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85 By Drew Grant 11/18/11 11:49am

Occupy Wall Street

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Former Captain Ray Lewis Charged With Three Violations After OWS Protest; More Photos Of His Arrest

Retired Philadelphia police Captain Ray Lewis, arrested yesterday after joining up with the Occupy Wall Street process, has quickly become one of the more iconic figures from the movement's two month's anniversary.

After we noted his arrest and put up several pictures of the event, we were contacted by everyone from The Associated Press to worried parents who thought they could find their son, who had been in the same paddy-wagon as Captain Lewis.
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68 By Hunter Walker 11/16/11 5:06pm

Out of Towners

Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis occupying Zuccotti Park last night. (Photo: YouTube)

Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis Joins With Occupy Wall Street Protesters [Video]

Update: Mr. Lewis has been arrested, according to multiple reports.
Retired Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis was in Zuccotti Park last night with the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Mr. Lewis showed up in uniform carrying signs a pair of signs imploring New York City cops to join the protests. "NYPD Don't Be Wall Street Mercenaries," one read. Mr. Lewis was interviewed on one of the Occupy Wall Street livestreams at about two this morning. He was sharply critical of the NYPD's conduct during their raid on the protest encampment Tuesday. "This bullrush--what happened last night is totally uncalled for," Mr. Lewis said.  Read More

By Sam Chandan 10/18/11 10:24am

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Risks as Growing Construction Pipeline Spreads Beyond New York City

The din of construction is rising across New York City. Apart from long-term endeavors that predate the downturn, including the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards, a spate of new projects has entered the planning and proposal phases in recent quarters, portending an uptick in development over the next several years.

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By Alexandra Peers 6/16/10 12:38am

Art Elsewhere

Renoir, the Old Master

Art history is a lot more fashionable and faddish than most people in the paintings business would like to admit. In 1956, the Museum of Modern Art acquired Pierre-Auguste Renoir's spectacular 1902 Reclining Nude. In 1973, it went on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, which described it in a catalog as a Read More

By Tom Acitelli 4/07/10 4:19pm

Blogging the Sixth Borough

Brownstoner, the ubiquitous granddaddy of Brooklyn neighborhood blogs, launched a Philly edition earlier this week. It's run by Gabby Warshawer, a former staffer at The Real Deal, later an editor at Brownstoner, and, for a couple of weeks there back in the day, a guest blogger for The Observer.

Brownstoner Philadelphia launches not a moment too soon. Read More

By Andrew Rice 8/28/08 9:45pm

In Philadelphia, the Hillary People Keep Track

DENVER—Michael Nutter, the young, brainy, African-American mayor of Philadelphia, took a chance during the Democratic primary season. He vocally supported Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama, the candidate with whom he shares many qualities—and the overwhelming preference, as it turned out, of his constituents. He explained his decision by citing the Clintons’ track record of delivering Read More

By Tom Acitelli 8/26/08 3:14pm

Philly Housing: Sales Down, Prices Still Absurd

Philadelphia home sales tumbled 25 percent annually in the spring, according to a new report from Wharton economist Kevin Gillen (hat tip: Matrix).

Meanwhile, the median house price there was roughly $109,000 by the end of June. In Manhattan, it was $1,025,000 (for condos and co-ops), according to Miller Samuel; and, in Brooklyn, $525,00.

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By Tom Acitelli 9/20/07 10:14pm

Flyover Country or Bust

We all know one—that friend or relative who split New York City recently for the common cascade of reasons: high home prices, high rents, high living costs, high noise, high stress, high, high, high.

And when these people exit our five boroughs, they really exit: City Comptroller Bill Thompson’s office analyzed the Census Bureau’s recent Read More

By Staff 3/26/07 1:17pm

Calling Brooklyn Brownstone Owners: Be Part of A Cliche!

A tipster found the above flier in his Cobble Hill mailbox and passed it along to The Real Estate. Universal City Studios plans a film called "Baby Mama" about a 35-year-old real-estate developer played by Tina Fey (that's believable) trying to have a baby by surrogate (the surrogate's "South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowski" -- Read More

By Staff 2/21/07 9:15am

In This Week’s [em]Observer[/em]…

He Wants You to Love Atlantic Yards "Laurie Olin, one of the most noted landscape architects in the country, was holding forth in his firm's library in central Philadelphia. He wants to help us get over our obsession with personal space. So Mr. Olin took on the task for designing the Atlantic Yards project in Read More