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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Did you know Pleistocene-era mollusks have been discovered in Manhattan? This interactive map plots every dinosaur fossil found on Earth. [Popular Mechanics] Philip Johnson’s Wiley House in New Canaan, CT gets a $2 million price chop. [Inhabitat] This Williamsburg speakeasy is hidden by the freezer door in a Mexican bodega. [Untapped] Sales launch at 75 […]

Exploring the recovery and development boom of Newark. [Bloomberg] Documents from the White House show that Jared Kushner retains some real estate holdings associated with Kushner Companies, despite stepping down as CEO. [TRD] The city, who owns the trademark for Tavern on the Green, is taking legal action against a NJ firm that wants to franchise the […]

Disney Research created a new technology that can wirelessly power an entire room and charge devices. [Travel + Leisure] Ellen DeGeneres and Walmart are donating $1.6 million to send the graduating class of Red Hook’s Summit Academy Charter School to any SUNY school on four-year scholarships. [DNAinfo] See all 60,000+ New York Times front pages since 1852 […]

The Renwick Hotel opened its Gertrude Stein Suite, the first in the historic building dedicated to a female author. [Conde Naste Traveler] Though Mayor de Blasio asked for $35 million in federal funding to cover Trump Tower security for 73 days, it actually only cost $25 million. [Gothamist] The Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative wants […]

The Driverless Future Challenge seeks proposals that actively shape the city’s response to driverless cars. [Blank Space] Gwyneth Paltrow is opening her second 3 Green Hearts cafe in Midtown, which will serve gluten-free kale ravioli and “healthy” frosting shots and offer a meal delivery service from partner Tracy Anderson. [Eater] Find out how to win an unlimited MetroCard […]

Vote to have this LEGO version of Grand Central Terminal made into a real block set. [LEGO Ideas] To fill the gap left when Cobble Hill’s beloved BookCourt closed, local novelist Emma Straub is opening Books Are Magic on Smith Street. [Gothamist] Eighty-six percent of all $2 million+ home sales over the past three years […]

Designer Kelly Behun created a completely shoppable model apartment on the 92nd floor of 432 Park. [Arch Digest] How the MoMA Store has become an unlikely champion of products that got their start on Kickstarter. [Fast Co. Design] Only five original owners from the ’50s remain in their Frank Lloyd Wright homes. Meet the young couples who […]

Less than a month after listing it for $5.75 million, Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh sold his Tribeca loft that’s directly below Taylor Swift’s abode. [LL NYC] FBI releases 400 pages of records from an investigation into racial discrimination at Donald Trump’s apartment buildings in the 1970s. [Politico] The Chelsea townhouse where Clement Clarke Moore wrote […]

Governor Cuomo signed a bill that squashed a law that would have imposed a five-cent fee on plastic bags in NYC. [NYT] After citing safety concerns when the media reported his new Prospect Lefferts Gardens address, Ta-Nehisi Coates has sold the brownstone for $2.1 million. [NYP] NYU is ready to start construction on its $1 billion, […]

How are bodega flowers so cheap when florists are so expensive? The answer lies in their life cycle. [Gothamist] Housing Works History is a new online multimedia exhibition that uses oral histories, archival ephemera, and architecture to tell the organization’s 27-year history helping New Yorkers who are homeless and living with HIV/AIDS. [Fast Co. Design] Just […]

Chinatown’s traditional restaurants are being replaced by “uptown-style” establishments. Is this causing the entire ‘hood to lose its charm? [NYP] 105 Valentines for architects and architecture lovers. [ArchDaily] How the Queens museum supports immigrant communities. [Next City] At 8:30am at the Met, you can partake in the the “Museum Workout,” a dance-art-performance fitness class that goes […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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; […]