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Some buildings go through life anonymously. They go up, they provide shelter, and eventually they come down – all without a christening. Not so the Selben Arms on 6th Avenue. Or 8th Avenue’s Ramona. Or the Brazilian-sounding Alessandro next door. Building names [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2009/06/walkabout-with-9/
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So after we posted yesterday about Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s new watch-list of lousy landlords [/so-do-we-have-the-best-landlords/], and pointed out that Sheepshead Bay was in the clear, we got a call from his office. It turns out that those outer-outerborough neighborhoods aren’t as safe as it seems, and
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With all the rah-rah over the newly-renovated Cherry Hill side of the Lundy’s building, it’s easy to forget the rest of the enormous landmark. The forgotten parts are in dire need of some TLC. As the years have gone by, the facade has taken a beating, and the