 GothamList This Week: My So Called Lunar Super Bowl
Hello, we have decided to give our readers events for the entire week—which means we're folding in our GothamList newsletter into the Gothamist Daily. From now on, events will be included in the Monday edition of the newsletter, and this week, the picks include the Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony, My So Called Prom at the Bell House, the Scissor Sisters and more. [ VIEW NOW ] |
 Last month, members of the group Answers Coalition protested outside of the Third Avenue bar the Continental, accusing the bar of having a racist door policy. Owner Trigger Smith was defiant in the face of their criticisms of his "unwritten dress code," and there was another demonstration yesterday outside the club. And now, it seems that the City Commission on Human Rights has been investigating the allegations of racial discrimination. [MORE]  | The latest PSA warning New Yorkers about the side-effects of excessive soda consumption seems a little boring at first. While their last spot skewed zany, with a guy pouring sugar packets into his mouth to emphasize the high sugar content of some beverages, this one starts out showing a day in the life of some random slob who pairs his depressing breakfast, lunch, and dinner with various sugary drinks. Ho-hum. Then an obese man in a motorized wheelchair appears, to demonstrate one possible outcome of such an unhealthy lifestyle. Depressing enough, but where's the shock value? Well, fasten your seat belts for the 18 second mark, when... Well, we won't spoil it, but hopefully all those carbonated beverages have given you got a strong stomach: ... [ MORE ] |  | Earlier this month, it was announced that the public face of the Park 51 project, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, was being replaced by Imam Abdallah Adhami as senior adviser of the project. It seems this move has only generated more controversy for the troubled project: ... [ MORE ] |  | A new set of old photos has been unearthed and digitized (hat tip to Forgotten NY for alerting us). The man behind the lens writes: "I have first added photo galleries made from scans of color slides taken from August, 1978 to May, 1980. These represent all the noteworthy shots I have on slides. In the future, I will be scanning my color negative collection, which is a lot more vast, spanning from late 1974 to recent years." He's captured everything from rollerskaters on Midtown sidewalks to BBQs in Woodhaven... Enjoy!... [ MORE ] |  | Around 3:15 a.m. Sunday morning, plainclothes officers from the Manhattan North anti-crime unit spotted Matthew Melendez, 18, adjusting his waistband in a manner that suggested he was packing a handgun. Witnesses tell the Daily News they yelled, "Police! Stop!" as they confronted Melendez, who allegedly ran from the corner of East 119th Street and Lexington Avenue, turning to fire at the officers near the corner of Third Avenue. Two sergeants and one officer fired back as they chased him, and Melendez was shot down on Third Avenue near 120th Street.... [ MORE ] |  | The guv'ment's tyrannical background checks stopping you from exercising your Second Amendment right to carry a semiautomatic handgun that can squeeze off 33 rounds in seven seconds or less? Just come on down to the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Phoenix, Arizona, where undercover investigators working with Mayor Bloomberg's administration had no problem buying Glocks like the kind used by Jared Loughner in the Tuscon massacre. All you need to do is show some I.D. to exploit what some lawmakers call the "gun show loophole." In fact, one investigator was able to pay cash for a 9 mm semiautomatic even after telling the seller he probably wouldn't pass a background check. Instead of refusing the sale, as required by federal law, the gun peddler pockets the $500 and directs his shady customer toward the tent with the cheap ammunition. Watch:... [ MORE ] |  | When the Spanish company Cemusa landed the $1 billion, 20-year deal to sell ads on NYC street furniture (newsstands, bus shelters, public toilets) the company apparently agreed to also maintain the areas around the furniture. Which means if you want to blame someone for the fact that nobody ever shoveled your bus stop (let alone the mountain of snow in front of it), blame Cemusa. ... [ MORE ] | | |
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar