Word: manhattanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grew up in this building on the Upper West Side [of Manhattan] that was all very artsy, interesting people. Like Peter Max was in our building. I always thought Peter Max was the cool parent to have...
DIED. JOSEPH BAUM, 78, restaurateur who drew high rollers to his high-concept eateries; in New York City. Baum's penchant for aerial views and all things flambe culminated in the Manhattan landmarks Windows on the World and the Rainbow Room...
...knew he had found his calling. Two years later, he wrote his first poem, influenced by early "big word" rapper T La Rock. But it wasn't until grad school that he attempted to meld his dramatic training with spoken-word performances. Kicking around the improv poetry circuit in Manhattan, he met Levin and landed the main role in Levin's loosely scripted, no-budget feature about victims of unjust drug laws...
...From the Manhattan skyline to Woody driveling anxiety to his shrink, the first moments of Antz suggest a film destined to become another prototypical Woody Allen movie. Until Woody (now an ant named "Z") gets off the psychoanalyst's couch and walks into "The Colony." The makers of Antz seem particularly interested in demonstrating their ability to depict water and human movement, disregarding the fact that the plot must make some rather forced detours in order to accommodate these animated showpieces. Though the character of Allen as well as those of the other actors (voiced by Dan Akroyd, Anne Bancroft...
...Roxbury resident reported that at 5:21 p.m., a 19-year-old male, possibly nicknamed "Flex" approached the suspect as he was exiting the Manhattan Clothing Store on Mass. Ave. The man allegedly pointed a small, semi-automatic handgun at the complainant and robbed...