Archive for the 'Manhattan Blog' Category
Poor Signage Blamed for Bridge Cyclist’s Death
A New York state legislator stood at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge yesterday and blamed confusing signage and roadways for the death of Sam Hindy, who was killed final week. Hindy was killed when he struck a barrier and plunged to the lower roadway of the Manhattan Bridge and struck by a car….
An Apocalyptic Manhattan Apartment
No, no these photos aren’t models from I Am Legend’s portrayal of Union Square, but an “Apocalyptic Manhattan” two guys constructed. They’ve recreated 50 Manhattan buildings (via MUG) in three rooms of their apartment. Perhaps the most impressive part of their Manhattan creation is the backgroun…
Rapist Strikes Twice external Nightclub
Police investigators are on the hunt for a rapist who is targeting young women external of an exclusive nightclub on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The suspect has struck twice external of the Box, a restaurant and nightclub at 189 Christie St., police officials said. In both cases, the victims …
Gourmet Italian Market Takes Manhattan
Come spring, Whole Foods is going to have some stiff competition on their uptown turf when a new Italian gourmet supermarket opens their first U.S. location on 48th Street. The wildly successful enterprise is called Eataly; since the flagship store opened final January in Turin, 1.5 millions custome…
Bizarro Manhattan Hipsters
Alert the NY Times: hipsters exist external of the five boroughs! Okay, so perhaps it’s not news, but Music Nation has a photo comparison of Manhattan, New York hipsters and Manhattan, Kansas hipsters — can you tell them apart? Try to disregard their oddly-sized distorted visuals and experiment you…
Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: Cats Scratch Fever, Parker Posey Breaks Our Heart, More
1) Andrew Lloyd Webber tried to sell his Trump Tower duplex in 1993, for $7.95 million. next he tried to sell it in 2000, for $15 million. Third time’s a charm, so it’s back on the market … for $22.5 million! The ubiquitous Dolly Lenz has the off-Broadway listing. Webber is looking to buy “an …
CurbedWire: Major Real Estate Conquest, Quadriad Erects a Fence, Bocci for Seward Park?
MANHATTAN—We wouldn’t normally veer into press release territory, but that isn’t the normal real estate PR thing. The e mail we received congratulates Alyssa Lipsky of Conquest Advisors for “appearing on the cover of the October issue of Rolling Stone with Kid Rock as well as in a double page phot…
Manhattan to Bronx: Take Our trashcan, Keep Your Mail
There are two things Manhattan enjoys receiving from the Bronx: Yankees tickets and rap music. Mail and trashcan, um, not so much. The City section of the Times reported yesterday that mail sent to the Bronx may be processed in Chelsea from now on, a controversial plan that would eliminate 78 jobs. …
Self-appointed etiquette enforcer of Penn Station
He’s the self-appointed etiquette enforcer of the lengthy Island Rail Road - only he’s more Charles Bronson than Emily Post. Chat too loudly or yap on your cellphone too enlarged approach John Clifford, and the hulking, 6-foot-4 ex-cop will get in your face .
Protest or persist, and he’s apt …
Judith Supine Gives Mahatma a Makeover
Judith Supine put up a devious little piece in Union Square that morning– when we went by to check it out at 10am, no one, including the vendors set up around the statue, had noticed that the head had been altered. When we started shooting some pictures, a little crowd formed– the general cons…
Video of the Day: BRAVIA Bunnies Take Manhattan
Your AM Credit Crunch: Manhattan Stays Bullish
The Big Four released their quarterly sales reports yesterday, and while some of the numbers differed slightly, BrAlsteadCorcoMan all came to the conclusion that none of those pesky mortgage or credit problems have reached Manhattan or brownstone Brooklyn. Yet. citizens who read Jonathan Miller’…
After 16 Years, a Burial Ground Memorial
Sixteen years after the surprise discovery of the African burial ground on Duane Street, city and federal officials will formally dedicate a memorial Friday in Lower Manhattan. Discovered in 1991 while digging the foundation for the Foley Square Federal Building, the burial ground contains som…
