http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/sewell_chanArticles by SEWELL CHAN, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 05:18:03 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 05:18:03 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/3-killed-in-fire-in-brooklyn-apartment-building/Updated, 4:19 p.m. | Two children and one adult were killed on Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out in a six-story apartment building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The fire, which was reported at 12:27 p.m. at 654 St. Marks Avenue, near Rogers ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:15:55 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/3-killed-in-fire-in-brooklyn-apartment-building/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/ex-detainee-cant-keep-military-lawyers-judge-rules/A federal judge in Manhattan has denied a request by a former Guantánamo detainee who was ordered by President Obama to be tried in federal court in New York to keep two military lawyers who had been representing him while he was in military detention. ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:25:44 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/ex-detainee-cant-keep-military-lawyers-judge-rules/Barack ObamaAhmed Khalfan GhailaniCentral Intelligence AgencyUS Department of DefenseKhalid Sheikh Mohammedhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/a-librarys-century-of-hungering-imagination/Richard Perry/The New York Times The Seward Park branch library was refurbished in 2004. The Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library opened 100 years ago this month, on Nov. 11, 1909, and the library will mark the centennial with a program ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:56:52 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/a-librarys-century-of-hungering-imagination/New York Times CompanyNew York Public Libraryhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/donation-will-aid-storm-ravaged-section-of-central-park/Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times A downed tree on the Bridle Path between 95th Street and the reservoir. During a fierce thunderstorm on Aug. 18, an estimated 508 trees were either felled or broken beyond repair in Central Park, while another 50 ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:57:52 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/donation-will-aid-storm-ravaged-section-of-central-park/New York Times CompanyJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co.Michael BloombergAdrian BenepeJamie Dimonhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/newly-renovated-paramount-hotel-is-now-a-landmark/The Paramount Hotel, an ornate Times Square behemoth that is known for its double-height arcade along West 46th Street and was opulently revitalized this year by the designer Ian Schrager, is the newest entry on New York City’s list of official ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:44:35 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/newly-renovated-paramount-hotel-is-now-a-landmark/Ian SchragerLandmarks Preservation CommissionPaul Rudolphhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/landlords-move-to-ban-smoking-in-apartment-buildings/The movement to ban smoking in New York City has grown so quickly that no place seems immune — certainly not restaurants or bars, and public beaches and parks may not be far behind. Now the efforts are rapidly expanding into the living room. This month, ...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:40:34 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/landlords-move-to-ban-smoking-in-apartment-buildings/New York PostAndrew CuomoDavid A PatersonCity University of New Yorkhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/a-year-is-added-to-sentence-of-officer-who-robbed-banks/Muhlenberg Township Police Department Christian A. Torres admitted that he robbed a Sovereign Bank branch in the East Village twice in 2007. In May, the officer, Christian A. Torres, 23, of Queens, was sentenced in Philadelphia to 10 years in prison ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:32:12 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/a-year-is-added-to-sentence-of-officer-who-robbed-banks/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/the-world-contained-in-creedmore-hospitals-walls/Photographs by Christopher Payne A 1953 hospital census at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens. Founded in 1912 as a Farm Colony of Brooklyn State Hospital, the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens became, by mid-century, a world unto itself. ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:51:41 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/the-world-contained-in-creedmore-hospitals-walls/Oliver SacksVirgin MaryHoughton Mifflinhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/swamped-community-colleges-close-admissions-early/Historically, the city’s six community colleges, which are part of the City University of New York, have taken applications until about a week before the start of classes, allowing time for students to apply for financial aid, be immunized and register ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:56:59 GMThttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/swamped-community-colleges-close-admissions-early/City University of New YorkNew York Post