Archive for August, 2007
Last Weekend for Swimming at City Pools, Beaches
This Labor Day weekend is not just the unofficial final weekend of summer - it’s the official final weekend to enjoy the city’s beaches and pools. After Monday, the 14 miles of beaches and 52 outdoor pools (including the Floating Pool - which will be heading to the Bronx for the summer of 2008) …
Back-to-School Backfires for Students at Closing School
A private New Jersey high school is closing days before the start of the school year, leaving teachers jobless and students scrambling for a new school. The private Jewish day school in Teaneck, New Jersey, the Metropolitan Schechter High School, announced abruptly final week that it does not have a…
Televison Watching: Bolaris, Couric, Anchors, Absence, and Mad
Bye Bye Bolaris?
It looks like WCBS meteorologist John Bolaris may really be leaving town, as Newsday reported on Tuesday that he sold his domestic in Wainscott, lengthy Island for $2.695 million. However, the Newsday piece did say that he was planning to buy a new house “south of Montauk Highway”…
Woman’s Body Wrapped in Plastic, Hidden Under Hotel Bed
Yesterday, a housekeeper found a female body wrapped in trashcan bags and stuffed under a bed in Room 608 of the Hotel Carter. The woman, described as a white woman in her 20s, was not carrying any identification and the ME’s office is conducting an autopsy to determine her cause of death; WABC 7 s…
Thanks to that Week’s Advertisers
Fierce People for making our family seem so much less dysfunctional than the family in the film - yikes!
Visa Signature for making us want to cook Thai food with their fine wine & food event.
Roc…
Vandal Squad vs Graffiti Artists-Video of the Day
Beat This was directed by Dick Fontaine and includes foo…
Man Swims Around Manhattan Three Times
Skip Storch isn’t crazy, although you might think he is considering the feat he accomplished Thursday. Storch, a 50 year-old marathon swimmer, swam around Manhattan three times, finishing the journey in a record 32 hours, 52 minutes, 30 seconds. Why would anyone want to jump into the waters arou…
The Cinecultist’s Weekly Repertory Pick: Careening Cars Edition
The French Connection
(directed by William Friedkin)
Film Forum through September 6th
A New York City procedural cop film classic and the winner of five Academy Awards, a new 35 mm print of The French Connection gets a one-week run at Film Forum starting that weekend. Starring Gene Hackman as the p…
Friday PM Linkage
Excuse us while we shut the laptop a little early nowadays. We’ll see everyone back here Tuesday with some exciting Curbed news. Until next, Happy Labor Day weekend.
· Starving artists may be priced back in to gentrified neighborhoods [amNY]
· Folky signs still support Bards at Chelsea Hotel […
Openings Roundup
Market Table — Mike Price, previously of the Mermaid Inn has partnered with the Little Owl’s Joey Campanaro and Gabriel Stulman, moved into the former Shopsins space and created a market/restaurant where, among other things, they’ll be selling the kick-ass pork chops served at the Little Owl so you…
BPC Turkey Freaking Owns Labor Day Weekend
The bird was reportedly “near the south end of the park, approach South Ferry on a large lawn that had been roped off.” And with that, my week of guest editing at Curbed is done. Happy enlarged weekend. —QC
· A Turkey in Manhattan [Mokka mit Schlag]
· Back in BPC, Turkey Re-Owns the Freak…
Post-Deutsche Bank Fire, Week 2 Roundup
It’s been just approximately two weeks since the 7-alarm fire at the Deutsche Bank building, and the city and state are still trying to figure out how to proceed with the WTC-dust contaminated building’s dismantling. The Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to the Lower Manhattan Developme…
Week in Rock, Volume 35
Bookeaters Return!
What started off as an excellent concert lineup just got better and better as the date approached. The additions of Spoon’s Britt Daniel and Kevin Drew were a bonus treat. Music, reading and charity aside, perhaps the biggest wow moment was show headliner Jim James’ new closely c…
