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The Eight-Day Week

To Do Sunday: Take in the Trees

By Rachel Kramer Bussel 9:00am
Battery Park Esplanade.

Spend your weekend outdoors, and impress your friends with your newfound nature knowledge. Writer and photographer Benjamin Swett brings his book, New York City of Trees, in which he brings “how much of the life of New York is contained in its trees” to life with an illustrated talk sponsored by the Battery Park City Read More

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Bill de Blasio Walks Back ‘Fiscal Conservative’ Claim

By Jill Colvin 10/05 2:36pm
Bill de Blasio at the National Action Network.

Mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio today backtracked on his claim that he is a “fiscal conservative,” saying that he should have dubbed himself “fiscally responsible” instead.

During a speech yesterday in front of the Association for a Better New York, the Democrat—who has run the race as a liberal progressive, vowing to raise taxes on the rich and address growing income inequality—claimed that he is, in fact, a “progressive activist fiscal conservative, but … still a fiscal conservative.” Read More

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To Do Saturday: Central Park Goes to the Dogs

By Rachel Kramer Bussel 10/05 9:00am
central park dogs

Central Park Paws, a program of the Central Park Conservancy, is back with its 11th annual celebration of all things doggie-style called My Dog Loves Central Park. Features include best-in-park dog events, in which dogs and owners “can show off their responsible park behavior” and hope to win bragging rights, training tips from Parvene Farhoody of Behavior Matters Inc., micro-chipping with the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, a children’s corner with therapy teams from Pet Partners, games, an agility course and more. Bring your leashed dog, and prepare to make new friends, animal and human alike. Read More

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A Few Words on The New York Times’s Few Words on Afros

By Rebecca Carroll 10/04 2:54pm
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So hey. Afros. You may have seen them on black people in America … for the past 300 years or so. The nifty thing about Afros is that black hair actually grows like that—into Afros. Not kidding. It’s pretty much how black hair grows. As opposed to say, straightened hair, a pixie cut, a bob, a weave, the Dorothy Hamill, the Rachel, or what have you. There are lengths and shapes and variations on an Afro, sure, but the Afro itself is not really a style or necessarily a means of self-expression. Read More

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Realizing a Dead Man’s Dream: Roman Abramovich Plans to Piece Together the Entire Berwind Mansion

By Kim Velsey 10/04 1:51pm
The hope of getting the house back together has broken more than a few hearts. Is Mr. Ambramovich's next?

This morning, The Post reported that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was in contract to buy the late Howard Ronson’s melange of disconnected units at 828 Fifth Avenue, a.k.a. the Berwind Mansion, for $75 million. But they neglected to mention the most important detail in the saga of the segmented mansion—Mr. Abramovich has not only taken on Mr. Ronson’s old apartments, but is well on his way to realizing the real estate developer’s dream of restoring the colossal mansion to a single residence.

Sources tell The Observer that Mr. Abramovich has agreements to buy not only the Ronson family’s three units, but is working out deals with the co-op’s other residents as well. Meaning that he may finally be able to piece together the puzzle of units—a triplex, a penthouse and a duplex maisonette—amassed by Mr. Ronson and his family. Read More

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