Posted by: preaprez on: September 6, 2007
Posted by: preaprez on: September 6, 2007
Eli Broad (rhymes with “toad”). Philanthropist.
One of the funders of the Ed in ‘08 campaign along with billionaire Bill Gates is billionaire education hobbyist Eli Broad.
In an article on philanthropy in today’s NY Times, the writer Stephanie Strom points out that for every three dollars Broad gives away, the tax payer gives a dollar or [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: September 6, 2007
Under the Bloomingdale Trail.
You know my favorite neighborhood feature is the abandoned railroad viaduct called the Bloomingdale Trail. To walk along its three and a half miles is to see the city in a way you have never seen it before.
Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail sent me this message and asked for participation in a [...]
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