Sunday, May 31, 2009
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Curtis Sliwa Offers Tours of NYC's 'Underbelly'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tourists can now get a look at New York City's underbelly, thanks to Curtis Sliwa.
The Guardian Angels founder turned radio host has launched a three-hour Underbelly Tour of the South Bronx.
The tour, which was first reported by Crain's New York, stops at drug houses, money-laundering fronts and chop shops that break down stolen cars. Guests ride the No. 4 train, once known as the Mugger's Express, to the South Bronx.
Sliwa concedes that the area has improved dramatically. But he tells the Daily News that visitors can still ``get a flavor of what it was like.''
The tour price is negotiable. Proceeds support the Guardian Angels.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Bridge to Somewhere: Queensboro Bridge Turning 100
- F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about it. Simon and Garfunkel sang about it. Now the Queensboro Bridge is turning 100.
Monday is the 100th anniversary of first day that cars crossed the 3,724-foot bridge between Queens and Manhattan.
Fitzgerald praised the view from the bridge in ``The Great Gatsby,'' and Paul Simon wrote about it in ``The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy).''
The steel and stone bridge was designed by architect Henry Hornbostel.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Whitestone Bridge Reopens after Sign Collapses onto Roadway
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The Whitestone Bridge reopened at around 7 p.m. Friday -- six hours after a construction truck crashed into an overhead road sign sending the sign crashing onto the roadway.
Shortly after 1 p.m., a boon truck driven by a MTA Bridges and Tunnels contractor struck an overhead sign on the Queensbound (southbound) plaza of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge near the Queens anchorage, according to the MTA.
The impact took down the sign and the gantry -- the metal system that supports signs -- blocking all five lanes (three southbound and two Bronx-bound lanes, and closing the bridge in both directions.
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Penthouse, to close the money-losing magazine down
