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Staten Island
March 20, 2019
Alexander Sammon
The Rise and Fall of the New York Wheel
Two developers dreamed of building the biggest ferris wheel in the world. The project had Michael Bloomberg's blessing, while a Wall Street whiz named Big Rich pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese loans. What went wrong?
November 4, 2012
Lara Vapnyar
Why I Moved to Staten Island -- and Why, After Hurricane Sandy, I Went Back
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