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A Time exec has bought Million Dollar Listing star Fredrik Eklund’s West 27th Street pad. [NYP] Ziel Feldman’s HFZ Capital Group recently purchased one of the most expensive development sites ever sold in Manhattan, but he doesn’t plan on putting ultra-expensive condos up there—he’s opting for a small project instead. [Crain’s] Pierhouse blocked from being constructed […]
Minnesota-based artist HOT TEA used 120 gallons of rainbow-colored paint to transform a Roosevelt Island swimming pool. [Colossal] Geodesic dome creator Buckminster Fuller had a pretty hefty FBI file. Find out what these documents say. [Gizmodo] Go inside the secret basement that powers New York’s wireless subway network. [Fast Co.] How the Twin Towers went from […]
The Woolworth condo apartments have hit the market. [Curbed; listings] Things New Yorkers wished they were told before moving here. [Brick Underground] The NYPD is moving several of its divisions into the Verizon building on Pearl Street. [NYP] The 39th annual Macy’s 4th of July fireworks will return to the East River this year. [Gothamist] Images: […]
Yesterday we reported that Community Board Five’s Sunshine Task Force is calling for “an immediate, temporary moratorium on any new construction of 600 feet or taller that is not already undergoing public review, particularly with those threatening to cast shadows over Central Park in an area bounded by 53rd Street and Central Park South, and […]
Head to the Queens Theatre on May 22 and 23 for the world premier of “Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion,” a documentary about the history of Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion. [Brownstoner Queens] Like your burger delivered to you by a waitress on roller skates? Here’s a list of drive-in restaurants near NYC. [Gothamist] Hudson Yards […]
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