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Extra Extra: NYC is no longer one of the top 5 cities for celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
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Emily Nadal
Published Mar 7, 2024
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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where grown-ups are lining up to buy Swedish candy on the Lower East Side.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Who needs a car when you can zip line from New York to Massachusetts?
- The internet is fuming over the price of meals at Five Guys. “[F]ast food becoming a luxury meal is a sign of the times,” one person wrote in response to a $25 Five Guys receipt posted on X.
- An 860-foot residential tower under construction in Manhattan is blocking views of the Empire State Building — and some residents aren't happy about it.
- Washington Heights' United Palace theater will soon host its first K-pop band, OnlyOneOf, in a move that's bringing Asian and Hispanic communities together.
- Butter is having a moment. (Was it ever not?)
- If only all libraries would accept cat photos as a form of payment for late fees.
- NYC may not be one of the top five cities for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, but we are the sixth best, so that must count for something.
- And finally, throwback Thursday:
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