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Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Buy some ink & save a tree

By Josh Saul
Downtown: Want to turn those empty printer cartridges into trees? Here’s how. Comment.

Guesthouse owner doesn’t hail Manhattan cabbies

By Ariella Cohen
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan
Carroll Gardens: A Boerum Hill woman filed a complaint with the Taxi and Limousine Commission after at least five Manhattan hacks refused to take guests over the river. Comment.

A column that’s lovely as a tree

By Christie Rizk
Heights Lowdown: A woman wants to save a historic tree in Brooklyn Heights — yet is meeting resistence. Comment.

Thugs choke man in DUMBO

By Lilo H. Stainton
Downtown: A would-be kick-boxer defended his life, but lost his cellphone to armed thugs — and the rest of the crime news from the 84th Precinct. Comment.

Clarke: Save Duffield Houses

By Christie Rizk
Downtown: Rep. Yvette Clarke threw her support behind the owners of several Downtown Brooklyn houses who claim their buildings were once part of the Underground Railroad. Comment.

The joke’s on Walentas

By Christie Rizk
Theater: DUMBO real-estate mogul David Walentas is being spoofed on a neighborhood stage. Comment.

Builder’s bridge to the arts

By Christie Rizk
Art: David Walentas has hired a culture czar to keep DUMBO’s artists happy. Comment.
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