Comedian Louis C.K. Buys Third Unit in West Village Brownstone for $565K
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Take a 45-second journey through the history of the High Line. [Friends of the High Line] The long jump, the yogi, the leap of faith… the only 15 ways to cross a slush puddle. [TONY] Central Park’s Alice in Wonderland sculpture will be carved out of ice. [DNAinfo] Historic photos show unemployed men shoveling snow […]
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Celebrity photographer Kevin Abosch decided to photograph an organic potato against a black backdrop…. and got $1 million for it. [NYDN] Rose the albino rat, who gained fame when she made an appearance in the play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” has died. [NYT] A new animated show on HBO features “unexpected tales of […]
New Yorkers are notoriously hard to impress, so it’s not surprising that some are finding fault with the MTA’s proposed open gangway subway trains, which are pretty much the norm everywhere else in the world. Despite the fact that they’ll reduce congestion and platform pileups, as well as reportedly increase safety, jaded city dwellers fear […]
Turrell’s installation at the Guggenheim via flickr CC
Wrap your city’s skyline around your finger with these architecture-inspired rings. [Design Milk] Famed actor Jerry Stiller shares why he chooses to live on the Upper West Side. [West Side Rag] You can help name Hudson Yard’s park. [DNAinfo] Time-lapse video shows 13 hours of superstorm Jonas covering New York City in just 90 seconds. [Tech […]
The time New York banned women from smoking. [Mental Floss] In an effort to increase capacity, the MTA has proposed open gangway subway cars. Here’s a first look at the conceptual rendering. [Second Avenue Sagas] Check out these floating bonsai trees. [HypeBeast] Did you see the $200/night Greenpoint igloo that went up on Airbnb this […]
Judy Garland’s Former Dakota Apartment, Now a Designer Pad, Asks $16.7M Lower Income Residents of Extell’s ‘Poor Door’ Building Find Glaring Disparities The Best Address for Less: Live in the Dakota for $1.85M Loophole Allows Developers to Build ‘Skyscrapers on Stilts’ to Give Residents Ocean Views Confirmed: Calatrava’s WTC Transportation Hub Will Open First Week […]
Your browser does not support the video tag. Today it seems like another supertall building goes up every single day, but it took a couple hundred years for New York City to become the concrete jungle that it is today. This fun timelapse of Manhattan’s growth from 1815 to 2013 (courtesy of reddit user Africare) puts […]
Evidence of an African burial ground was discovered on 126th Street. [NYT] Of the $181 million in federal post-Sandy disaster planning money to be split between New Jersey and New York, the Garden State got a mere $15 million. [Mass Transit Mag] Attend a Community Board 1 meeting next week and get into One World […]
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