The 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture 2017. [BK Mag] 81-year-old starchitect Norman Foster created an Instagram account to debunk imposters. [dezeen] Related founder Stephen Ross gives a behind-the-scenes look at Hudson Yards. [Fox5 NY] Why are Albert Einstein’s eyeballs in a safety deposit box in the city? [Untapped] Checking in on Robert A.M. Stern’s […]
Leon Keith nearly lost his three-family home in the Bronx in 2012, after becoming ensnared in a high-profile Ponzi scheme. He credits the foreclosure prevention services operated by the Legal Aid Society helping him in court and in obtaining a loan modification that enabled him to pay his mortgage. “They [Legal Aid] stuck to a […]
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Trump Tower sold its first condo since the President’s Inauguration, interestingly the buyer of the $2.2 million home is a Ukrainian shipping magnate heavily involved with Russian military equipment. [Mansion Global] A former Navy freight ship may become a military-themed restaurant floating in the Hudson in Harlem. [West Side Rag] Industry City-based designer Danielle Trofe talks […]
Think you could’ve helped unite the United States? You can try your hand at informal diplomacy by taking a seat at first lady Dolley Madison’s dinner table — which has gotten some 21st-century updates. The interactive table is the showpiece of Saving Washington, the inaugural exhibit of the New-York Historical Society’s upcoming Center for Women’s […]
New rendering for the Sheepshead Bay condo that’s the tallest residential building in South Brooklyn Lottery opens for historic brownstone-replacing apartments in Harlem, from $659/month Hidden underground tunnel will take you from Rockefeller Center to Times Square Herzog & de Meuron will turn Gowanus’ graffiti-covered ‘Batcave’ into an art production factory This striking $3.9M duplex […]
Fine arts require fine drinks, and The Met now has a tea house worthy of sharing its historic halls. Tea Drunk at The Met, an outpost of the East Village’s popular Chinese teahouse, is now open on the balcony overlooking the museum’s Great Hall. Surrounded by antique Asian ceramics (a preview of the new exhibit Age of […]
Donald Trump proposed a mysterious pair of graveyards at the site of his tony golf course in Bedminster, NJ, one of which is for himself and his family. [Washington Post] Staten Island’s 139-year-old Holtermann’s Bakery offers staples from bygone eras like Pullman loaves, santarts, and their signature meltaway cake. [NYT] You can sign a petition urging Mayor […]
When master chocolatier Jacques Torres announced he was bringing a chocolate museum to Manhattan, we had our doubts. Last summer’s Museum of Ice Cream was an interactive art gallery rather than a historic exploration of the frozen treat, while the Museum of Feelings was little more than a pine-scented Instagram funhouse. Turns out you can be educational […]
Ten fun ferry-related historical facts about the New York City waterfront. [Untapped] Tomorrow is the last day to apply for Stuyvesant Town’s affordable housing lottery. [6sqft inbox] Mets right fielder Jay Bruce is renting a luxury pad in Midtown’s Aalto 57. [NYP] Bjarke Ingels‘ firm BIG launched an in-house engineering department, catering to their technically ambitious projects. [Dezeen] […]
Airbnb is conducting a competitive analysis of Craigslist to assess getting into the sublet and temporary rental market. [Bloomberg] The neighbor of the late Joan Rivers, who had a five-year legal battle with the building and Rivers, is now trying her “shabby” apartment as a rental. [Douglas Elliman] A look inside Jacques Torres‘ new chocolate museum. [NBC] Here are […]
Whenever there’s a chance for a moment of peace in this city, New Yorkers know to take it. This week, Grand Central is making your commute a little less stressful with a pop-up Japanese zen garden in Vanderbilt Hall, part of the station’s annual Japan Week taking place March 8-10. MORE DETAILS AT METRO NY…
Demolition can officially proceed at the contentious site of the Brooklyn Heights Library, where a 36-story luxury condo tower will rise. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] The 10,000-square-foot Hamptons home where Hillary and Bill Clintons summered in 2011 and 2012 has found a buyer. [NYO] The team behind the new Four Seasons says they want to turn the […]
Ridgewoood’s the Box Factory, a new hub for retail, dining, and creative office space, hopes to lure tenants from Manhattan and Williamsburg. [Curbed] In 2016, one-bedroom rents in NYC rose the most in the South Bronx. [NYT] Attend a panel discussion on Tribeca’s windowless AT&T building, thought to be an NSA surveillance site. [Swiss Institute] Ikea’s new […]
February’s 10 Most-Read Stories NYC’s top 10 wealthiest ZIP codes will surprise you ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah buys a $10M Stella Tower penthouse VIDEO: How a man lives and works in a 78-square-foot Hell’s Kitchen ‘studio’ Hamptons home prices sag as luxury buyers head to hipper Hudson Valley New Stuyvesant Town lottery opens […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released maps that detail the health trends of New Yorkers, from diabetes and obesity to binge drinking to health insurance and checkups. [Gothamist] Looking at the slew of sophisticated, well-designed affordable housing developments coming to the South Bronx. [NYT] The Historic Districts Council has a fun new app […]
It’s not even officially spring yet (that’ll be March 20) but the food trucks are already circling. NYC Food Truck Festival will be first out of the gate on March 12, organized by the Upper West Side’s excellent weekend flea market Grand Bazaar NYC. Eighteen food trucks including Gorilla Cheese, Neapolitan Pizza and Big D’s Grub […]
De Blasio’s 90 new homeless shelters will be located in the areas where New Yorkers last lived before applying for shelter. This interactive map shows where they’ll be. [Crain’s] Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was outed as last summer’s renter of the East Hampton estate where Jackie O spent her childhood summers. [NYP] The New York […]
In this post-election world that continues to divide the nation, drawing protests and striking fear into many people, taking a step back—and a deep breath—can be an extremely lofty goal. New Yorkers can attempt to turn that towering aspiration into a reality on March 19, when “Above the Clouds” mass meditation takes place in the […]
Jacques Torres will soon open “Choco-Story New York, The Chocolate Museum and Experience with Jacques Torres” at his Hudson Square location. [Eater] The city is seeking proposals for the first publicly-funded virtual reality and augmented reality lab. [DNAinfo] Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group is opening a $30 million restaurant at 28 Liberty Street; its 60th-floor […]
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