May 6, 2008
More NY: The Police, baby hawks, tow pound blues
Bryant Park at lunchtime. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology
The Police will play last show ever in NY (Billboard)
More details about the benefit show, including venue and ticket
information, will be released at a later date. As of today, the last Police
date on the books is Aug. 5 at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre in Wantagh, N.Y.
Floating Pool moving to Bronx, possibly permanently (Daily News)
The Floating Pool Lady, a seven-lane, 82-foot pool that docked in Brooklyn Heights last summer, is scheduled to open for business in Hunts Point June 27 as schools close and summer heats up.
Although Pale Male and Lola were disappointed, other city birds are busy with new ones (Urban Hawks)
Although these photographs may imply it is easy to see the young ones, it isn't. They're rarely active and except for feedings which occur about every two hours are hard to see.
A visit to the Manhattan tow pound (A VC)
Like many government run operations, its not particularly efficient. The line is long and full of pissed off people. No wonder the workers are behind bullet proof glass. It takes about 45 minutes from the time you arrive until you get your car back if you have all your paperwork. You must have your drivers license, your registration, and your insurance card if you want to get your car back.
Ratner's monster Nets arena in Brooklyn not taking shape as planned (Gothamist)
The MAS renderings take as a starting point Ratner’s recent admission that the economic downturn will stall most of the proposed construction for the time being. But since he still intends to raze everything in the project’s footprint and break ground on the stadium and one building, the MAS slideshow envisions a desolate expanse of vacant lots surrounding a lonely arena for decades to come.
United Nations renovation begins; projected completion: 2013 (Sun)
An ambitious $2 billion project to refurbish the aging U.N. building was launched yesterday with the ground-breaking for a temporary building on the northern lawn of the U.N. campus, east of First Avenue.
May 6, 2008 1:35 PM in Etceterology
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