Chatting with a second generation steel casement window restoration craftsman. [Find Everything Historic] Using data from Yelp, this map shows the most local and touristy spots in 16 major cities. In NYC, Yorkville is the most local, and the Theater District is the most touristy. [Washington Post] On Friday night, for the first time, the Empire […]
Friday night’s VIP grand opening of the new Whitney was so packed with 3,000 people that the museum was worried about the art. [NYP] Inside the World Trade Center showroom. [Tribeca Citizen] Rats take at least 2,800 steps a day, but rarely go more than 600 feet from their birthplace. Find out how NYC’s rats get where they’re […]
Interior Pictures Revealed for Demi Moore’s $75M San Remo Penthouse Subway Rent Map Shows Manhattan Rental Prices Along Each Train Line City’s First Micro-Apartment Project ‘MY Micro NY’ Ready for Stacking Charming ‘Back House’ Apartment Is a Tiny Treasure in the West Village New Renderings Revealed for 217 West 57th Street, the Will-Be Tallest Residential […]
Here’s five subway lines New York hasn’t built but should. [CityLab] The Tenement Museum is crowdfunding to preserve and repair its building at 97 Orchard Street. [Bowery Boogie] Floridians pay the most in NYC parking tickets outside of the Northeast. Those from Wyoming pay the least. See how much each state, and some countries, pay per year. [I Quant NY] Map […]
There’s a $10 million precious stone hidden in plain sight at Grand Central. [Business Insider] Grand Central also used to have its own movie theater. [Gothamist] Lower East Side History Month kicks off in May. Here’s a list of all the events, including exhibits, walking tours, film screenings, and more. [The Lo-Down] If you’re looking […]
Data shows that taxi drivers are costing commuters money when making trips to LaGuardia. [Value Penguin] A nine-foot Hello Kitty Time Capsule is coming to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. The translucent sculpture will get filled with people’s memories. [Untapped] Take a ride on one of NYC’s tugboats, which are making a comeback in marine freight towing. [Animal] How Earth Day […]
The restored façade of St. Patrick’s Cathedral © 6sqft
When hip-hop first went corporate: to rappers in the early ’90s, starring in a malt liquor commercial “was a sign of cultural legitimacy and upward mobility.” [The Atlantic] The New York Times has invented the Listening Table, a conference table that not only transcribes meetings, but knows when they’re important. [Fast Co. Design] From a small […]
Chinese immigrants are now the second largest foreign-born group in the city, and with an influx of newcomers to Brooklyn, smaller Chinatowns are popping up. [NYT] How did the Chelsea Piers go from an important site for transatlantic travel to one of New York’s leading modern sports complexes? [The Bowery Boys] Subway ridership in New […]
Never-Built Hudson River Bridge Would Have Been Twice the Length of the George Washington Bridge Construction Update: SOM’s 252 East 57th Street Getting Its Glass Skin $1,795 LES Rental Proudly Features a Shower in the Kitchen Enormous ‘Authentic and Locally Curated’ Food Hall Coming to Downtown Brooklyn This Map Lets You Explore NYC’s 592,130 Street […]
Why is Chelsea’s Ehrich Building covered in letter K’s? [Forgotten NY] Starting tonight, the MTA will close the L line between Manhattan and Williamsburg. In light of the major inconvenience, Uber is offering $5 rides between neighborhoods along the shuttered line. [NYDN] You can buy a $195 knife made from Coney Island boardwalk wood. [Curbed] […]
The New York Public Library is launching a new website called OLDNYC.ORG that will take all NYPL’s digitized images and tie them to a geo-location. [Bowery Boogie] Denmark’s quirky, super-affordable home decor chain Tiger is coming to NYC with a 5,000-square-foot Flatiron store opening next month. Ninety percent of the store’s colorful products will be under […]
A new book recounts what life was like as a squatter in the ’90s. [Bedford + Bowery] We know it’s going to cost $32 to visit One World Observatory, but you’ll have to pay the admission fee even if you just want to dine at one of the top-floor restaurants. [NYP] The Whitney museum will throw […]
A brief history of Orchard Street’s oldest stores. [DNAinfo] Take a journey around NYC following a 1997 tourist guide. [Hopes&Fears] Space coffee just got a whole lot better… astronauts can now drink a fresh cup of joe from a fancy new espresso machine. [The Atlantic] The best date spot near every Manhattan subway stop. [Thrillist […]
After a painstaking conservation job, a 33,000-pound, 20-foot section of the Berlin Wall belonging to Jerry I. Speyer, chairman of the Tishman Speyer real estate company, will return to Midtown. [NYT] Preservationists and local elected officials will try again to have Coney Island’s iconic boardwalk designated a scenic landmark. [Brooklyn Daily] Is Biggie Smalls becoming […]
Interior Renderings for SHoP’s 111 West 57th Street Tower Revealed Los Angeles Has Designed the Perfect Parking Sign–Can NYC Take Note? Bill Ackman Closes on One57 Penthouse for $91.5M, Second Most Expensive Condo Sale Ever VIDEO: Meet the ‘Pimps and Hos’ of Seedy ’70s Times Square You Can Now Tour the Gowanus Canal Without Catching […]
See Staten Island like you’ve never seen it before during tomorrow’s Tour de Staten Island bike ride. [Transportation Alternatives] Then and now: The Brooklyn Eagle Building. [Brownstoner] Winners announced for the 25th Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards. El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, Kings Theatre, and the Times’ Streetscapes columnist Christopher Gray are among the recipients. […]
An “Amazing Race” inspired scavenger hunt coming to Harlem includes hot yoga, blind taste tests, and painting. [DNAinfo] The history of the Leslie Apartments in Forest Hills Gardens. [Brownstoner Queens] NYC once again is ranked the most walkable city in the country. [CityLab] The block on which Norman Rockwell was born, West 103rd Street between […]
New website consolidates information about donations and resources following the Second Avenue explosion. [East Village Relief] Calling all ’90s kids–check out the most special items in Bill Nye the Science Guy’s Chelsea apartment. [NYT] A Buffalo restaurant offers a 10 percent discount to patrons who stay off their smartphones. [NYDN] 35 years ago this week, the MTA went […]
Third Avenue between 104th to 125th Streets in East Harlem is a relic of discount stores with audacious branding. Check out the best signage. [A Fine Blog] The “World Trade Center Ship” will dock permanently at the New York State Museum in Albany. [NYT] Five eclectic New York City-area places are nominated for the National Register of Historic Places, […]
This Trailer Home in the Hamptons Wants $1.2 Million New Rendering and Teaser Site Released for 111 West 57th Street Design Vidal’s Peter Hassler Breathes New Life into an Historic Bed-Stuy Brownstone 10-Foot-Wide ‘Skinny House’ in Mamaroneck Is an Historic Work with a Heart-Warming Story Chinatown, Once Unchanged, Now Attracting Hipsters–and Real Estate Developers Believe […]
The first major exhibition of Brooklyn-born artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s notebooks opens today. [Brooklyn Museum] Sources are reporting that Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters will work out of two full floors at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights. [Politico] This 1974 government document shows how to make a proper cocktail. [Washington Post] There’s an Occupy Wall Street walking tour. […]
To help cover increased costs at their new $422 million Renzo Piano-designed home, the Whitney Museum will raise ticket prices from $20 to $22. [NYT] Katie Holmes had a secret underground entrance to the Whole Foods at the Chelsea Mercantile building. [Gawker] New Keith Haring exhibit at TBD Gallery on Allen Street goes back to the […]
Just by reorienting subway benches, researchers have discovered they can prevent drunken subway accidents by up to 90%. [Fast Co. Design] Calling all rabbit owners, you don’t want to miss tomorrow’s Bunny Beauty Pageant. [NYDN] Midtown, Williamsburg, and the Financial District have been used as filming locations the most over the past few years, according to […]
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