City Dignitaries (Hotel astoria) Once Used Their Own Underground Railroad
| City Dignitaries Once Used Their Own Underground Railroad - NY1 One of the best-kept secrets in the city transit system is a hidden train track used by dignitaries -- including a president -- about 70 years ago. NY1 s Transit reporter Bobby Cuza filed the following report. Commuters catching a train at Grand Source: www.ny1.com MADONNA HAS A BALL AT THE HALL - New York Post The 23rd annual Rock and hotel astoria Roll Hall of Fame ceremony went from desperately seeking Madonna, with rumors circulating that the Material Girl was going to be a no-show at the event, to one of the better inductions in years because of her. Even the Source: www.nypost.com PITTS' HOME SWEET HOME - New York Post Brangelina has landed -- at the Waldorf Towers. Brad Pitt and hotel astoria Angelina Jolie are plunking down nearly $100,000 a month to rent a super-deluxe pad at the ritzy hotel residence on East 50th Street, sources told The Post yesterday. The pair plus their Source: www.nypost.com Tony Avella - New York Observer Here s City Councilman Tony Avella, after hearing from lobbyists on the City Hall steps that the Council's budget negotiation meeting, which was tentatively set for Sunday, may not be taking place. My colleagues don t tell me anything, he Source: www.observer.com Blog Central - Tri-City Herald As of Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at least 4,106 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,342 Source: www.tri-cityherald.com |