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yes, fao schwarz closed, and yes, toys "r" us closed. and just to give you a point of reference, that lease was $9 million annual rent, which seemed enormous back when we had made that deal, actually, 15 years ago. but today, that rent's $40 million, but the toy business has changed. you have all the toys being purchased not only online but at walmart, at kmart, at all the big box category-killers. and the price differential has made that very unattractive for the toy business. yet, we look at somebody like american doll, who remains on fifth avenue on the corner, a few blocks away, rockefeller center, and they're not going anywhere. >> all right, so, someone -- you maintain, then, that that space that is being exited by toys "r" us will be filled very quickly. >> well, it is filled. the lease is already signed. it's going to be a combination of the gap and old navy. and for the gap, this was a major decision, because once again, they're reinventing themselves, redesigning, re-emerging. you know, a lot of their customer base was taken aw
yes, fao schwarz closed, and yes, toys "r" us closed. and just to give you a point of reference, that lease was $9 million annual rent, which seemed enormous back when we had made that deal, actually, 15 years ago. but today, that rent's $40 million, but the toy business has changed. you have all the toys being purchased not only online but at walmart, at kmart, at all the big box category-killers. and the price differential has made that very unattractive for the toy business. yet,...
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but this time, it was the league saying it. >> schwarz stops. nfl has not only been denying this for years, that they've never come close to uttering anything even remotely close to this. >> and i said, "greg, you realize that's the first time that anyone associated with the league has made that connection." and i remember he was a little... i don't... what's the adjective? annoyed. he was annoyed. >> the timenow suddenly has a huge story that the nfl has acknowledged a link between brain damage and football. and sure enough, stripped across the top of the times' sports section the next day is that very story. >> narrator: at dr. mckee's research lab, thanks to the nfl's endorsement, the brain bank business was booming. >> there were nfl players out there that were talking to their wives and saying, "i think this might be something. i'm experiencing some problems and i'm thinking i should donate my brain to this work." >> narrator: by 2010, dr. mckee had looked at the brains of 20 nfl players. she had found cte in 19 of them. it was during that
but this time, it was the league saying it. >> schwarz stops. nfl has not only been denying this for years, that they've never come close to uttering anything even remotely close to this. >> and i said, "greg, you realize that's the first time that anyone associated with the league has made that connection." and i remember he was a little... i don't... what's the adjective? annoyed. he was annoyed. >> the timenow suddenly has a huge story that the nfl has...
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schwarz abouten the role of the blacksmith in the colonial era. we will also learn about james anderson who owned a blacksmith shop and public armoury in williamsburg during the 1770's. mr. schwartz: i am the master blacksmith at the anderson blacksmith shop, part of colonial williamsburg's historic trade program. in colonial williamsburg, we have preserved a number of trades from the 18th century. we have probably 20 trades practiced in the historic area. i run the blacksmith shop. we work with iron and steel. those are raw materials that are made into finished products such as construction hardware, tools, household accessories, agricultural implements. parts for wagons and carriages. here at the armoury, we expand into even more work. i will touch on that in a moment. as part of historic trades, our mission is to create -- re-create the work environment and the activities you would find in the sorts of workshops in colonial america. that involves hand work. there is no machine process here. it also involves the study of early documentary eviden
schwarz abouten the role of the blacksmith in the colonial era. we will also learn about james anderson who owned a blacksmith shop and public armoury in williamsburg during the 1770's. mr. schwartz: i am the master blacksmith at the anderson blacksmith shop, part of colonial williamsburg's historic trade program. in colonial williamsburg, we have preserved a number of trades from the 18th century. we have probably 20 trades practiced in the historic area. i run the blacksmith shop. we work...
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the store's closing follows july shuttering of new york toy store fao schwarz. >> this is my childhood, you know. this we used to ride the ferris while. reporter: toys "r" us decided to not renew its lease, the rent has doubled since the first lease signing in 2001, the bottom store was costing $2500 a square foot. >> at the end of the the day if someone else is prepared to pay more, unfortune lion icon ly, an icon like reporter: several tenants will occupy the space, so far the gap and old navy have signed leases, lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." >> a brooklyn boy learned about dangers of hoverboards. hoverboard. he plugged it into an outlet overnight overly to watch it burst into flames, his parents put the fire out. fdny commissioner continues to warn the people about dangers of hoverboards. >> i would not plug one in, in my home. until this is fully investigate how safe or unsave they are, my advice is, be careful. classified as motor vehicles. steve: a tragic scene in wake field, new hampshire, they were hillary clinton. christina: a seal causes a wild scene on a california highway, t
the store's closing follows july shuttering of new york toy store fao schwarz. >> this is my childhood, you know. this we used to ride the ferris while. reporter: toys "r" us decided to not renew its lease, the rent has doubled since the first lease signing in 2001, the bottom store was costing $2500 a square foot. >> at the end of the the day if someone else is prepared to pay more, unfortune lion icon ly, an icon like reporter: several tenants will occupy the space, so...
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toys "r" us also close that had iconic fao schwarz location on fifth avenue about five months ago.ys it's looking for new location for toys "r" us in manhattan, but hasn't found one yet. record high rental rates here in new york city are pushing out both small businesses and large retailers. crate and barrel closed its madison avenue location four years before the lease ended because the rent is just too darn high. however the board of realtor says not every area is seeing higher rents. average asking rent for ground floor is up 3%, but that is low compared to a 42% increase in the flat iron district. times square did remain the second highest in manhattan at $2390 per square foot per month. plus, in new york city, labor cost is higher getting inventory in and storing it is more challenging. okay paps city costs are be up to 40% of sales. that's about four times the rate for an average mall. but many retailers do justify the costs in part as marketing expenses. a partner at retail consultant says new york city is hard to beat when it comes to touching so many consumers especially f
toys "r" us also close that had iconic fao schwarz location on fifth avenue about five months ago.ys it's looking for new location for toys "r" us in manhattan, but hasn't found one yet. record high rental rates here in new york city are pushing out both small businesses and large retailers. crate and barrel closed its madison avenue location four years before the lease ended because the rent is just too darn high. however the board of realtor says not every area is seeing...
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. >> seth: you have -- there is a great scene where you go to fao schwarz. >> yeah. >> seth: piano keyboard, famous scene from "big." >> yes. >> we do, yeah. >> seth: which is fantastic. >> it's great. i love kanye west. >> seth: i love kanye west, as well. >> he's the best. >> seth: you might have -- >> we don't love him as much as kanye west loves kanye west. [ laughter ] >> seth: we'll never get there. we'll never get there. >> but i love him. >> seth: i appreciate -- yeah. i'm a big fan. i'm glad -- you have, though, a kanye west story that i can't tell if i'm stupid jealous of or not jealous at all, which is you -- he rapped his album to you. >> he did. so i made a video mocking him horribly with my friend, james franco. >> seth: to the "bound" video. >> to the "bound" video. and i do this a lot, where i like do really mean things to other celebrities, never thinking i'm going to see them one day. >> seth: right. >> -- and have to deal with it. [ laughter ] i literally said horrible things about justin bieber for years, and all of a sudden i'm face-to-face with him on a talk show. and
. >> seth: you have -- there is a great scene where you go to fao schwarz. >> yeah. >> seth: piano keyboard, famous scene from "big." >> yes. >> we do, yeah. >> seth: which is fantastic. >> it's great. i love kanye west. >> seth: i love kanye west, as well. >> he's the best. >> seth: you might have -- >> we don't love him as much as kanye west loves kanye west. [ laughter ] >> seth: we'll never get there. we'll...
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. >> narrator: as bailes left the meeting, he ran into new york times reporter alan schwarz. >> i rememberng furious, absolutely furious at how they had been treated in that room. and there was clearly, among the nfl committee, there was just a very steadfast belief that, "this is not a problem, you guys don't know how to do research the way we do, and thank you for coming." >> i was not the bearer of good news probably in many people's minds. but this was not something that i made up. this was showing what the findings were. >> narrator: earlier, goodell had watched his mentor tagliabue downplay the concussion controversy. now he had heard firsthand how serious some respected scientists thought the issue was. >> roger goodell is on notice. the nfl has a serious issue around the question of concussions, around the issue of brain trauma, on the rising suggestion that there is a link between football and neuro-degenerative disease amongst its former players, and that there is a growing body of science that clearly establishes this link. >> narrator: outside the conference's closed doors, the
. >> narrator: as bailes left the meeting, he ran into new york times reporter alan schwarz. >> i rememberng furious, absolutely furious at how they had been treated in that room. and there was clearly, among the nfl committee, there was just a very steadfast belief that, "this is not a problem, you guys don't know how to do research the way we do, and thank you for coming." >> i was not the bearer of good news probably in many people's minds. but this was not...
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joseph schwarz. and their council said would i come to paris and they'd like to talk to me. i came to paris and he said, look, we have a problem and we'd like you to help us with that problem. and the prech is this. the jewish organization had persuaded the u.s. government to enact a law providing for the restitution of properties which had been stolen or confiscated or taken by duress from the jews or from others because the restituti restitutional law covered not only jews. and one provision of that law was that the heirless property or the unclaimed property which had been taken from those who were no longer there to file a claim should also be restored. normally if a person dies heirless in the state of new york, it has cheats, passes to the state, but there's a principle of law that says you may not be the beneficiary of any unlawful act -- if you murder your wife, you cannot inherit her property. if you murder the jews, the state which is responsible, can hardly be the proper sipp of the heirless property. germany surrendered unconditionally and the only government the
joseph schwarz. and their council said would i come to paris and they'd like to talk to me. i came to paris and he said, look, we have a problem and we'd like you to help us with that problem. and the prech is this. the jewish organization had persuaded the u.s. government to enact a law providing for the restitution of properties which had been stolen or confiscated or taken by duress from the jews or from others because the restituti restitutional law covered not only jews. and one provision...