Tag: Astoria
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WOODLAND TO REPLACE LANDFILL Mother Nature getting back 400 acres of f ormer dumps By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, December 3, 2000 Forget a tree. Soon, a forest will grow in Brooklyn. In East New York, to be exact. Atop the former dumps on Pennsylvania and Fountain Aves. now grow mugworts, fragmites, some switch grass here and there and the occasional ailanthus, the tree that grows in Brooklyn. The greenery doesn’t hide the…
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U.S. Serbs Saddened and Angry By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, April 04, 1999 Lana Todorovich was on the phone to Belgrade with an urgent message for her parents: “Get out. Now.” In the early hours of March 24, U.S. NATO warplanes bearing bombs were on their way to Yugoslavia. Milan and Yela Simic, 62 and 57 years old, heeded their daughter’s warning. They made…
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Rudy Going on ‘Cos’
December 12, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Giuliani will dust off his acting skills today when he tapes an episode of “Cosby,” guest-starring as himself on the CBS sitcom. Is Shakespeare in the Park next? Giuliani laughed when asked if his latest acting foray was a sign of things to…
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Fifth May Hafta Stand Kiosks
November 15, 1996 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Step aside, Saks Fifth Avenue. Move over, Bergdorf Goodman. And Tiffany’s, watch out. Newsstands may soon be coming to New York’s ritziest real estate. The city plans to add 100 stands to the 330 already operating around Manhattan. And officials of the Municipal Arts…