CBGB’s new digs: Hell on shirts?
Though Hilly Kristal officially pulled the plug on his hallowed rock hall CBGB this week, the club’s highly profitable merchandising division CBGB Fashions just keeps plugging along.
Still doing business at 315 Bowery through Oct. 31, the t-shirt and assessories shop will soon be moving to a Read More
A group of carolers walked into the new Commerce Bank branch in Park Slope last week and broke into song:
“On the 12th day of Christmas, Bruce Ratner took from me
12 months of taxes
11 blocks of sidewalks
10 acres peopled
9 cultures mixing
8 unclogged subways
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With gray skies, rain and temperatures hovering in the 50′s, you’d be excused for thinking it was November rather than the height of spring. But a sure sign that the season was a-bud: The pickup of wealthy women’s furs, moving from cedar closets to summer storage, continued unabated, as was the case on April 26. Read More
The car’s driver reached over, ‘grabbed her buttocks’ and
then fled southbound.
Does this sound at all familiar? You’re trundling along under a full head of steam, with places to go and things to do. You’re a mover, a shaker, a borderline master of the universe. If you’re not quite a celebrity, or the Read More
Checks and Balances:
Bank Manager Nets Crook
The cops have put the blame for a recent rash of bank robberies not just on the crooks themselves, but also on the banks they plundered for their lackadaisical attitude toward security. Perhaps taking that criticism to heart, the bank manager at the Commerce Bank’s Second Avenue Read More
N.Y.’ers Like a Good Laugh,
But This Joke Did Not Ignite
There are three kinds of bomb scares-well, at least three. There are those involving innocent objects (such as attaché cases or even paper bags) that in this diabolical age are mistakenly suspected of being explosive devices. Then there are actual bombs packed with Read More
