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Queens Ledger: Angela Mirabile, Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corp.
When a 24-year-old Angela Mirabile was called in to interview for a position with Community Board 5 in 1981, she knew that she wanted to become active in local politics…
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Cops nab graffiti vandal who hit more than 30 times across Queens
Cops nabbed a prolific graffiti artist who slapped his tag on everything from street trees to monuments and fire call boxes in several Queens neighborhoods. Michael Mestric faces dozens of…
News Group: Ridgewood Restoration Corp. Is Latest to Feel Funding Squeeze
The Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation (GRRC)—a group well known for it’s graffiti removal and landlord or tenant counseling—is the latest to feel the pinch of dwindling state money and grants….
This Old House- Best Old House Neighborhoods 2012: The Northeast
n high-priced cities like New York, savvy would-be buyers often seek out houses with a rental unit (or two) to help them foot the bill. These days, the savviest ones…
Times Newsweekly: News From The The Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation
In 2011, the GRRC removed graffiti at 199 sites, a decline from last year, due to the fact that the organization had to cut down its program to one crew…
NYtimes: Architectural Eye Candy
WHEN it comes to areas awash in well-kept old buildings, Ridgewood, in west-central Queens, might not come to mind as quickly as, say, Brooklyn Heights. But maybe it should. Its…
Charles Ober: Volunteer for the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corp.
Charles Ober first volunteered for the local community patrol in Ridgewood in 1980; also volunteering for the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corp. in an effort to get federal and state historic…
Juniper Berry Magazine: Campaign To Save Our Historic Ridgewood Theatre
No expense would be spared in erecting a new modern theatre with a 2,500 seat capacity ‒ the lobby would face Myrtle Ave and the stage door on Cypress Ave,…
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: RIDGEWOOD COVERED IN DISAPPEARING INK
THE GREATER Ridgewood Restoration Corp. is really cleaning up. The neighborhood group has removed graffiti from 328 properties since April 30, the group’s executive director announced yesterday. At that rate,…