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January 23, 2012
Happy Bruce Day!
This Day ... In Jewish History
Time to dust off one of our favorite annual features (and time for This Day ... In Jewish History to update their citations)...
Appropriately, alternate-side parking was suspended today.
On this day in 1945:
Birthdate of Bruce Ratner. Appointed by Ed Koch to the position of Commissioners of Consumer Affairs for New York City in 1978, he became a real estate developer in 1982. He is now the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, his net worth now several hundred million dollars. Ratner is the developer charged with building the New York Times Tower He is a member of the board of the Jewish Heritage Museum.
NoLandGrab: Happy Birthday, Bruce! We hope you might be charged with something else soon, too!
Posted by eric at January 23, 2012 6:56 PM