A Reporter looks at financials behind the new Finger building: “The Albero”  [UrbanDigs]

NYC Guide to Flea Markets, many in Williamsburg/Greenpoint  [LifeStyler]

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Sunday, August 23rd at 168 North 14th Street  10AM to 6PM                                                          Art and Live Music Extravaganza: Action painting by Naoki Iwakawa and Total Eclipse                             Pig Roast, BBQ + Drinks

3rd Ward is also having a BBQ TODAY  4PM to 9M  [For more info click]

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Artists & Fleas Summer Blow-out!  [ArtistFleas]

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Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island Beaches Closed to swimming due to Hurricane Bill:

The National Weather Service advises that although Hurricane Bill is hundreds of miles off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean, beaches along the East Coast are beginning to see its effects today, and there are already waves eight feet tall or larger.

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This summer, I have spent most of August traveling with my family to many parts of New York State, and beyond, visiting with friends and family, including the grandparents’ in Pawlet, Vermont. I have been traveling to small towns Upstate New York for many years, and it’s pretty frightening to see the changes that have taken place in just the last three years. Many of those small towns are spiraling down in a really bad way.  Once busy retail strips are now deserted. For sale signs have cropped up all over the place, for both residential homes and businesss. When I speak with people in those towns, they express a lot of fear as jobs and friends are disappearing.

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