NYC crime rewind: How S.I. helped catch ‘Son of Sam’ in summer of 1977
Updated May 07, 1:33 PM;
Posted May 07, 8:00 AM
Son of Sam suspect David Berkowitz, stands before Criminal Court Judge Richard Brown at the Criminal Court building in Brooklyn on Aug. 11, 1977 to hear charges accusing him in six random murders that terrorized New York City. (Photo by Stan Wolfson/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It was the sweltering summer of 1977 and New York City was under siege. A lone gunman dubbed “Son of Sam” had been terrorizing the five boroughs for more than a year.
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Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata is the story of a remarkable architecture practice in Tokyo. Partners Reiko Nishio and Hirohito Ono have built just four residential works, until now remaining little-known outside of Japan. But the extraordinary, almost-ordinary quality of their work warrants the spotlight. It has much to teach students of architecture and experienced architects alike.
This book is a hybrid between an architectural monograph and a magic instruction book. Author Leslie Van Duzer, a former magician’s assistant and author of four monographs on 20th-century architecture, draws parallels between the effects and methods of architects and magicians.
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Sheer Pleasure
By Patty Mamula
The difficult we do right away; the impossible takes a little longer.” For Jon and Kathy Lauer, owners of Byrn Mawr Vineyards, this adage feels familiar.
The couple’s foray into wine started in 2009, after purchasing 20 acres in the Eola-Amity Hills area, northwest of Salem. It was a steep, challenging site, and the Lauers were new to it all.
Although inexperienced, the two attorneys from San Diego were enthusiastic about their new retirement venture. They turned the existing house into living quarters on the main floor and built a winery/tasting room in the basement. The couple then hired young Rachel Rose, a novice winemaker. A risky decision at the time, but a great one in the end: Rose remains the foundation of the winery’s success.
She was a baby when her dad was shot dead. 23 years later, she’s still fighting for answers. | The Unsolved
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Ash’udaya Battle was only five months old when her father, Robert “Pooh” Johnson, was shot and killed in Stapleton on Dec. 31, 1997.
A lot has changed since then. Battle now has a child of her own 1-year-old A’ziya and her father’s parents have both since died.
But one thing hasn’t changed her desire to find his killer.
“I’m very big on getting answers,” Battle told the Advance/SILive.com in a recent phone interview. “Even my grandma, before she passed away, all she wanted to know was what happened to her son.”