Category Archives: Diamonds

MAKE NICE / Bet On Crazy by Peter Nolan Smith

November 4, 2011 – 5:07 am

 
The Diamond District on West 47th Street was a closed community. Family histories have been intertwined by marriages and business deals. The smiling faces on the surface hid the turbid conflict behind the scenes. My boss, Manny, and his son, Richie Boy, followed the Corleone tradition of never laundering family troubles in public. Basing [...]

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A MEAN OLD MAN / Bet on Crazy by Peter Nolan Smith

October 13, 2011 – 5:51 am

This summer our Israeli landlords on West 47th Street were squeezing every commercial cent from their property. Contractors reconstructed the entrance to create space for another diamond store along the facade. The new owners are longtime dealers in the Diamond District. I put on my suit jacket and Manny, my boss, asked, “Where are you [...]

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TOUGH GUYS / BET ON CRAZY by Peter Nolan Smith

October 3, 2011 – 5:01 am

 
 Brownsville is a tough section of Brooklyn. The one-mile square neighborhood is actually tougher than tough. Its unofficial motto – “Brownsville! Never ran, never will!” guaranteed Kings County Hospital the title of the most gunshot victims admitted to a E.R in the USA. The US Army even set up a training program called [...]

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Good German /Bet On Crazy

October 1, 2011 – 6:31 am

The Tri-State TV meteorologists had an easy job during the Spring of 2008. Rain drenched New York day after day throughout April and May. Mushrooms sprouted from the sidewalks and moss covered the trees, as long trough of fronts anchored over the East Coast. The rainfall broke records for each month. Many people blamed the [...]

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Glatt Chateau Bacchus / BET ON CRAZY

June 14, 2011 – 8:03 pm

Most people in America have no money. They survive from paycheck to paycheck. Assets are sold to save houses from predatory banks. A single missed payment can earn a long-time big-earner a foreclosure. These are not good times from the Middle Class, because the 21st Century couldn’t be any better for the rich. The Bush [...]

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