Reportedly, Iit was initially named PS 102 and then P.S. 17. It is located at 190 Fordham Street, and now the home of City Island Nautical Museum, City Island Community Center, worldwide headquarters for City Island Images, and 15 other luxury condos. This Georgian Revival-style building will be designated a landmark and officially presented at a City Council hearing in March.

Originally opened late in 1898 with a few hundred students, eight classrooms and playrooms, this building was envisioned and executed by architect C.B.J. Snyder NYC School Buildings Superintendent.

USA JOBS GAINS. 243 Thousand New Positions.

INSIDER STOCK TRADING. Bill Finally Passes.

ROMNEY GETS A BOOST. Trumped in Vegas.

MAJOR WINTER STORM. Denver Closed.

HISTORICAL LANDMARK. 1890's PS 17.

Following an unarmed Bronx teen being fatally shot by NYPD after being chased into the family home, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz says enough is enough. “We have a problem, not just in the Bronx but across the City. In the past week we have seen a well-publicized video documenting apparent police brutality, the attempted murder of a police officer in Brooklyn, and, this afternoon, a young, unarmed man saw his life end by a police officer’s bullet."

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., together with Administrative Judge for Civil Matters of the 12th Judicial District Hon. Douglas E. McKeon, Administrative Judge for the Criminal Division of the 12th Judicial District Hon. Efrain Alvarado and Bronx County Clerk Luis M. Diaz officially announced the launch of the new jury duty call-in system.

US/NATO AFGHANISTAN PLAN. Pulling Out Of War Early.

NYC's 70 BILLION BALANCED BUDGET. No New Taxes.

HELP WANTED. 30 Thousand Jobs Open Nationwide.

6 MORE WINTER WEEKS. Punxsutawney Phil.

NEW NO FLY LIST. 20 Thousand Names.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Israelis and Palestinians to take steps that will build trust and ensure an environment conducive to sustained negotiations, voicing his hope that the nascent talks begun last month between the two sides will continue.

“This is a critical moment for Israel and the region,” Mr. Ban said in remarks during a joint press conference with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.

Why does Facebook need another $5 billion dollars? How is this 800 million subscriber service plan to grow the company?

The largest online social social network in the world wants to be a publicly traded company and sell shares on the stock market. This business plan was conceived inside Harvard University dorms about eight years ago, is on track to be the largest Internet initial public offering ever — trumping Google’s in 2004 or Netscape’s nearly a decade before that.

Inside observers say Facebook's long-term plan is becoming larger than many American companies.