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Posted inNew York City Philadelphia (Pa) Real Estate (Commercial) Real Estate and Housing (Residential) Renting and Leasing (Real Estate) Washington (DC) What Would It Take to Turn More Offices Into Housing? Vast amounts of empty real estate are a crisis for building owners. But some politicians and business leaders hope they can be converted into something new — and transform downtown neighborhoods. Posted by By Emma Goldberg
Posted inCooking and Cookbooks Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides New York City Parties (Social) Writing and Writers The Shooter Drops By for Dinner A 1970s dinner party in Greenwich Village was a bust. Until the arrival of Gary, who had shot his parents years before. Posted by By Joyce Wadler