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Does celebrity status help sell a high-end home? [Inman] Ample Hills Creamery released two candidate-inspired flavors: Madam President, chili pepper chocolate with Hillary’s own oatmeal chocolate chip cookies; and Make America Orange Again, orange marshmallow with brownie bricks. [TONY] The street corner of Nathan’s Famous on Coney Island was renamed for the hot dog stand’s founders. […]

Andrew Tesoro, the architect who designed a clubhouse for the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester and who Trump never paid, speaks out. [Fast Co. Design] After hitting an unprecedented high in April, subway ridership has been slightly down. [WSJ] But CitiBike usage is up, often hitting 60,000 trips per day in recent months. [Streetsblog] Though it […]

Take a tour inside the off-limits banking halls of Art Deco skyscraper 20 Exchange Place, now a rental property, but formerly the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building. [Untapped] Victoria’s Secret Model Isabeli Fontana finally sold her Central Park South pad for $2.5 million. [LL NYC] Gentrification is playing a starring role in new NYC-based television shows like “High Maintenance,” “Mr. […]

CarsInBikeLanes is a new website that puts drivers who park in bike lane and their license plate number on an interactive map. [Gothamist] Here’s the first renderings of the over-the-top amenity spaces at 15 Hudson Yards. [NYP] The Port Authority has approved up to $150 million for the long-stalled Moynihan Station project. [TRD] Why free museums […]

The city plans to allocate $500 million in NYC taxpayer money for Sandy repairs, as 53 homes in low-lying Queens could cost up to $1 million each to repair. [WSJ] A second art gallery is opening on Roosevelt Island’s Main Street, and its owner thinks others will follow, creating a “mini-Chelsea.” [DNAinfo] The tenement building on the […]

New York’s most expensive listing was just reduced from $120 million to $96 million after five months on the market. [LLNYC] MoMA releases a new digital archive of every exhibition they’ve held since 1929. [Open Culture] Is this the world’s most beautiful hot dog cart? [Fast Co. Design] A Long Island brewery used George Washington’s 260-year-old […]

The Port Authority plans to release a study that resurfaces the push for an extension of the 7 train to Secaucus. [Politico] Rem Koolhaas’s first NYC building at 121 East 22nd Street gets a teaser site. [CityRealty.com] The Vladimir Lenin statue that sat atop an East Village rental has been removed amid rumors that the […]

Greenwood Cemetery will start selling its own honey called “the Sweet Hereafter,” made by its 100,000 bees. [BK Paper] After staying in a Zaha Hadid-designed Madrid hotel, musician Moby said, “Literally sleeping in a dumpster would have been more comfortable.” [LLNYC] Go inside the workshop of architect Robert A.M. Stern during a typical busy workday. [TRD] Saudi […]

As Garment District landlords hand over leases to higher-paying nightlife tenants, three more longtime fabric stores on West 39th Street will close by the end of the year. [DNAinfo] The replica of Syria’s Palmrya Triumphal Arch, destroyed by ISIS, will arrive in City Hall Park next week. [Untapped] With shows like “Girls” and “Broad City,” the fictional NYC […]

Bjarke Ingels, “the man building the future,” gets the Rolling Stone treatment. [Rolling Stone] Bill Murray is bartending this weekend at his son’s new cocktail bar in Greenpoint. [TONY] The return of the Astor Place cube, aka The Alamo, is delayed yet again due to “unforeseen logistical issues.” [DNAinfo] Joy Behar bought a gorgeous $4.5 million Victorian […]

Adrian Grenier says he “pioneered Williamsburg” and that it got “so gentrified” he had to move to Bushwick, where he also had to leave thanks to Roberta’s. Guess that’s why he bought a second Clinton Hill townhouse last year. [Page Six] Chelsea’s iconic Empire Dinner will reopen in November. [Untapped] A “yuge” 55-foot, digital Donald Trump billboard […]

Think you can tell if someone is from Brooklyn or the Bronx based on their accent? Take this quiz to test your skills. [Atlas Obscura] Inside Yelp’s New York office, with perks like foosball tables, karaoke machines, beer kegs, and free snacks. [Business Insider] Ikea is upping its design, but not its prices, which is why […]

Remember architect John Belle, founder partner of Beyer Blinder Belle, who built his career on resuscitating New York landmarks. [NYT] A “giant vacuum cleaner” could replace the High Line’s current trash system. [DNAinfo] Turns out Kylie Jenner didn’t buy that $7 million Tribeca penthouse. She and little sis Kendall are renting it, possibly for $28,000/month. [TRD] Governor […]

Philip Johnson’s Glass House is covered in red polka dots thanks to artist Yayoi Kusama, becoming what she calls an “infinity room.” [designboom] A redevelopment of Riverside Park from 65th to 68th Street will bring volleyball courts, a dog run, and other plazas, play areas, and fields. [West Side Rag] The Staten Island Yankees are getting a […]

Marisa Tomei will voice Jane Jacobs in the upcoming documentary “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City.” Vincent D’Onofrio will voice Robert Moses. [NYP] This is New York in the not-so-distant future, when sea levels have risen several feet. [NY Mag] One World Trade Center “gains popularity in the pantheon of New York kitsch.” [NYT] Take a look […]

Controversial plans to raze and condo-fy Park Slope’s iconic Pavilion Theater have been scrapped. It’ll instead become home to an outpost of Williamsburg’s popular dine-in movie theater Nitehawk. [NYT] Bjarke Ingels‘ skyline-changing tetrahedron Via 57 West has wrapped up construction. [6sqft inbox] The American flag immortalized in the ground zero from 9/11 was lost until 2014. Now that it’s […]