For winterproof drinking, Nomad bar brings eight igloos to their rooftop
A new angle on rooftop cocktails
No matter how clean the apartment or how swanky the hotel, bed bugs don’t discriminate, and many New Yorkers know it’s just a matter of time before they’ll have to deal with an infestation. With hotel outbreaks rising more than 44 percent between 2014 and 2015, a new bill set to be introduced by the City […]
A candlelight vigil is planned for tonight outside the Puck Building where Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner live. [Gothamist] Did you know there are seven streets on Staten Island named for the original seven Mercury astronauts? [Untapped] Actress Lake Bell reduces the price of her Clinton Hill townhouse by $450,000, after listing it for $3 million […]
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Over the summer, L+M Development Partners demolished the former Financial District flagship of J&R Music and Computer World to make way for a 54-story, mixed-use condo tower at 25 Park Row, just across from City Hall Park in an area quickly becoming a more vibrant, 24-hour neighborhood. Site excavation is now well underway for the 700-foot building, reports CityRealty, […]
New Yorkers may be thick-skinned, but the majority are extremely vulnerable — in the financial sense of becoming homeless if they even briefly lose their livelihood, a new report asserts. Over 58 percent of New Yorkers do not have emergency savings to cover such basic expenses as rent or food for three months if they […]
Our newest president’s right hand man got his start—much like Donald Trump—as a New York real estate developer. Kushner Companies is a private family real estate company now run by Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump and son of Charles Kushner, who founded the firm in 1985. Kushner, as Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was an early […]
We all know this scene well: You’ve finally woken from your Thanksgiving Day food coma, and you emerge from your bedroom and stumble into the kitchen looking for a midday snack. You swing open your fridge door only to find yourself faced with container after container full of leftovers. While another turkey leg in your stomach doesn’t sound so […]
Google Earth rendering created by CityRealty; Image depicts the massing of the proposed buildings, not the design
As the holidays fill our homes with family, friends and food, there are some who struggle—not just to make a holiday meal special—but to find something to eat every day. A new study cites cuts in food stamp benefits as one cause of the “hunger cliff,” from which families in the city dangle. Instead of […]
“Barry” is a new Netflix film about Obama’s college days in 1980s NYC. Check out the locations featured. [Untapped] A rendering was uncovered of the glassy Sephora store that may replace the former Lenox Lounge site. [Harlem Bespoke] Vintage subway trains will hit the tracks on Sundays between Thanksgiving and Christmas. [Tracks] Donald Trump‘s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, was […]
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The 90th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be held on Thursday and several streets will be closed as thousands of spectators come out to see the parade. In order to get the best view, it is advised that you get to the parade location as early as 6 a.m. The parade will begin at 9 […]
As shelter numbers continue to climb, Mayor de Blasio has spent a record $1.6 billion on homeless services since taking office three years ago, a 60 percent increase. [WSJ] Six Thanksgiving recipes from Brooklyn chefs. [Brooklyn Based] Historic Brooklyn brownstones are dominating luxury sales in the borough, especially in Brooklyn Heights. [NYDN] Housing and legal services […]