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The legendary Carnegie Deli is slated to reopen this month after shuttering its longtime Midtown home in 2016. The restaurant's new location, just a block away from the original spot, has been meticulously restored to recreate the beloved deli's atmosphere. Located on Seventh Avenue between West 53rd and 54th Streets, the new restaurant features Carnegie Deli's signature illuminated sign, wood-paneled walls, and the classic Wall of Fame filled with celebrity patrons who have dined there, according to the Daily News. An exact opening date has yet to be announced, though sources told the Daily News that the restaurant is expected to open in early September.
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Food & Dining

Gloria Steinem’s Upper East Side brownstone will remain a space for organizing and activism

A talking circle hosted by Gloria Steinem and Emily Tisch Sussman focused on women & sports, 2026. Photo by Gia McKenna.

September 8, 2026

Gloria Steinem’s Upper East Side brownstone will remain a space for organizing and activism

The New York City home of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who died on September 2 at 92, will become a permanent gathering place for thinkers, activists, and cultural and political luminaries, as it has been for decades. As the New York Times reported, three floors of the five-story townhouse on East 73rd Street that Steinem acquired over several years will house Gloria's Foundation as well as an assembly space like the one in which she hosted "talking circles" to discuss social issues of the day.
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Kips Bay groups rally to save AMC theater from closure

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September 3, 2026

Kips Bay groups rally to save AMC theater from closure

A coalition of Kips Bay neighborhood organizations is fighting to save its beloved AMC movie theater from closure. On Thursday, the Save Kips Bay coalition sent a letter to NYU Langone urging the hospital system to work with residents on an outcome that will spare the AMC Kips Bay 15 multiplex from shuttering by the end of the year. AMC confirmed the closure late last month, saying the property owner had terminated its lease before the scheduled expiration. The owner was later revealed to be NYU Langone, which purchased the property more than a year ago. A community board meeting is scheduled for next week, giving local residents and moviegoers a chance to speak on the closure.
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Real Estate Trends

116th Street overhaul will add new bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and pedestrian space

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September 1, 2026

116th Street overhaul will add new bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and pedestrian space

New bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and pedestrian safety upgrades are coming to Manhattan's busy 116th Street. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn on Monday announced that work has begun on a major revamp of the Harlem corridor, adding 2.5 miles of offset and curbside bus lanes and other street upgrades. The project aims to improve commutes for more than 65,000 daily bus riders, who contend with speeds of less than four miles per hour in certain sections.
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New memorial honors Port Authority workers killed in attacks on World Trade Center

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August 31, 2026

New memorial honors Port Authority workers killed in attacks on World Trade Center

A new memorial honors the Port Authority employees who perished in the 1993 and 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the World Trade Center Memorial Fund on Friday unveiled the memorial, an 8-foot-tall stainless steel model of the Twin Towers fronted by an American flag, with the employees' names inscribed on its two-foot-tall granite base. Located next to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine in Liberty Park, the memorial offers a quiet space of remembrance for those who lost their lives in the attacks.
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Architecture And Design

NYC expands free rooftop tours at historic Manhattan Municipal Building

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August 28, 2026

NYC expands free rooftop tours at historic Manhattan Municipal Building

Larger groups are now permitted to attend the city's free tours of the historic David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building following growing demand. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Yume Kitasei on Friday announced expanded access to “Centre 360,” a panoramic experience inside the Beaux-Arts government building's 36th-floor cupola, increasing the maximum group size from five to eight. The move comes just months after the tours launched in June following a $6 million renovation, with reservations for the experience selling out in less than two minutes.
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$6.75M Tribeca loft condo leaves nothing to chance, parking included

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August 27, 2026

$6.75M Tribeca loft condo leaves nothing to chance, parking included

Converted Manhattan factories and warehouses like the Grabler pipe fittings warehouse at 44 Laight Street embody the spirit of true loft living. But unlike the typical downtown loft, this one comes with condo convenience, polished interiors, and private parking. Asking $6,750,000, the four-bedroom loft gives you 4,125 square feet of living space that's actually ready for living, no construction required. Thanks to a complete once-over by AD-100 interior designer Rob Johansen, the home's interiors are a study in considered contemporary design without sacrificing its industrial authenticity.
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Distinctive Homes

August 25, 2026

29 affordable co-ops in West Harlem available, from $195K

Applications are currently being accepted for 29 affordable co-op apartments across three buildings in West Harlem. Located on West 134th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue in the Manhattanville section of Harlem, the buildings are part of a program that converts city-owned properties into affordable Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) co-ops for low- and moderate-income households and renovates the units in the process. A housing lottery is now open for the apartments, which are eligible for New Yorkers earning 70 percent of the area median income (AMI). Prices range from $194,930 for a two-bedroom to $236,456 for a three-bedroom.
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Affordable Housing

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August 25, 2026

AMC Kips Bay to shutter by end of 2026

New York City's AMC Kips Bay 15 will screen its final film this year. As first reported by Variety, the company confirmed it will close the theater at 570 2nd Avenue, its second-largest in Manhattan, by the end of 2026 after the property owner decided to “exercise its contractual right to terminate the theatre's lease before its scheduled expiration.” A favorite among New York cinephiles, the 15-screen multiplex is known for its wide selection of films and IMAX offerings.
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Real Estate Trends

This $545K studio captures the romantic spirit of the West Village

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August 25, 2026

This $545K studio captures the romantic spirit of the West Village

With a growing number of luxury condo complexes attracting an ever-changing cast of residents, it's often hard to find the romantic West Village charm that launched so many New York City dreams. That elusive charm defines this cozy studio at 729 Greenwich Street on an iconic block between Perry and Charles Streets. A private entrance accesses the street-level studio. Asking $545,000, the move-in-ready co-op is no relic; the stylish pad benefits from bespoke flourishes and updated infrastructure where it matters.
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Distinctive Homes

This $2.85M co-op with a magical garden is an elegant Upper East Side escape

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August 20, 2026

This $2.85M co-op with a magical garden is an elegant Upper East Side escape

This full-floor co-op off Fifth Avenue at 11 East 92nd Street among the mansions of Carnegie Hill has been recently transformed into an elegant city refuge. The complete makeover at the hands of the designer/owner includes a large walled garden, landscaped and irrigated, ready to be a rare retreat from Manhattan's urban demands. The two-bedroom co-op is asking $2.85 million.
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Distinctive Homes

Inwood’s new immigrant arts center announces inaugural season

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August 20, 2026

Inwood’s new immigrant arts center announces inaugural season

A new theater dedicated to immigrant-centered works opening in New York City this fall released its inaugural schedule of performances. Located on West 206th Street in Inwood, Centro Cultural Inmigrante provides a permanent home for The People's Theatre, the first immigrant cultural center in New York. The season begins on September 19 with a community open house and jazz power jam, followed by the play "GUAC," written and performed by Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquín "Guac" Oliver was killed in the Parkland shooting in 2018.
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Events & Things To Do

Noho parking lot to become 200 apartments after Landmarks approves revised design

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August 18, 2026

Noho parking lot to become 200 apartments after Landmarks approves revised design

A corner parking lot in Noho will become a pair of apartment buildings with over 200 apartments after the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday approved the project. Developed by Minskoff Equities and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the development includes two high-rise rental buildings, with up to 210 homes, including up to 65 affordable units, on a vacant lot at 375 Lafayette Street. First presented in March, the team's revised design addresses previous concerns over the scale, prominent facade exposures, and other details the commission felt were out of place in the historic neighborhood.
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Studio Gang, Sauerbruch Hutton to redesign German consulate in NYC

Skyline view from the river. © sauerbruch hutton

August 17, 2026

Studio Gang, Sauerbruch Hutton to redesign German consulate in NYC

Architecture firms Studio Gang and Sauerbruch Hutton have been tapped to redesign German House, home to Germany’s consulate in New York City. Selected as the winner of an international design competition, the firms will "radically transform" the building’s facade, enhance its environmental performance, and reinforce the tower’s status as a civic landmark. Sauerbruch Hutton will serve as the lead architect, with Studio Gang as the architect of record, on the 23-story government building at 871-873 First Avenue.
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Architecture And Design

Two bedrooms plus a home office for $1.7M in this FiDi duplex loft

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August 13, 2026

Two bedrooms plus a home office for $1.7M in this FiDi duplex loft

Though it's in the historic Cotton Exchange building, there's nothing old-fashioned about this loft co-op at 3 Hanover Square, asking $1,675,000. With a shiny modern renovation in place, the two-bedroom Financial District co-op still has loft perks like 18-foot ceilings on the lower level and oversized windows; a flexible layout provides options—like adding an additional bedroom.
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Distinctive Homes

Data Vandals turns facts about NYC into art and conversation in an abandoned subway kiosk

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August 12, 2026

Data Vandals turns facts about NYC into art and conversation in an abandoned subway kiosk

Some New Yorkers have complained that they miss the old subway platform kiosks that were recently replaced by vending machines, seeing the change as a sign that human interaction is becoming a thing of the past. Data Vandals has an even better idea: As part of the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Program, the artist-activists created the Data Vandals Newsstand, a data-art gallery on the downtown 6-train platform at 51st Street and Lexington Avenue. A colorful mural outside the former kiosk reveals New York’s history in fascinating detail for the 52,000 riders that pass through the station daily. Creative visualization of vital data includes the country of origin for each of the city's 8.8 million residents anchored by a freshly updated Statue of Liberty and a six-foot-tall rat mascot offering facts about the 6-train stops. Inside, the kiosk turns into a center for community conversation, with rotating surveys, changing exhibitions, in-person events, talks, music, and a free newspaper.
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Events & Things To Do

Elizabeth Street Garden deal saves green space, shifts affordable housing to Suffolk Street

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August 12, 2026

Elizabeth Street Garden deal saves green space, shifts affordable housing to Suffolk Street

Affordable senior housing will not be built on the site of a Nolita community garden. Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is expected to reach a settlement with developers that cancels the Haven Green project, a 123-unit rental for low-income seniors on the site of the Elizabeth Street Garden, in exchange for a new affordable development on a vacant Lower East Side lot. On Wednesday, Mamdani said the actions of former Mayor Eric Adams, who designated the city-owned site as parkland last year, requiring state legislature approval for development, made it "nearly impossible" to move ahead with the housing project.
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Policy

New York will test new thermal tech that cools down NYC subway platforms

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August 11, 2026

New York will test new thermal tech that cools down NYC subway platforms

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and state officials this week announced plans to cool New York City subway platforms that turn into saunas during the summer. The mayor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are teaming up to study thermal energy networks (TENs) at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall and Chamber Street complex, among the city's hottest subway platforms. The technology, the first in the nation installed in a transit system, involves capturing, storing, and recycling the excess heat to surrounding buildings in the winter. The TENs study will be part of a thorough renovation of the Chambers Street station, one of the city's oldest.
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Transit

Lower East Side’s former Essex Street Market to become 99-unit rental

Renderings courtesy of BFC Partners and S9 Architecture.

August 3, 2026

Lower East Side’s former Essex Street Market to become 99-unit rental

The site of the historic Essex Street Market on the Lower East Side is slated to become a mixed-use development with 99 apartments. As one of the last remaining undeveloped parcels in the city's decade-long Essex Crossing redevelopment, 100 Essex Street will rise 10 stories and include 26 affordable apartments, ground-floor retail, and a new elevator and escalator for the Delancey Street subway station. Developed by Delancey Street Associates and designed by S9 Architecture, the new building will rise on the site of the historic market, which opened in 1940 and closed its doors in 2019. Many vendors moved to a new and larger Essex Street Market across the street as part of the redevelopment.
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East River’s self-filtering floating pool delayed until 2027

+ POOL Rendering. Designed by Family New York & Playlab, Inc. Image: Family New York. Courtesy of Friends of + POOL

July 31, 2026

East River’s self-filtering floating pool delayed until 2027

New Yorkers will have to wait a little longer for the self-filtering floating pool in the East River. Initially slated for a pilot this summer, the +POOL team announced on X on Wednesday that while construction is nearly complete, ongoing work on the Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery Coastal Resilience project will delay testing of the prototype until at least 2027. More than 15 years in the making, the project reached a major milestone in summer 2024, when Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Mayor Eric Adams selected Pier 35 as its official location.
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Policy

New rental in Yorkville has a $45K/month penthouse

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July 29, 2026

New rental in Yorkville has a $45K/month penthouse

Leasing has launched at one of the few new rental buildings on the Upper East Side. The Langdon, a 24-story tower at 288 East 88th Street in Yorkville, has 45 two- to five-bedroom apartments with rents ranging from $12,400 to $45,000 per month, as first reported by the New York Post. Developed by Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners and designed by Hill West Architects, the project aims to fill what the developer describes as a shortage of spacious, high-quality rental apartments on the Upper East Side, amid a Manhattan rental vacancy rate of just 1.49 percent.
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Tribeca’s latest luxury condo is a 24-story tower designed by COOKFOX

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July 29, 2026

Tribeca’s latest luxury condo is a 24-story tower designed by COOKFOX

A 24-story luxury condo tower is taking shape in Tribeca. Developed by Sky Equity Group, 65 Franklin Street broke ground in April and is now starting to rise at the corner of Franklin Street and Broadway. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the 106-unit building features a hand-laid brick facade, landscaped loggias, and will be all-electric and "ultra-low energy." Amenities include a pool, porte-cochère, and private parking.
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MTA completes Park Avenue Viaduct replacement 60 months early

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July 28, 2026

MTA completes Park Avenue Viaduct replacement 60 months early

Work on the Park Avenue Viaduct, a critical Metro-North corridor in Upper Manhattan, has been completed 60 months ahead of schedule and $195 million under budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the completion of the project, which replaced 196 bridge structures and more than 12,600 feet of railroad infrastructure over 28 weekends. The $765 million project aims to strengthen the reliability of the corridor, which carries 98 percent of Metro-North service and all trains traveling to and from Grand Central Terminal.
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This $6.5M Hell’s Kitchen townhouse has a heavenly rooftop oasis

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July 28, 2026

This $6.5M Hell’s Kitchen townhouse has a heavenly rooftop oasis

This 20-foot-wide 1920 brick townhouse at 445 West 44th Street is itself a bit of an oasis in busy Midtown. Set within the timeless architecture of a historic Hell's Kitchen block, the renovated turnkey home, asking $6,500,000, has interiors that invite the light, but not the city grit, inside. Its 3,886 square feet of living space comes with 2,000 square feet of private outdoor space–including a glass-clad rooftop oasis.
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Distinctive Homes

July 28, 2026

Macy’s giant shopping bag sign is removed, revealing 100-year-old building hidden for decades

The giant shopping bag sign proclaiming Macy's Herald Square as "The World's Largest Store" was removed over the weekend, revealing a 100-year-old building that had been hidden for decades. The red-and-white billboard, which had wrapped around the corner of the building on 34th Street and Broadway for 60 years (through several iterations over the years), will be replaced with something more modern, as the New York Post first reported, but it's unclear exactly what will be displayed. For a short time, though, the 240,000 pedestrians who pass the corner every day will get a peek for the first time at what was behind the iconic sign: a five-story building that is one of the city's most famous "holdouts" in real estate.
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SOM to lead $200M redevelopment of 460 Park Avenue

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July 28, 2026

SOM to lead $200M redevelopment of 460 Park Avenue