't deserve to live here. They haven't suffered enough,' " Ms. McCobb said.
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Ah, tourists: "The new Junior's sign had them convinced that despite the fact that they were on a street with about six Broadway theatres within eyesight, they were in Brooklyn."
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"My apologizes if this has been addressed already but is it just me or are there scaffolding permits being taken just to put up advertising? I see an awful lot of scaffolding that has no construction associated with it and is up for month..."
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"Is it Gap or Target or Ford, companies that suggest a thrifty and sensible American viewership? Not at all. Instead, it's Kraft's Easy Mac Cup, a microwavable plastic container of a sticky, lumpy orange paste...."
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"In the world's most media-saturated city, people take a break by checking themselves into media immersion pods: warrens cluttered with computers, TV's, video games and every other entertainment of the electronic age."
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It's true.
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"If you've ever taken sides in a debate over which New York purveyor has the best smoked salmon, you might be surprised to learn that Zabar's, Citarella, Balducci's, Costco and Wegmans...buy their fish in large part from the same smokehouse."
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