Amazon has announced it plans to call off plans to set up its HQ2 in New York City, amid growing backlash over the very expensive deal.
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Tag: New York
The Amazon HQ2 search ends anticlimatically: It’s Washington DC’s suburbs and New York
Amazon has announced the new location for its HQ2 headquarters: a split between Washington DC’s suburbs and New York. But did the losers truly miss out?
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2015 Macy’s and Chicago Thanksgiving parade balloons
As usual for the blog, here’s my thoughts on the cartoon character balloons announced for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving parade[…]
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Where does Supergirl live?
Everyone knows Superman lives in Metropolis and grew up in Smallville, but where does Supergirl live? That’s varied quite a bit over the years.
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DC Comics finally exits New York after 80 years
DC Comics, which has been in New York City since its founding in the 1930s, announced a few years ago[…]
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The 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade cartoon balloons
Thanksgiving is approaching, and with it the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. As usual, there’ll be plenty[…]
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The 2013 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade cartoon balloons
To go along with the post on Chicago’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons, I thought I’d also look at the “granddaddy”[…]
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DC Comics to relocate to California
On Tuesday came news that DC Comics, who’s been based in the nation’s publishing capital of New York City since[…]
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Gotham City in New Jersey? Metropolis in Delaware?
For their entire history, Superman’s hometown of Metropolis and Batman’s hometown of Gotham City have had no official state. Unlike[…]
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