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The tech workers who had filled its high-rises began working from home – nearly eliminating the flow of traffic into restaurants and retail shops that depended on the steady work-week business.
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
To this day, Napolitano maintains that she was taken by aliens from her high-rise in Lower Manhattan.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Candidates have expressed differing opinions on whether environmental laws are restricting development, whether the city should ban new high-rise buildings in historic districts and whether rent caps should be expanded.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
For women’s, the collection offers low-rise and high-rise jeans, a denim skirt and jacket, while men’s has brown, black, blue and gray jean options and denim jackets.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
To this day, Napolitano maintains that she was taken by aliens from her high-rise in Lower Manhattan.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Candidates have expressed differing opinions on whether environmental laws are restricting development, whether the city should ban new high-rise buildings in historic districts and whether rent caps should be expanded.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
For women’s, the collection offers low-rise and high-rise jeans, a denim skirt and jacket, while men’s has brown, black, blue and gray jean options and denim jackets.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
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