At around 10 a.m. this morning, a driver lost control of her car and ended up in the Hudson River near 94th Street. She managed to get out of her car and was fished out of the water two blocks north . [ more › ]
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Driver Loses Control Of Car, Plunges Into Hudson River
Earlier this week, Curbed NY broke the news that the NYC duplex penthouse where songsters George and Ira Gershwin lived in the 1930s has been listed for sale. It is here where the brothers composed Girl Crazy, the musical that would go on to launch Ethel Merman’s career and eventually be made into a movie three times, including one starring Judy Garland. Inside the three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom co-op—the floor, which the brothers used to occupy fully, has since been divided into three units—there’s a master suite, open living/dining room, a home office, and a marble bath. Outside, there’s a terrace overlooking the Hudson River and Riverside Park below. The mellifluous life is ripe for the taking for $2.5M; head to Curbed NY for additional photos and the floorplan porn. · George & Ira Gershwin’s UWS Penthouse Hits Market for $2.5M [Curbed NY]
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On the Market: This Place Belonged to Songsters George and Ira Gershwin
‘Tis the season, folks, for the age-old tradition of shopping. Welcome to Curbed’s 2011 Advent Calendar Gift Guide, where every day from now ’til Christmas a different paint stoke will flip around to reveal one suitably colored gift for the home. Click below to unveil today’s pick, and as the holidays draw nearer check out the whole kit ‘n’ caboodle. Here’s to all things merry and bright. Artists’ Canvas Collection Tray, $55, through Teroforma. Paint stroke photo: monbibi/ Shutterstock · All Gift Guide 2011 posts [Curbed National]
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Gift Guide 2010: December 15: Teroforma’s Artists’ Canvas Collection Tray
So that guy spotted taking a nap? As Curbed commenter @REames astutely pointed out, perhaps it’s not a guy at all but a woman. The Houston real estate blog Swamplot dug up more info on the situation, and it’s a case of soon-to-be-evicted tenants refusing to cooperate for the real estate agent. Apparently the wife wouldn’t budge. [ previously; Swamplot]
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Today in strange celebrity crossovers, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White will launch a line of bedding, lighting, and home accessories “inspired by skating, snowboarding, travel, music and art” that will be sold at Target starting later this month. You might think that a 25-year-old skate/snowboarder knows jack about home decor, but oh, how wrong you’d be! In an interview in today’s New York Times, White elaborates a bit on his creative process: “You go into Target and you realize that there’s that whole other half of the store. I had no idea! Man, it’s not just video games? Spatula set? Yes! I got crock pots, I had panini makers and all these things. I was losing my mind.” Then: “So, at this point, I knew what it took to line a home with things. I thought it was cool to do this, because I remember what it was like having my space, doing whatever I wanted, and it meant so much to me.” Included in the lineup will be things such as “hairy blue monster” piggy banks, a lamp with a skateboard-print shade, and reversible bedspreads: “You don’t have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets. I really dug that. Changeability, and then the dirty factor, for sure.” · Shaun White on Design and Skater Culture [NYT]
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Introductions: Snow/Skateboarder Shaun White to Launch Home Collection
Of course the canines in TriBeCa are getting a fancy park that includes amenities like “a dog-sized drinking fountain and gray-blue pavement designed to appear vibrant blue through a dog’s color-blind eyes,” not to mention “a playful water feature that dogs can activate by hopping on a bollard.” Of course! If approved, the rich bitch playground—which will cost “hundreds of thousands of dollars”—is to be located on a new two-block section of the Hudson River Park planned between North Moore and Laight Streets. [ more › ]
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Naturally, A Rich Bitch Dog Run Is Coming To TriBeCa
As far as we know, there have still been no smoking summons written over the city’s new smoking ban and, if a recently unveiled memo is correct , there may well never any written in Battery Park or Hudson River Park (and possibly the Brooklyn Bridge Park). Why? Because those parks are not technically city parks. [ more › ]
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Despite Ban, You Can Still Smoke In Battery Park
As Dominique Strauss-Kahn sits in his new luxurious house arrest abode (complete with blingy mob movie art ), his lawyers are now claiming they have evidence that could “gravely undermine” the Manhattan DA’s sexual assault case against the former head of the IMF. To which prosecutors basically say, are you kidding? [ more › ]
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DSK’s Lawyers Suggest Accuser Is Not So Credible
A few years back, Macy’s pissed off pretty much all of Brooklyn and Queens by moving their annual fireworks display to the Hudson River, so Hoboken basically got the best view. Those to the east retaliated with firework parties of their own, only occasionally blowing off their own arms. A few days ago, we got a tip indicating that the show might be relocating , but today comes the official word that yet again, the fireworks will be held over the Hudson. [ more › ]
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Suck It, Brooklyn: 4th Of July Fireworks Over The Hudson Again
Since he first was introduced as the new Archbishop of NY in 2009, Timothy Dolan has been direct about his negative feelings toward the idea of gay marriage . But Dolan thinks that you still aren’t getting him, so like all modern Renaissance men, he took to his blog by candlelight and furiously scribed a passionate screed on the history of marriage, why the Catholic Church isn’t anti-gay, and the Orwellian nature of the pro-gay marriage lobby. There’s no way anyone could possibly be offended by any of this, right? Here’s juicy excerpt: [ more › ]
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Archbishop Dolan On Gay Marriage Fight: "Orwellian Social Engineering"