Historic Ship May Become Real Estate Development in Gowanus; Halloween Windows at Bergdorf

October 13, 2015
  • Department store windows aren’t just for Christmas anymore. Bergdorf Goodman has created a spooky Halloween display inspired by the horror film “Crimson Peak.” [Town & Country]
  • Inside this massive Gowanus garage, a man is collecting and repairing 58 classic cars from the ’40s and ’50s. [Core 77]
  • Two years after the Village Voice moved from its namesake neighborhood, the paper has been sold to the Reading Eagle Company. [NYDN]
  • Celebrate what would have been Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday this Saturday at Symphony Space with a music marathon of performances of 100 of his songs. [DNAinfo]
  • Preservationists send out a last S.O.S. to save the historic S.S. United States, an historic Titanic-sized ship. They hope to dock it in the Gowanus, and one plan is to turn it into a real estate development. [NYT]

Images: S.S. United States via S.S. United States Conservancy (L); Bergdorf window display via Ricky Zehavi (R)

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