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  1. 02-02-2013, 12:05 AM #1
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    Ed Koch, New York's colorful longtime former mayor, dies at the age of 88

    Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9100IW20130201

    NY Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/ny...york-dies.html

    Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...499577070.html

    Associated Press: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-dies/1882459/

    New Yorker blog: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...1924-2013.html

    NPR story: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/01/170789...the-brink-dies
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    Broadway broke a water main in his honor today.

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  3. 02-02-2013, 01:48 AM #3
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    The last time I was in NYC Ed Koch was Mayor. I guess I should try and get back at some stage and see if any of the hookers, pimps and junkies are still hanging around Port Authority.
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    Quote Originally Posted by allezfred View Post
    The last time I was in NYC Ed Koch was Mayor. I guess I should try and get back at some stage and see if any of the hookers, pimps and junkies are still hanging around Port Authority.
    Nope. The bowling alley is still there, though.
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  5. 02-02-2013, 02:24 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by allezfred View Post
    The last time I was in NYC Ed Koch was Mayor. I guess I should try and get back at some stage and see if any of the hookers, pimps and junkies are still hanging around Port Authority.
    Nah...they're all in Schenectady.
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  6. 02-02-2013, 02:25 AM #6
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    RIP I always liked Koch. He faced situations with humor and focus, although he did get a little crotchety at the end of his term. He had a great sense of humor on his WABC radio show, always fiesty and quick. All of Manhattan felt different after he left office.
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  8. 02-02-2013, 01:17 PM #8
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    RIP, Ed.
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    I liked him but if I had to work with him I have a feeling I would pull my hair out of my head in frustration. RIP.
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  10. 02-02-2013, 09:58 PM #10
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    Long before Rudi Guiliani ever thought to put on a dress, there was Ed Koch. He really was a larger than life character.
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  11. 02-02-2013, 10:24 PM #11
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    So I've been brought up to only speak nicely of the dead. So he's dead. How nice.
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  12. 02-03-2013, 02:24 AM #12
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    Too bad you missed to point in said lesson.
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