That woman who existed in a 90-square-foot Manhattan studio? It’s onward and upward for her: she’s now enjoying the roomy spaciousness of her new 500-square-foot Upper West Side digs that were purchased for a bargain $245K. Curbed NY has details. [ previously ; New York Post; Curbed NY]
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In the “reality” television show Kourtney & Kim Take New York , the two Kardashian sisters deal with overcoming some of life’s most difficult challenges while maintaining the grace of a spoiled teenager slamming the door in her parents face. Like, what do you do when your sham marriage is falling apart right before America’s eyes? In last night’s finale of the show, you can see just how Kim handled this obstacle in her life—as she “falls apart” and “cries” to her sister, acknowledging that she “feels” bad for having wasted everyone’s time and money with her highly publicized wedding vows to Kris Humphries. [ more › ]
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Video: Watch Kim Kardashian Realize She Needs To Divorce Kris Humphries
Sometimes viral marketing campaigns can be pretty awesome, even if they go a little unnoticed. We haven’t received any tips from New Yorkers who saw people flying around the city, but it happened, and now there’s video. [ more › ]
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Video: Did You See Any Human Forms Flying Over NYC Recently?
Good one, Jon Corzine: The Wall Street Journal reports , “Nearly three months after MF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed, officials hunting for an estimated $1.2 billion in missing customer money increasingly believe that much of it might never be recovered, according to people familiar with the investigation.” In fact, “The findings so far suggest that a ‘significant amount’ of the money could have ‘vaporized’ as a result of chaotic trading at MF Global during the week before the company’s Oct. 31 bankruptcy filing, said a person close to the investigation.” [ more › ]
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MF Global’s Missing $1.2 Billion May Have "Vaporized"
This week, Greg Kelly, son of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and co-host of “Good Day New York,” was accused of—but not charged with—raping an unidentified young woman in her Manhattan office. Sources have told the dailies that Kelly had text messages from the woman after the encounter of a “flirtatious” nature , including lines like “‘It was good time? Was it as nice for you? Do you want to do it again?’” Now a Post source is being even more clear-cut about those texts, which occurred both before and after the alleged rape: “The texts were explicit. They were sexual. They talked about what they wanted to do to each other. It was two days of foreplay.” [ more › ]
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Greg Kelly’s Texts With Rape Accuser Were "Two Days Of Foreplay"
A New York inmate will spend more time in prison after filing tax returns claiming he was owed a $890 million refund. The AP reports that the forms were submitted to the IRS from 2006 to 2010 while he was incarcerated, and at one point the inmate was mailed a $327,000 check from the government, but prison officials confiscated it. In other blatant examples of why our tax law needs to be reformed, Mitt Romney paid $44,000 more in taxes than he actually owed. [ more › ]
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Emulating GE, Prisoner Files For $890 Million Tax Refund
The story, which will surprise no one, notes that flight delays are just as bad as they were five years ago, and that airlines pad the statistics to keep things from looking even worse. In 2007, delays that affected 320 million passengers cost the economy a total of $41 billion, roughly the cost of one copy of US Weekly, a pack of gum, and a chicken salad sandwich purchased at La Guardia’s food court. [ more › ]
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Flight Delayed? It’s Probably New York City’s Fault
Photo: Antoine Predock Architect So often when hunting for high-end properties in ski country, we run into the same tired log cabin aesthetic, with Native American-inspired prints, heavy leather furniture, mounted moose heads, and other Western clichés. Luckily, there are some owners and designers willing to brave a chilly reception from the neighbors in pursuit of something more unique. No one has turned the log home on its head more than New Mexico-based AD 100 architect Antoine Predock. The Log Jam House was built in Colorado for a couple of New Yorkers, one of whom specializes in disequilibrium theory at Columbia Law School. He should feel right at home in the house, which has logs spearing through the rear facade, curved walls, and a curious arrangement of windows. The three-bedroom modern cabin’s otherwise sleek interiors were featured in the January 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. Photo: Pieter Estersohn/ Architectural Digest ↑ Arch Digest also profiled this far more conventional log home, this time in Aspen, Colo., renovated to a modern taste by Atelier AM. The firm benefited from the architect’s choice of spruce wood, which lend the place a much lighter feel than the usual log mansion, but used a contemporary Californian eye to really transform the space. The living room (above) features a blackened steel fireplace, contemporary art, and sleek (but cushy) furnishings. Photo: Bjorn Wallander/ Dwell ↑ For something a little more attainable, Dwell chimes in with this modern build in Winter Park, Colo. Constrained by the size of the lot and wanting to keep parts of the existing ranch house, the owner commissioned architect Michael P. Johnson, who designed a glassy cantilever over the driveway to house the living and dining room. According to the owner, it “feels like a treehouse,” despite disregarding a local zoning board suggestion to add some “log accents.” Photo: Pieter Estersohn/ Elle Decor ↑ Not that log accents are all bad, as this Montana mansion can attest. Designed by southern designer Ray Booth, the interiors of this Yellowstone Club spread were featured in Elle Decor, most likely for their cosmopolitan feel with hints at the mountain zone classics. The living room uses stacked stone for the fireplace surround and raw wood beams on the ceiling, but the wood is lighter and the stone is joined by clean-lined beige furniture. Photo: David O. Marlow/ Selldorf Architects ↑ Building a five-story mini-skyscraper in the middle of the Colorado wilderness might only have been the brainchild of a New Yorker and Manhattan-based starchitect Annabelle Selldorf is the one responsible. This high-floor bedroom might not be the most child-friendly, but the wire barrier provides unencumbered views, as does the sheer quantity of glass. · Log Jam House [Antoine Predock Architect] · A Not So Log Cabin [Arch Digest] · A Contemporary Colorado Lodge [Arch Digest] · Ski Lift [Dwell] · High & Mighty [Elle Decor] · Pika House [Selldorf Architects]
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Ski Chalet Week: Unconventional New Approaches to the Traditional Ski House
After years of work , New York’s gay hotel/resort/nightclub The Out NYC is almost ready. But before they start letting gay (and, presumably, straight or at least curious) guests grind in their bedrooms, the massive venture is doing something lowkey flamboyant and opening its enormous zombie club, XL . There will be gay. [ more › ]
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XL, A Giant Gay Club In The Out NYC Gaytel, Opens Tonight
Last year, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly sent multiple letters to the city’s Muslim leaders insisting the department “did not participate in” the production of an Islamophobic propaganda film that was screened on a continuous loop for over 1,200 NYPD officers. Then along came The Brennan Center for Justice and their meddlesome Freedom of Information Law requests, Kelly was forced to admit that he did knowingly participate in the film, titled The Third Jihad . And now, as some call for Kelly’s resignation , The New York World takes a look at the NYPD guidelines and finds that Popeye probably broke some big rules. Surely he will hold himself accountable! [ more › ]
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Did Ray Kelly Violate NYPD Code Of Conduct By Lying About Anti-Islam Video?