Concert pianist Inon Barnatan looks to unload his Harlem loft for $2.25 million NYC’s top 10 wealthiest ZIP codes will surprise you VIDEO: How a man lives and works in a 78-square-foot Hell’s Kitchen ‘studio’ Vince Clarke’s gorgeous Park Slope townhouse asks $6M after Roman and Williams haute-goth makeover A High Line-esque bridge and park […]
BlackRock has already signed on for 15 floors at Norman Foster’s 50 Hudson Yards (the will-be most expensive office building in the city). Now, Morgan Stanley may take the remaining two million square feet. [WSJ] Iconic New York writer Fran Lebowitz paid $3.1 million for a condo at the Chelsea Mercantile. [LL NYC] Don’t know […]
Carmen La Luz has painted, plumbed and performed assorted odd jobs from Chelsea to the Bronx for 40 years. On the brink of her 87th birthday, she can look back on her life as a pioneer, a woman in what had traditionally been a man’s job: a building superintendent. Female supers in New York City […]
An artist worked with the original production designer of “Seinfeld” to create a miniature version of Jerry’s apartment. The $400 model features more than 100 tiny elements. [Gothamist] For one week, Times Square is getting a Pop-Tarts cafe, complete with personal Pop-Tarts pizzas and burritos. [TONY] After a year and a half on the rental market, the […]
Now that it seems like winter is rearing its ugly head in New York, the city is looking for some extra help to keep its residents safe. As the white stuff piled up around the five boroughs Thursday morning, the Department of Sanitation shared on its Twitter account a posting calling for temporary snow laborers. FIND […]
There are a lot of great cities in the U.S., but when you factor in value, jobs, quality of life and desirability, some are better than others. U.S. News & World Report analyzed the 100 most populous metro areas in the country to find the best places to live, and the rankings might surprise you. New York […]
A Greenpoint laundromat adds a 100 percent surcharge for orders that “include garments bearing the Trump brand name.” [Brokelyn] At $18 a pop, the cups of coffee at Alpha Dominche’s Extraction Lab in Sunset Park are the country’s most expensive. [Gothamist] Inscape, a new luxury meditation studio in Flatiron, was designed as a cross between “4th […]
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Times Square is giving a Valentine to all the immigrants of New York City. A new heart-shaped sculpture called “We Were Strangers Once Too” will be unveiled today on Duffy Square, which won the Times Square Alliance’s ninth annual heart-themed design competition for Valentine’s Day. It’s made up of 33 rods ringed in red and […]
High Line co-founder Robert Hammond says they “failed” at creating a place for the neighborhood. Here’s how he’s course-correcting in NYC and around the world. [CityLab] The Port Authority has issued an RFP for an engineering firm to lead work on the new LaGuardia AirTrain. [Commercial Observer] Keith Haring’s sister created a picture book so children […]
Nowadays, in this age of social media and hyper-mass-marketing, it seems there’s a “National “Day” for everything: sunglasses, hot dogs, ice cream, etc. Yesterday was National Weatherpersons’ Day, and it’s a fun day to ponder the incredible strides we’ve made in our still-young science of meteorology. Started in the ‘90s, the day commemorates American surgeon and […]
There was a Bowling Green Massacre, but in 1643 when European soldiers and settlers killed dozen of Lenape people in southern Manhattan. [Indian Country Media Network] Is Snapchat the new way to rent apartments? [NYP] Icelandic pop star Björk got $2.2 million for her historic home in the upstate celebrity enclave Snedens Landing. [Variety] The Department […]
Karim Rashid’s East Harlem HAP Five gets its bright pink trim The mysterious origins of the famous New York Egg Cream In just a month, Second Avenue Subway eases congestion on the Lexington Avenue line by 11 percent Hidden tunnel connecting New Yorker Hotel to Penn Station unearthed Lendlease-Turner selected as design-build team for $1.5B […]
New Yorkers hoping to bring two breedable pandas from China to Central Park have reached out to President Donald Trump’s older sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, for help. The idea is a stretch, though the president did rebuild Wollman Rink near the Central Park Zoo in the 1980s for half the cost the city was […]
Today through Sunday, coffee shops throughout NYC and the country are partnering with the ACLU to donate proceeds and match contributions. [Sprudge] The history of how David Ruggles’ Tribeca home was a stop on the Underground Railroad that first welcomed Frederick Douglass to New York. [Bowery Boys] This breakfast station is a coffee maker, toaster, and […]
With more than 175 million square feet of real estate, NYCHA joins the the NYC Carbon Challenge to reduce greenhouse emissions by at least 30 percent over 10 years. [DNAinfo] The Aluminaire House, an early modernist icon, will be moved from storage in Long Island to Palm Springs for Modernism Week. [The Architect’s Newspaper] Get an […]
What would a day without a Yemeni look like? That’s what New York will find out when 1,000 Yemeni grocery stores close their doors on Thursday in protest of President Trump’s travel ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. From noon until 8 p.m., Yemeni-owned and run bodegas and groceries across the five boroughs will […]
Can Juno be the labor-friendly alternative to Uber? [Curbed] For its “Meet the Breeds” event this year, the Westminster Dog Show will welcome cats for the first time. [USA Today] Food carts might also be required to post health department letter grades. [NYDN] In February, the average home sells for 6.1 percent less than the rest of the year; […]
Countries of origin for NYC’s refugees in 2002; map: DNAinfo
As promised, President Donald Trump issued an executive order January 20, just hours after taking the oath of office, that began the process of appealing the Affordable Care Act. Repeal will leave an estimated 18 million uninsured in the first plan year following repeal, then 32 million by 2026, according to official estimates, but the true impact […]
The Hamptons’ Sagaponack community is the most expensive zip code in the country. Tribeca zip codes take spots 3, 6, and 12. [Business Insider] From the Studio Museum’s “Black Cowboys” exhibit to a Green-Wood Cemetery trolley tour, here are 14 ways to celebrate Black History Month in NYC. [Untapped] Donald Trump has transferred 71 NYC properties, […]
Gotham West Market’s outpost at The Ashland is officially open, bringing 16,000 square feet of food hall deliciousness to Fort Greene. [Metro] A new report based on home values and census data says that Charleston is the fastest gentrifying city in the nation. Jersey City is the eighth. [Curbed] The city brings in roughly $2 million a […]
Underneath Essex Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, an experiment in the future of urban development has flourished. The world’s first underground park, the Lowline Lab, opened in October 2015 after a successful Kickstarter, offering an urban oasis for visitors while giving researchers unprecedented data on channeling sunlight underground to create green space where no […]
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