Tag: NYC
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“See that church? Your great grandfather helped build that almost 80 years ago. He was a stonemason, the old man. Came over from Avellino with four dollars in his pocket.” Tony Soprano The camera pans down to show a beautiful church made of grey stone. Alongside it: a red Tahoe.…
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On a narrow street at the edge of town sits a squat brick building. There are no windows. On the street, lookouts watch for unfamiliar faces. The few who do enter are carefully watched. Inside: the headquarters of the most powerful mafia family in this country. This is Casella’s Restaurant…
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+ NYC Area+ Crime, Genovese, Hoboken, Hudson County, Law, LCN, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, NYC, Organized Crime, True Crime+
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How could this happen? How could this happen? Tony Soprano As Christopher Moltisanti walks out of a diner beneath the Pulaski Skyway, he happens across two of his partners in crime: Matthew Bevilacqua and Sean Gismonte. What’s brought them to this same desolate spot? Suddenly, Sean leans out the window.…
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+ Christopher Moltisanti, Kearny, LCN, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, Newark, NJ, NYC, Organized Crime, Sopranos, Television, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, TV+
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A slight, bespectacled man with white hair sits behind a table, going over today’s bets. At his side: a beeper. You might not even notice it. Inside the beeper is a tiny microphone. This unassuming bookie in a nondescript storefront is about to take down the most powerful organized crime…
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In the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra, on a quiet street near the waterfront, lie the offices of one of the hottest tech companies in the world: Attentive. We’re used to thinking of the tech startup scene as confined to the Bay Area. Maybe a few in New York…
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+ Angel Investing, Garden State, Hudson County, New Jersey, NJ, NYC, Startup, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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This is overdue. Tony Soprano At the driver’s seat of a long black Lincoln, a well dressed man peruses a magazine. Behind him pulls a red SUV. A large figure emerges, walking purposefully in shiny brown wingtips. This is how one of my favorite scenes from The Sopranos begins, as…
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+ HBO, Jersey, Jersey City, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, NYC, Series, Sopranos, Television, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, TV+
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As I walked up the beginning of a trail covered in red and orange leaves last fall, I saw a dark form to my left. What is that, a rock, a downed tree? As I got closer, I realized it was the shell of a vintage automobile. Coming closer, I…
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+ Bergen County, Crime, Hiking, Mafia, Mob, Mysteries, Nature, New Jersey, NJ, NYC, Ringwood State Park, Trails, Tristate+
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As you round a clear blue lake, a second, smaller path winds away from the main trail. Up this path, on a peak covered with flowers, lie the remains of a vast stone edifice. This is Van Slyke Castle in Ramapo State Forest in Oakland, NJ, just 30 miles from…
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A heavyset man sits in a seat pulled from a junked car, reading Waste News. Around him are cars in various states of disassembly. A Mercedes pulls up… This is Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero’s body shop from The Sopranos, Cleveland Auto Body. It features in one of my favorite episodes,…
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+ HBO, LCN, Mafia, New Jersey, Newark, North Jersey, NYC, Series, Sopranos, Television, The Sopranos, Tony Soprano, TV+
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“Gerry warned you Eli!” Dim streetlights reflect off wet pavement. In the background, a red neon sign flickers out. “Kay’s Spring Garden.” As Hesh Rabkin and his son-in-law Eli prepare to head home, a black Lexus suddenly pulls in front of them. In an instant, they’re surrounded by thugs banging…
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+ Cosa Nostra, Dramas, Episodes, HBO, James Gandolfini, Jersey City, Mafia, Mob, New Jersey, New York City, NYC, Series, Sopranos, Television, The Sopranos, TV+
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Tremendous 