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- Paid $800 Interest On $2,000 Purchase And Ruined Friend’s Credit Score
- Loaned $5,000 To Friends To Make Music Demo; They Spent It On Guitars.
- Didn’t Buy House for $18,000. Now It’s Worth $160,000.
- Lost $1200 In A Card Game
- After Paying $39,000 To Debt Consolidation Company, She’s Left With $45,000 Debt.
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Koolhaas in Kaos
We often gaze at the frightening and beautiful, Rem Koolhaas-designed One Madison Square, sure that it’s a baby’s breath from toppling. But despite the psychotic design and the economic chaos now engulfing the building–developers have defaulted on the mortgage, owing … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Events, The City
Tagged 23 East 22nd Street, default, One Madison Square, Rem Koolhaas
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Hurt Till You Laugh
Early this morning, Amsterdam Avenue and 68th Street, we passed a wall in front of a construction site we’ve passed many times, noticing that a swath of pure white had replaced the battalion of music and movie ads, a screaming … Continue reading
A Bookstore That’s Not Mean to Puppies
Because, despite today’s spring-like weather, the world still sucks and we wanted to say something mean about someone, we dropped in at the Housing Works Bookstore and Café’, located on Crosby Street, and our faith in humanity was slightly restored. … Continue reading
Posted in Books/Films/Media, Food & Fashion
Tagged bookstore, cafe, Housing Works, Soho
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