Apparently, people in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have a very hard time spelling Hanukkah. [Mental Floss] The first Manhattanhenge occurs this weekend. Here’s the full summer schedule for the phenomenon. [Gothamist] Revisiting the early days of the Chrysler Building as it turns 85. [Curbed] Battery Park is now just the Battery. And its […]
The Spotted Pig owners will officially open a four-story restaurant at the top of 70 Pine Street. [NYP] William Randolph Hearst stored a 12th century Spanish monastery in a Brooklyn warehouse for 26 years. [Untapped] Take a look inside this artist couple’s bright, floral, and fantastical Soho loft. [Curbed] It’s that time of year again… dumpster diving […]
Looking back at the lost Dakota Stables, built for the use of the Dakota tenants, as well as the UWS neighborhood. [Daytonian in Manhattan] Take a day trip upstate to Kykuit, the 40-room mansion and impressive sculpture garden that were once the Rockefeller family estate. [Curbed] Does NYC have the best bagels because of its soft water? Find […]
Bradley Cooper Scopes Out an $8.5M Three-Bedroom in Tribeca’s Hubert Be the Third Family Ever to Own This 18th Century Dutch House in the Hudson Valley VIDEO: Preview the Interiors of Jean Nouvel’s MoMA Tower Ahead of This Week’s Sales Launch ‘Girls’ Star Zosia Mamet Buys Unimpressive Upper West Side Co-op for $1.2M Community Board […]
Minnesota-based artist HOT TEA used 120 gallons of rainbow-colored paint to transform a Roosevelt Island swimming pool. [Colossal] Geodesic dome creator Buckminster Fuller had a pretty hefty FBI file. Find out what these documents say. [Gizmodo] Go inside the secret basement that powers New York’s wireless subway network. [Fast Co.] How the Twin Towers went from […]
Head to the Queens Theatre on May 22 and 23 for the world premier of “Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion,” a documentary about the history of Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion. [Brownstoner Queens] Like your burger delivered to you by a waitress on roller skates? Here’s a list of drive-in restaurants near NYC. [Gothamist] Hudson Yards […]
The exact reason why the subways are so gross and dirty. [Business Insider] The Met has finally decided what to do with the old Whitney building. [Vulture] New Yorkers want the feeling of the suburbs without having to move out to the Hamptons. [Huffington Post] Relax in these 10 happiness-inducing indoor hammocks. [Remodelista] The Spotted […]
The most expensive tourist attractions in NYC. Just another reason not to bring your out-of-town guests there. [Mashable] Life-saving and super cool LED turn signal cycling gloves beat those hand signals (that no one ever uses anyway!) any day. [Boing Boing] Though promised to be open to the public, the Vito Schnabel art gallery ended up not […]
Extell Shoots for a $4.4B Sellout with the Nordstrom Tower, the Most Expensive Ever Official Rendering Revealed for the Nordstrom Tower Bradley Cooper Scopes Out an $8.5M Three-Bedroom in Tribeca’s Hubert NYC’s 1940s ‘Dream Airport’ Would Have Been on a Giant Midtown Rooftop Louvered ‘Shore House’ Is a Contemporary Beauty Along the Amagansett Coast Place […]
The Brooklyn Half Marathon is this Saturday; some streets will be closed and the race ends at the Coney Island boardwalk. Good luck to all! [Sheepshead Bites] Foreign money: This map shows the city’s Chinese-backed real estate developments. [Curbed] As “Mad Men” signs off, a bench outside the Time-Life Building in Midtown will immortalize Don Draper for the summer. [Pentagram] Six tiny […]
Here’s an excuse to head up to Upper Manhattan. Setting sail tomorrow, the S.S. Hangover will launch its six-week installation showing people the wonders of the northern end of Central Park [Untapped Cities] 39 Citi Bike stations will pop up in the Upper West Side by late summer [DNAinfo] Sad to see the Snowden bust go? Now you can get a […]
Ikea’s latest Life at Home report focuses on the kitchen. Turns out, 46 percent of New Yorkers cook almost every weekday and 81 percent enjoy the art of cooking. But, no surprise here, we hardly ever eat in our kitchens or dining rooms. [IKEA] Photos of ’90s newsstands show a grittier and cheaper New York City. [Daily Intelligencer] This Saturday […]
LiveTrain NYC maps eight subway lines using actual train location data from the MTA. [CityLab] Researching the history of your Brooklyn brownstone? Here’s how to find the original blueprints. [Brownstoner] Tribeca’s AT&T Long Lines Building was constructed to withstand a nuclear blast and be self-sufficient for two weeks. [Ephemeral NY] In honor of Bike to […]
Take a photo tour of the Croton Water Plant, which is expected to treat about 290 million gallons of water a day. [Gothamist] Roy Lichtenstein meets cartography… check out these graphic world maps that were inspired by the iconic pop artist. [CityLab] “You agree to go to Smorgasburg, then spend the entire afternoon complaining about the crowds.” […]
New York Times Columnist Frank Bruni Nabs a Broadway Corridor Pad for $1.65M New Renzo Piano-Designed Residential Tower to Rise in Soho Amy Poehler and Will Arnett’s Former West Village Home Asks $10 Million Gowanus Brownstone Has an Inhabitable Blob in Its Living Room VIDEO: Bjarke Ingels Takes Us Through His 57th Street Pyramid ‘Courtscraper’ […]
New York is by far the most wasteful megacity in the world. [Motherboard] Walking through Bensonhurst’s forgotten Old New Utrecht Cemetery, which dates back to the 1600s. [Bensonhurst Bean] The second location of By Brooklyn, a shop selling only goods made in the branded borough, opens in Williamsburg. [DNAinfo] Win a chance to take a […]
Here is the perfect place for obnoxious foodie Instagrammers. [Fast Co. Design] Small business owners on the UWS aren’t letting unsightly scaffolding get in their way. They’re decking the sidewalk sheds out in flowers and balloons and even hanging colorful umbrellas from them. [DNAinfo] Urban water slide company Slide the City is looking to bring […]
The #1 Instagram from the new Whitney is Glenn Ligon’s Rückenfigur. Here’s the list of the other 14. [Bedford + Bowery] Seven Santiago Calatrava sculptures are coming to Park Avenue. [Curbed] Click through some of the most stunning abandoned places in NYC. [NYP] Puerto Ricans, Nevadans, and Floridians wear the highest heels in the country. Surprisingly, New Yorkers […]
A Brooklyn-based architecture firm looks at rebuilding the original Penn Station to accommodate modern transportation. [Curbed] Nancy Cartwright, the voice behind Bart Simpson, sculpted a bust of her famous character, which was unveiled this weekend in Midtown. [Gothamist] Looking back at the Dorilton, an apartment house that evokes “memories of Paris.” [Ephemeral NY] New essay collection from […]
April’s 10 Most-Read Stories Interior Pictures Revealed for Demi Moore’s $75M San Remo Penthouse Subway Rent Map Shows Manhattan Rental Prices Along Each Train Line Demi Moore Puts Famed San Remo Penthouse on the Market for $75M New Yorker Spotlight: Meet the Human Behind The Dogist, Elias Weiss Friedman City’s First Micro-Apartment Project ‘MY Micro […]
Don’t miss Sunday’s annual Greenwich Village house tour…highlights include a famous artist’s studio and a townhouse that can link its history to the Croton Aqueduct. [GVSHP] Today on Wall Street, Starbucks has launched a model of its “express” store where your coffee will be ready by the time you get up to the counter. [Refinery29] A Seattle […]
Hahaha vs. Hehehe. You’ll never text-laugh the same again after reading this. [New Yorker] After 21 years at the Orpheum Theatre, STOMP is leaving the East Village over “poor theater conditions.” [Bowery Boogie] Do your good deed for the month and help count how many people pass through Washington Square Park. The data will go […]
Can you spot the landmarks and pop culture references in this crazy detailed drawing? [Curbed] The most-used emojis by Americans are pizza and the chicken drumstick (hmmm…). Learn what emojis other nations favor. [WNYC] One third of NYC gas complaints aren’t fully inspected. Take a look at this unfortunate trend in map form. [WNYC] The MTA is […]
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