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From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 14, 2008 at 9:40 am ET
· Larry Silverstein holds forth on the NYC real estate market [NYT] · Good news: NYC's wedding-industrial complex is holding up okay [NYO] · Beat the traffic: Hamptons Helicard is yours for $28K-$82K [Sun] · ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 14, 2008 at 8:43 am ET
When Lord Norman Foster, an architect so important that his driver's license also reads Baron Foster of Thames Bank, tried to pull a Hearst on the Parke-Bernet Gallery at 980 Madison Avenueinserting a glassy new ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 5:26 pm ET
[Taking out the trash on 14th Street, via NYC Blog?!] · Durst and Vornado say they'd jump back into Hudson Yards bidding [Crain's] · Speaking of, Vornado has spent $34.2M on Moynihan Station. On what? ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 5:05 pm ET
SOHOBrooklyn is not the only borough getting some snazzy new bike lanes, of course. A Curbed correspondent sends the above photos from Prince Street, where a brand new bike lane is, for the moment at ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 4:51 pm ET
"Real World Williamsburg: trust funders paying $2,000 on an outfit that looks 2nd hand. $1.5MM condo. Drink PBR at the bar. Then back to the condo for a metrosexual coke fueled orgy while listening to ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 4:20 pm ET
Last week, a post about a traffic light getting mowed down at Broadway and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg drew an e-mail from another reader who noted that work is underway to add bike lanes and ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 4:02 pm ET
What do 239 N. 9 Street, 261 N. 9 Street and 120 S. 4 Street in Williamsburg have in common? If you guessed Hot Karl Fischer--whose S. 4 Street building is in the rendering above--you ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 3:46 pm ET
Street artist/OBEY brand overlord Shepard Fairey put up one of his Barack Obama posters on the corner of Houston and Bowery, next to the repainted Keith Haring mural. Fine and dandy, but he put it ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm ET
A Grand Theft Auto IV: Liberty City fan with a lot of spare time has put together an amazing Flickr photo set of comparison shots of Liberty City sights with their real world (but not ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 2:38 pm ET
The MTA just issued this press release: "The MTA met today with Tishman Speyer. Despite the best efforts of both sides, a final agreement could not be reached. The MTA has now re-entered discussions with ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 2:28 pm ET
And now, the latest from Racked, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up. 1) Tribeca: Racked reports that July 9 is the opening date for the Tribeca Whole Foods. That would be 69,000 square ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 2:01 pm ET
Via the CurbedWire: "According to the 'Celebrity Real Estate Wrap: Santana Throws UES Curveball' story, the squash court is the new must have amenity. Any thoughts on why? I mean obviously you would attract the ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 1:49 pm ET
The proposed extension of the Noho Historic District, outlined in red above and containing 56 buildings, was unanimously approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission today, our friends at the GVSHP tell us. The area now ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 1:13 pm ET
&set=72157605036136254">?o=0'>?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'>Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The River Ridge condos, at 78 Ridge Street on the Lower East Side, has perhaps the worst location of any new Manhattan ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 12:57 pm ET
No this isn't about strollers, it's about the fact that alternate side of the street parking is being suspended in Park Slope. For the entire summer. Starting May 19. Seriously. [Gowanus Lounge]... ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 12:33 pm ET
Are Brooklyn developer websites for controversial projects the latest thing? Well, the Toll Brothers have just launched a site for their 460-unit development on the Gowanus Canal. It intends to give the developer a kinder, ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 11:50 am ET
So, the 21st season of MTV's Real World is going to be set in Brooklyn. That's 13 one-hour episodes of post-teen drama that will be broadcast in 2009 and shot somewhere in BK. Shooting for ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 11:31 am ET
There's been a lot of debate lately over which post office is the absolute pits, and the ANIMAL gang has placed a vote for the one at 47 Debevoise Street in Brooklyn: "Located on what ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 11:06 am ET
&set=72157605034653100">?o=0'>?o=0' style='font-size: 9px; text-align: center;'>Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Dutch architect Ben van Berkel's first New York City projectthe black and bendy Five Franklin Placehas been met with a perfect storm ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 11:05 am ET
[Photo courtesy of rcherubin/flickr] It's not that news of the subprime mess hitting the fan and splattering all over some Brooklyn neighborhoods is new, but it's still ugly. For instance, the May issue of the ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 10:28 am ET
The redesign of the old Verizon switching station at 375 Pearl Streetthe nearly windowless white building near the base of the Brooklyn Bridge that has been reviled since its completion in the mid-'70sgets the full ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 10:11 am ET
Nothing is simple. A helicopter war has now broken out over the city's choice to operate the heliport near Wall Street to "an upstate company that has not operated a similar facility in the metropolitan ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 9:49 am ET
We'd say the picture at right of Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Bloomberg is of the two in happier times, but they don't really look that happy to be in each other's company back then, ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 9:43 am ET
· Toll Brothers sales fall 30 percent [AP/NYT] · 52nd Street Project finds new home in Hell [Sun] · Rockaway-Sunset Park-Manhattan ferry starts in tempest [NYT] · Huge news: Bronx 'being considered' for pay toilet ... ( more)
From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 8:43 am ET
Having already received one of the sweetest deals in city history to build a new 43-story headquarters in Battery Park City near the World Trade Center, Goldman Sachs will soon be entitled to about $320 ... ( more)
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