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I guess they put trees on top of the green apartment buildings next to LSP. Perhaps to make up for all the trees they cut down next door recently. /s

But for real, I have a conspiracy that these buildings unintentionally lowered the rent in Communipaw. We were looking for a new apartment and noticed more options in our price range ($2800-3000) then a year ago. We toured a few places and the Aviva buildings were blocking the view of the Statue of Liberty. 🗽 (i refuse to call it scholars village)

Go F yourself

I've always wanted to walk every block of the city but knew the overhead of tracking those walks would be a pain, so over the last couple months I made an app that checks off each block once you've walked it. Some friends wanted to try it so I just uploaded it to the App Store.

It works for all 5 boroughs and you can turn on passive tracking so that your blocks are tracked without opening the app. There's also a leaderboard so you can see how your stats compare to other New Yorkers.

The app is called WalkNYC and it's completely free. It's only on iOS right now but I'm looking into porting it to Android. Would love any feedback you all have! I'm hoping to expand it to more cities soon.

Here's the link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/walknyc-walk-every-block/id6758922428

Update: As of this evening it's actually ranked #79 in the Navigation category of the App Store!

Went to Lafayette Park today and saw one of the newly planted cherry blossom trees knocked over and chewed up by a dog

Not only did the owner apparently let their dog do this, but they also just left it there on the ground without even attempting to stand it back up or report it. Absolute POS behavior. If your dog destroys public landscaping and your response is to walk away pretending nothing happened, you’re irresponsible and selfish

These trees were planted to improve the park for everyone in the community. They don’t magically appear there for free. People put time, money, and effort into making Lafayette Park nicer, and it takes one careless owner to damage it in a single moment

We tried to reset the tree ourselves and are going to do what we can to nurse it back to health. We’ll also be reaching out to the Parks / Forestry Department to see if they can help stabilize it properly. If possible, we’re probably going to fence it off temporarily too

If you’re a dog owner: control your dog, especially around newly planted trees and landscaping. And if your dog damages something, at least take responsibility for it instead of walking away

Really disappointing to see

Saw this on the ring forum, supposedly the police know his license plate and he’s still out there.

His license plate is P66WLN and he drives a Red Ford Explorer!

Between the heights and journal square area.

I honestly hate having to make a post like this because I know everyone is struggling right now and nobody wants to see another person asking for help online. But our cat Cashmere ended up in the emergency vet due to severe constipation, vomiting, and straining, and despite treatment and an enema, he still hasn’t fully improved.

There’s a chance he may have to go BACK to the ER and be admitted inpatient, which could cost several thousand dollars more. We already spent money we realistically could not afford because we couldn’t just let him suffer. I’ll be attaching the records/receipts because transparency matters to me.

If you’ve ever had a pet emergency, then you already know how fast the costs become overwhelming. We’re trying to prepare for what may come next while also recovering from what we already paid.

Even $5 genuinely helps. And if you can’t donate, sharing means just as much to us.

Thank you for reading and caring about our sweet boy.

https://gofund.me/89eced35c