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NYC climate campaigners follow up blockbuster march push for city action

2015-03-19 06:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The folks who brought you the massive Peoples Climate March in September are now turbocharging New York Citys efforts to combat climate change. Activists and some of their allies in city government laid out an ambitious climate agenda Monday night in an unassuming locale: the basement of the downtown Manhattan office of municipal employees union District Council 37. With brownish-orange linoleum floors and a gray dropped ceiling, set in a stocky brown brick building, it does not seem like the...

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Album with Lincoln, Grant autographs being auctioned in NYC

2015-03-18 13:07:18| Telecom - Topix.net

An album containing the autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and other prominent Civil War-era figures is being put up for sale by a New York City auction house. Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan says the album was compiled from 1861-1864 by the wife of Egbert L. Viele , a Union Army general from upstate New York.

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NJ Transit offers extra buses to St. Patrick's Parade in NYC

2015-03-17 12:47:51| Railroads - Topix.net

New Jersey Transit is making it easier to get to and from New York City's St. Patrick's Parade. NJ Transit has added extra buses to several routes in northern New Jersey Tuesday.

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Salvaged artifact auction in NYC includes cathedral gates

2015-03-13 19:13:28| Apparel - Topix.net

Collectors, designers and developers looking for their next statement piece will get a chance to find one at a large auction of salvaged historical artifacts. Urban Archaeology, a former salvage company that years ago switched to manufacturing tile, lighting and bathroom accessories based on iconic designs, is auctioning off approximately 6,000 artifacts March 27-28.

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