Some Stuff That's Interesting, and One That's Repellent

The New Apollo Restaurant on Livingston in downtown Brooklyn is getting a new sign. The old one was great. Let's hope they don't screw it up.

Coney Island was neat, and really crowded, in the '40s.

Central Park South dining mainstay San Domenico is moving to Midtown because of a rent dispute with its landlord.

The East Side Manhattan Crane crash has claimed a total of nine lives. Mayor Bloomberg says we shouldn't "rush to judgment" about the accident. DOB commish Patricia Lancaster still has her job.

Queens Crap reveals a particularly revolting example of the kind of philistine behavior encouraged by Bloomberg and Lancaster's current stance on development.