The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island have been evacuated over concerns about a suspicious package reportedly found inside a locker. UPDATE 2:58 pm: The NYPD has given an all-clear, according to NBC New York.
Caity: What we learned yesterday is that no one should ever go to the Statue of Liberty under any circumstances.
At the 1886 ceremony celebrating the official opening of New York's Statue of Liberty, president Grover Cleveland declared that the statue's torchlight would "pierce the darkness of ignorance and man's oppression until Liberty enlightens the world." And it has! At least for those of you have been properly screened,…
A city watched transfixed on Wednesday as a suicidal man dangled from the ledge of the 70th floor observation deck of Rockefeller Center. Thankfully, emergency workers got to him before he could jump. On Sunday, another despondent New Yorker tried to jump from a tourist destination — and this time, they succeeded.
In an announcement serendipitously timed to coincide with the last, gasping vestiges of what once was the American dream, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said that the Statue of Liberty will close down until further notice for some desperately needed repairs.
Hey, eccentric billionaires: You can buy a piece of Lady Liberty's nose! A copper nose tip used in the Statue of Liberty's 1983 renovation is up for auction. Estimated selling price: $150,000-$200,000. Goes well with stuffed grizzly bears.
A 30-year-old New Jersey man, Jijo Puthuvamkunnath, was killed yesterday near the Statue of Liberty when his 17-foot boat was hit by a larger boat, "Reel Impulsive," that was allegedly piloted by a drunk man. Puthuvamkunnath was with his fiancé.
• Roundups of restaurants opening in the next week or so. [TONY, Eater]
• A look at the last-minute work involved in getting The Breslin, Ken Friedman's latest restaurant, ready for its October 8 opening. [NYT]
• Photos inside Abe & Arthur's, which opens to the public next week. [Eater]
• You may soon able to booze…
Last month a replica of the Statue of Liberty outside of Vox Pop in Ditmas Park was stolen. On the fourth of July it turned up on YouTube getting the Daniel Pearl treatment. None of us are safe anymore.
[Today media that isn't the Today Show got a tour of the Statue of Liberty's crown in advance of its July 4 reopening; image via Getty]
Happy news! The the Statue of Liberty's crown is reopening on July 4. Field trips! A nation of immigrants! And, for the Today Show crew, a chance to drone on endlessly about 9/11.
