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The Gigantic Flamingo In The East River

Did you see the gigantic flamingo floating down the East River? Other New York Oddities After the Gigantic East River Flamingo Pigeon Bird Man of Washington Square Hula Hoop Violinist A Piano That Kills Fascists “Attention, would-be influencer who maybe...

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Gigantic East River Flamingo

Did you see the gigantic flamingo floating down the East River?

Other New York Oddities After the Gigantic East River Flamingo

“Attention, would-be influencer who maybe lost track of a giant pink flamingo floaty ahead of an Instagram-oriented Memorial Day pool party: I found your inflatable, it’s been cruising up and down the East River all day, dutifully creating Content in advance of your big summer kick-off bash…”

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Stack Work Advances While Answers Do Not

Stack Work Advances While Answers Do Not

HPD told the CAG there was no projected start date and that five business days’ notice would be given. Work on the eastern smokestack began six days later.

On June 17 and 18, HPD told the first meeting of the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant Demolition Community Advisory Group that smokestack demolition had no projected start date. Residents and the CAG would receive at least five business days’ advance notice once a date was set. Scaffolding around the stacks could not proceed until soil removal and backfill were complete and the area stabilized.

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