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					  <title><![CDATA[The Many Faces of Chinatown]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2007/1/The-Many-Faces-of-Chinatown/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;"Forget it, Jake. It&#8217;s Chinatown.&#8221; An immortal line from a beloved movie, and perhaps a reflection of how many
&nbsp;Western urbanites over the years have viewed the large pockets of Asian
&nbsp;immigrants that have settled in their cities. Chinatowns dot the country from
&nbsp;coast to coast, but their residents have often been treated with suspicion,
&nbsp;discrimination, and outright hostility. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:07:21 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[A Word on Holiday Tipping Etiquette]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2011/1/A-Word-on-Holiday-Tipping-Etiquette/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;According to some sources, the word &ldquo;tips&rdquo; is actually an acronym&mdash;it&rsquo;s short for &ldquo;To Insure Prompt Service,&rdquo; and the list of people who are commonly tipped&mdash;at least in the United States&mdash;includes everyone from hair and nail salon workers to bellhops, cab drivers,
&nbsp;newspaper delivery people, porters, valets, bartenders, and, of course,
&nbsp;restaurant wait staff. 
&nbsp;]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:30 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[From Dutch Traders to Wall Street Traders]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2010/1/From-Dutch-Traders-to-Wall-Street-Traders/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;In the late 1980s, seeking high-growth, low-risk investment opportunities, and
&nbsp;with an affinity for brick and mortar, European pension funds began to invest
&nbsp;heavily in the American real estate market. So much money poured into the United States, in fact, that the pension fund
&nbsp;managers decided to start a not-for-profit association for the non-U.S. real
&nbsp;estate investment community doing business here. The result was the Association
&nbsp;of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, better known by its acronym, AFIRE. 
]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:23:25 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Sidewalk Care and Liability]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2009/1/Sidewalk-Care-and-Liability/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;No doubt about it, the Big Apple is a pedestrian town: according to the New York
&nbsp;City Department of Transportation (DOT), over eight million people tread the
&nbsp;city&rsquo;s approximately 12,750 square miles of sidewalks each day. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Kathleen Blank)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:22:29 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Dealing with Objectionable Behavior]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2008/1/Dealing-with-Objectionable-Behavior/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Even before the landmark &ldquo;Pullman&rdquo; case in 2005&mdash;in which a co-op board and shareholders voted unanimously to evict an especially
&nbsp;troublesome and disruptive shareholder from their building&mdash;New York co-op residents have grumbled about &ldquo;objectionable tenants&rdquo; and how to deal with them. The term &ldquo;objectionable&rdquo; is subjective, and the behavior that can fall under that label ranges from
&nbsp;constant noise and offensive cooking smells to ranting at and even assaulting
&nbsp;neighbors or board members in the lobby. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Greg Olear)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:21:35 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Elevator Safety &amp; Inspections]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2006/1/Elevator-Safety-amp-Inspections/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Ever since the first hydraulic passenger elevator was installed in New York City
&nbsp;in 1870, the city has relied upon elevators to support its upward growth. Given
&nbsp;that few would care to contemplate living or working in a 20-story walk-up,
&nbsp;transporting people upward and back down again quickly and safely was a crucial
&nbsp;component to the Big Apple&rsquo;s development into a world-class city. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Hannah Fons)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:19:48 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Installing &amp; Maintaining Laundry Facilities]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2005/1/Installing-amp-Maintaining-Laundry-Facilities/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Clean laundry. It&rsquo;s one of those basic things without which we would go mad but which we rarely
&nbsp;stop to consider. Within New York&rsquo;s co-op and condo complexes, laundry room facilities are an integral part of a
&nbsp;happy, functioning environment. Over the last decade, those facilities have
&nbsp;evolved to suit changing needs and expectations from residents and managers
&nbsp;alike. As a result, many laundry room service providers are offering new
&nbsp;options that put them squarely at the forefront of customer service, both for
&nbsp;individuals and the buildings as a whole. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Liz Lent)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Working with the New Building Codes]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2004/1/Working-with-the-New-Building-Codes/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;If you&rsquo;re part of a co-op and condo community, you&rsquo;ve definitely had to deal with the New York City&rsquo;s Building Codes. They&rsquo;re a complex set of regulations, documents, amendments, local laws and more,
&nbsp;regulating all sorts of things, from boiler maintenance to elevators to
&nbsp;exterior walls.&nbsp;]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Raanan Geberer)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:18:12 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Life Spans of Building Systems]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2003/1/Life-Spans-of-Building-Systems/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Even when living in a multi-family building, individual residents must handle
&nbsp;some of the same responsibilities as those of a single-family homeowner. While
&nbsp;board members will be more involved than other residents in helping to ensure
&nbsp;proper maintenance of their community&rsquo;s infrastructure, every resident of a co-op or condo community shares partial
&nbsp;ownership of the community&rsquo;s common property&mdash;and that should translate into awareness of the community&rsquo;s common needs. 
&nbsp;]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Jonathan Barnes)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:15:03 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Prioritizing Projects to Avoid Trouble Later]]></title>
					  <link>http://cooperator.com/articles/2002/1/Prioritizing-Projects-to-Avoid-Trouble-Later/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;With the economy still in the weeds and building administrators looking for
&nbsp;creative ways to save money and build up their bottom line, it&rsquo;s no surprise to hear that co-ops and condos are taking a hard look at their
&nbsp;maintenance and building improvement wish lists and making some tough
&nbsp;decisions. They&rsquo;re reassessing which projects they can afford to undertake and which ones they
&nbsp;need to put off until later. 
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					  <author>no@spam.com (Lisa Iannucci)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:13:23 EST</pubDate>
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