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NYPRESS.COM • THE LARGEST PAPER ON THE EAST SIDE • OCTOBER 10, 2013
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In the Dark at Park Avenue School Building records show plans to move the school picked up steam months before parents were told By Daniel Fitzsimmons
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his summer, parents of children who attend the well-regarded Park Avenue Church Christian Day School on the Upper East Side were blindsided by news that the school was moving, effective immediately, to a temporary location on the Upper West Side. Since then, some parents have complained that the Park Avenue Christian Church, which runs the school, should have given them more advance notice, or at least a chance to look elsewhere for a new school home for their kids. Now, building department records reviewed by Our Town show that the church had more than enough time to give parents a head’s up. The records indicate that the Park Avenue Church was making renovations to its school’s new Upper West Side location as early as March, despite sending out tuition bills to parents in early-August with no indication of the cross-town move. Parents learned in mid-August of the church’s plan to
East Side Businesses Wary of Gatecrashers Some small Upper East Side shop owners are concerned about recent middle-of-the-night burglaries; police precinct issues warning
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By Alissa Fleck
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n mid-September, a beloved Upper East Side diner was struck on two separate occasions by burglars. While one of the burglaries involved a disgruntled former business partner, the other was part of a much larger trend. Throughout August and September, pizzerias, laundromats and shoe repair stores fell victim to burglars who would pry open gates and jimmie locks to gain access to the store, then smash registers and steal cash. Following this recent spate of middle-of-the-night burglaries on the Upper East Side, Our Town spoke to several other small businesses in the vicinity to discuss matters of security. While at least ten shops between East 75th and East 85th Streets — from mom ‘n’ pop pizzerias to laundromats to shoe repair stores — had heard nothing of the
Charles Shua, East side locksmith Continued on page 8
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