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Cuomo’s $3 billion Penn Station overhaul is already behind schedule, as RFPs have yet to be issued to developers. [Politico] Check out these adorable Little Free Libraries in Rockaway. [The Rockawayist] Watch this 19th-century Bed-Stuy mansion get demolished day by day. [Brownstoner] Don’t miss tonight’s panel discussion on the future of the NYC skyline, featuring architectural leaders Richard […]
Lower income residents of Extell’s notorious “poor door” building at 50 Riverside Boulevard are not happy with what they’re considering glaring disparities between those like themselves who live in the affordable units and those in the luxury section of the building. Aside from having to use a separate entrance, the lower income tenants don’t have […]
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A new study shows that the average American home contains 100 arthropod species (aka insects and spiders). [The Guardian] Get a look at the abandoned 1937 Staten Island Ferry, MV Mary Murray. [Urban Ghosts] Here are the best and worst supermarkets in the nation. [Rare] Thirty years ago you had about 17 minutes to escape a […]
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The city strikes a deal to keep horse carriages, but they must stay in Central Park. [NYDN] The number-one Wikipedia search in 2015 for English speakers was “list of deaths by year.” See the stats for all ten versions of the site. [Pew Research Center] A new app lets you snap a photo of a […]
First Look at the 331-Foot Sheepshead Bay Tower Set to Dwarf Its Neighbors Did Beyonce and Jay-Z Just Buy a Condo at Brooklyn Heights’ Pierhouse? Massive Williamsburg Studio, Asking $3,750 a Month, Is Called a ‘Loft Lover’s Dream’ World Reaches 100 Supertall Skyscrapers With Completion of 432 Park Avenue The Federal Government Will Start Databasing […]
Visiting the underground community of NYC republicans. [NYT] This Valentine’s Day, the Bronx Zoo is selling naming rights to its cockroaches for just $10. [BK Mag] Restaurateurs in Williamsburg and Bushwick are already mobilizing against the possible three-year L train shutdown. [Eater] Trump may be ahead in the polls, but new research shows his campaign is […]
With less than a week’s notice, nine Brooklyn N train stops will close for more than a year. [DNAinfo] L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan may face a similar fate. Better get going on that gondola plan. [Gothamist] Donald Trump sold a Trump Park Avenue penthouse for $21 million over the summer, and now […]