Sad day for fans of smooth jazz crooners: When the current cat-displacing renovations at The Algonquin Hotel are over, one of the famed hotel’s many famous features will not be coming back . No, we aren’t talking about the round table. According to a hotel spokesman, ” The once popular cabaret Oak Room will close to make room for an expanded Blue Bar which will still serve up its classic Dirty Martinis and Manhattans.” [ more › ]
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The Algonquin’s Oak Room Has Sung Its Last Torch Song
Spotted in Lisbon’s D. Pedro IV square: “Frozen Trees,” an installation consisting of 2,400 IKEA plastic bag dispensers, all repurposed into a stunning light display. The series of 30 LED-illuminated towers was dreamed up by LIKE Architects. [Inhabitat]
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In the wake of the alleged Whitehall station subway pervert , Gawker received an account of one woman ‘s experience having a guy apparently pleasure himself while watching her on a train. And she has video. [ more › ]
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Horrible: Seeing Guy Masturbate While He Stares At You On The Subway
The history of Broadway is littered with ill-advised sequels that didn’t quite work (see: Bring Back Birdie or The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public ) but the biggest sequel of them all, the Phantom followup Love Never Dies (in which the masked musician moves to Coney Island to open the “Phantasma”), will most likely never even make it to the Great White Way. But! It will be playing on 42nd Street. At least a filmed version of it will. Camp fans might want to mark February 28th and March 7th on their calendars! [ more › ]
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Phantom 2 Is Coming To New York (Movie Theaters)
Chart via Zillow The folks over at Zillow Blog brilliantly assembled the housing strategies of the 2012 presidential candidates into the chart above. Obama’s plan is pretty much diametrically opposed to the general stance held by GOP frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and it’s no surprise that his endorsement of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (which would allow homeowners to refinance at less than 4 percent) hasn’t been sitting well with Republicans. Below, find the enlargeable chart; head to the WSJ Developments blog for further elaboration. Click to expand! Chart via Zillow Click to expand! Chart via Zillow · What are the Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Housing Plans? [Zillow via Inman News ] · New Obama Housing Plan Not Winning Republican Fans [WSJ]
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Cool Chart Thing: Here, a Guide to the Presidential Candidates’ Housing Plans
This week Vahram Muratyan ‘s book Paris Versus New York was released, which we only heard about after seeing some Tweets about an event at the Standard last night that no one told us about. La baise Français! Anyway, the book is very visually compelling, comparing the two cities with some gorgeous graphic design work, with a subtitle: A Tally of Two Cities. Muratyan is French-born, but has lived in New York before, and recently told CNN what he misses about either city when he’s not there: [ more › ]
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A Visual Comparison: Paris Versus New York City
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We’d love to see what you’ve got. Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: San Francisco, Calif. Price: $8,850,000 The Skinny: Commissioned by “a prominent lawyer and San Francisco Mayoral candidate” in 1894, this gray-and-white Victorian occupies a prized corner on one of San Francisco’s best streets, a section of Broadway known as “Billionaire’s Row.” Compared to some of the other sprawling mansions on the street, this one is a bit cheaper, even at $8.85M, but still enjoys spectacular downhill views from the upper levels. Measuring over 7,000 square feet, this four-story manse boasts six bedrooms, five bathrooms, and yards upon yards of original details. Wood paneling and beamed ceilings line the entertaining rooms, where the furnishings lose the historic plot. The updated kitchen, too, is a less than convincing historic replica, though at this price point a renovation is never out of the question. According to our colleagues over at Curbed SF, this place has been on and off the MLS over the past few months. Perhaps the owners just aren’t quite ready to part with it. · 2500 Broadway Street [Zillow] · Pacific Heights: Handsome Victorian Takes $650K Off the Top, Maybe, Almost [Curbed SF]
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House of the Day: A Turn-of-the-Century Mansion on Storied San Fran Street
After a six-and-a-half hour hearing, a NJ state Assembly committee approved legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry . The approval of the bill (which passed along party lines) sends it to the full Assembly for a vote on Feb. 16, and a potential showdown with Gov. Chris Christie , who has vowed to veto any gay marriage bill that passes his desk. But the most impressive, tear-filled moment of the day came when 15-year-old Madison Galluccio made an emotional plea on behalf of her two dads: [ more › ]
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Video: NJ Girl Makes Impassioned Plea To Let Her Gay Dads Marry
Gentlemen, optimize your search engines: The Super Bowl is just around the corner, and it’s time to open wide for some everything. In that spirit, here are the seven best temples to gridiron gluttony we found on the Internet today. Yeah, it’s a living. Future Americans will someday look back in wonder at this generation’s gift for celebrating exactly what makes us so grotesquely fat and repellent. Take a bite of that bologna, y’all, and throw the rest away! [ more › ]
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7 Best Football Stadiums Made Out Of Meat And Super Bowl Junk Food
Last year, a globe-trotting Torah rescuer who called himself the “Jewish Indiana Jones” was accused of being a fraud. And now, Baltimore bookshop owner Menachem Youlus has admitted that he is indeed a fraud : “Between 2004 and 2010, I falsely represented that I had personally obtained vintage Torah scrolls — in particular ways, in particular locations — in Europe and Israel,” he said in court yesterday. “I know what I did was wrong, and I deeply regret my conduct.” And he isn’t even the real Jewish Indiana Jones ! [ more › ]
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"Jewish Indiana Jones" Admits He’s A Fraud