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Sweet summer swimming? (NYT)
  • First the Related Companies brought us a "luxury high line condo" and an Iron Chef. Then came Related's hot-ticket midtown Veneto (plus Le Cirque). Now here's a pretty Hell's Kitchen lake, plus the potential for West Nile, at a vacant Related-owned lot. (New York Times)
  • Donald "The Donald"/"The Trump" Trump is officially found "unpersuasive" and "without merit"--at least that's what a state Supreme Court has said about his big West Side lawsuit. The 20 counts of that suit (19 of which have been dismissed) charged his former Hong Kong partners for undervaluing the Riverside South properties, which were sold last year to the Carlyle Group in a record-setting residential land deal. Undervalued? Just like Don. (The Real Deal)
  • The Municipal Art Society's Kent Barwick battles it out with ACORN's Bertha Lewis within the hallowed pages of City Limits. Mr. Barwick is against the current plan for Atlantic Yards, and he invokes "justice and equity" to tell us why. In support, Ms. Lewis relies on the old "we don't have the luxury of the word 'should'" argument. (City Limits)
  • Who knew DUMBO had been gentrified? The luxurious green hands of Whole Foods will be grabbing up some space across the river--possibly ABC Carpet's old 40,000 square feet at 20 Jay Street. (Curbed)
  • The Number 6 is somehow named the best New York subway line for the third year in a row. (The N, aka The Never--get it?--comes in last on account of its infrequency, seat unavailability, dirtiness, etc.) The victorious No. 6, on the other hand, gets a measly "MetroCard Rating" of $1.40: at least the MTA Podcast doesn't cost anything. (Newsday)
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    At the end of this afternoon's press conference, Freddy parted ways with Howard Dean, who'd just endorsed him as "the education candidate." Freddy hopped into a black sedan; Howard descended the stairs at 86th and Broadway to catch a downtown 1 train.

    After a brief scuffle with a disagreeable MetroCard machine and a cranky turnstile, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee made it out to the platform just as the train's doors bing-bong'ed shut. The next train was full of rush hour commuters, most too exhausted to notice him. "This is my corporate jet!" Dean jibed, responding to a barb from Bloomberg earlier today.

    So what came out of the actual presser? Freddy and Howard tried to maintain a tight focus on education, taking shots along the way at Mike's limitless campaign fund and his support for Bush. But everyone else wanted to talk about the flap over Freddy's blog. Finally, an exasperated Dean intervened: "What is this obsession with blogs? Does anybody care about education in this city?"

    Piping up from behind, Senator Schneiderman joked: "You started it!"

    Freddy was asked if he feels slighted by the Working Families Party, which will endorse him but won't bestow the coveted ballot line. "An endorsement by the Working Families Party is an endorsement," he insisted. "And as you all know, the Bloomberg forces very heavily contested this, so I'm very proud to have the endorsement of the Working Families Party."

    Finally, Freddy and Howard wandered to Broadway where, along with a beaming Scott Stringer, they greeted straphangers coming out of the subway station.

    "Weclome home West Siders!" Stringer hollered. His constituents looked bewildered as they surfaced into the media fray. "We've been waiting for you," he yelled. "This is the welcoming committee!"

    From the edge of the crowd, an intrepid Columbia J-School student managed to shout a question: "Freddy, what do you say to Democrats for Bloomberg?"

    Before the candidate could speak, Dean fired back. "What Democrats for Bloomberg?"
    ]]>     http://www.observer.com/node/27745#comments Politics Democratic National Committee MTA MetroCard Scott Stringer Working Families Party Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:11:00 -0400 Observer Staff 27745 at http://www.observer.com     Sounds of the City: What Happens to Hearing When You Move to N.J. http://www.observer.com/node/51260 A few nights ago, my sister called from her cell phone to make dinner plans in Manhattan.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51260#comments Style Ben Kingsleys MTA MetroCard Penn Station Robert Redford Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Sloane Crosley 51260 at http://www.observer.com