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2007 Stories by Laura Conaway

• His Dream Deferred

  published July 24, 2007

  Seventeen years ago, Richard Toussaint, black man of Harlem, educated in its schools and schooled in the effects of society's indifference, sat... More >>

• Rolling Admission

  published July 17, 2007

  An institution the size of Columbia University is bound to unnerve a few people. New York's Ivy is expensive, elite, enormous, and itching to... More >>

• Big in Yonkers

  published July 10, 2007

  Against the advice of Mark Twain, Columbia University is now locked in a fight with a man who buys ink by the gallon. The Ivy wants to expand its... More >>

• Their Shocking New Neighbor

  published June 26, 2007

  From the moment they learned that Con Edison intended to build a 23,000-square-foot substation smack against their houses, people in East... More >>

• Choke on This

  published June 26, 2007

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• Cops Clip Cycles on East 6th Street

  published May 29, 2007

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• Downfall of the Williamsburg Hip

  published May 29, 2007

  One of the city's most ardent supporters of cycling closed out Bike Month NYC in a hospital bed after he crashed while riding home from... More >>

• Bike Lanes Are for Bikes—Right?

  published May 22, 2007

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• Nature Calls

  published April 17, 2007

  Last week David Graves, New York City's preeminent beekeeper, began the spring ritual of opening his rooftop hives. The first two he... More >>

• Black Flag Holiday

  published April 3, 2007

  Riot porn played as the crowd filtered in for the meeting at Time's Up last Thursday. The activists playing on the big screen showed how it's... More >>