• Interactive Waterfront Fun: Check out this interactive map...

    Updated: 2010-07-31 19:00:25
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 5 new posts Eater NY 13 new posts Racked NY 18 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Saturday , July 31, 2010 Interactive Waterfront Fun Saturday , July 31, 2010, by Bilal Khan Interactive Waterfront Fun Check out this interactive map of the waterfront in the five boroughs the city just made . It spans all 224 public waterfront areas and 200 miles of waterfront lining the boroughs . According to the website you can

  • The Biggest Freaking Apartment on Fifth Avenue: The Post is reporting that...

    Updated: 2010-07-31 18:39:23
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 5 new posts Eater NY 13 new posts Racked NY 18 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Saturday , July 31, 2010 The Biggest Freaking Apartment on Fifth Avenue Saturday , July 31, 2010, by Bilal Khan The Biggest Freaking Apartment on Fifth Avenue The Post is reporting that wealthy heiress Huguette Clark has been hospitalized If you remember , she owns the largest apartment on Fifth Ave It's a whopping 15,000 square feet

  • Open House Open Thread: Is anybody out there going to...

    Updated: 2010-07-31 18:01:23
    Is anybody out there going to open houses? We didn't hear much last weekend, so let's make this one count!! It's time to open a thread for a discussion of open house visits. If you're out and about in the New York City real estate market this weekend, let us know what you're seeing out there: crowd sizes, market conditions, great or gruesome finds, and of course, anybody offering take-home containers of leftovers. Your thoughts in the comments, if you please.

  • curbed marketplace: Sunday Open House Roundup

    Updated: 2010-07-31 16:00:00
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 5 new posts Eater NY 13 new posts Racked NY 18 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Saturday , July 31, 2010 curbed marketplace Sunday Open House Roundup Saturday , July 31, 2010, by Larry Time for this week's open house roundup from your friends at Curbed Marketplace More where this came from in our Open House Calendars And a reminder : sales listings are only 25 this month Sunday Sales 166 East 61st Street 2BR ,

  • Strange Fate of 1930s Brooklyn Literature

    Updated: 2010-07-31 14:00:39
    I don’t think Faulkner is worth the antebellum South, and I would rather not have had Kafka at the proce of twentieth-century European carnage. But in trying to locate contemporary American writing I look at the thirties, that supposedly meager decade if misfired artistic energy and of duped intellectuals and bad proletarian novels, and I [...]

  • Week in Review: Billionaire Buys Fifth Avenue Mansion; Ripa Selling at 76 Crosby?

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:36:28
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 5 new posts Eater NY 13 new posts Racked NY 18 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Saturday , July 31, 2010 Week in Review Billionaire Buys Fifth Avenue Mansion Ripa Selling at 76 Crosby Saturday , July 31, 2010, by Bilal Khan Click the image above to view the full . photogallery This week's top : stories Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Unmasked as 44M Mansion , Buyer Kelly Ripa Checking Out of Soho's Celebrity

  • Suit blames Mets owners for Madoff-related losses

    Updated: 2010-07-31 05:41:02
    A Mets logo inside the ground is seen on opening day at Citi Field on April 13, 2009 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

  • CurbedWire: The Other Cool New Playground; 'WTC Mosque' Vote Scheduled

    Updated: 2010-07-30 18:30:00
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 CurbedWire The Other Cool New Playground WTC Mosque' Vote Scheduled Friday , July 30, 2010, by Joey It's another Curbed Summer Friday 10 We're signing off early . . Hugs SOUTH BRONX— The David Rockwell-designed Imagination Playground down near the Seaport grabbed all the headlines this week , but the South

  • Linkage: Brownsville Theater Conversion Revealed; 25 Carroll Going Loft

    Updated: 2010-07-30 18:15:12
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Linkage Brownsville Theater Conversion Revealed 25 Carroll Going Loft Friday , July 30, 2010, by Sara The sky as seen through the Time-Warner Center , via Curbed Photo Pool Tom Rupolo Renfro speaks on the architecture of the new Lincoln Center Capital Brownsville theater-to-school conversion officially gets

  • Comment of the Day: "The metal cladding on this building...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 18:00:15
    "The metal cladding on this building makes gehry's beekman look like a cheap whore."—anon [Latest West Chelsea Starchitecture Peeled and Polished]

  • Eater Tastings: Whitney Cafe Architects Picked; No Dark Dining in Flatiron; More

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:45:44
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Eater Tastings Whitney Cafe Architects Picked No Dark Dining in Flatiron More Friday , July 30, 2010, by Sara This week's top dish from Eater NY Curbed's restaurant , bar , and nightlife blog . Meet Ninth Avenue's new surf bar , Reunion 1 Upper East : Side Danny Meyer is at the helm of the forthcoming Whitney

  • Hey You: Friends and lovers, a quick reminder...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:40:32
    Friends and lovers, a quick reminder to please please please add us to your "Likes" on Facebook, a popular online social networking tool. You can do this in two easy ways! 1) Head on over to our Facebook page and press the almighty Like button, or 2) Click Like on the top of this page, over in the Follow Us box (underneath the newsletter sign-up). In fact, "follow us" is just pretty good life advice in general. [Curbed Management]

  • PriceUpper: Today in Seller Throw-Ins, Artwork by Salvador Dali

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:16:10
    , Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 PriceUpper Today in Seller Throw-Ins , Artwork by Salvador Dali Friday , July 30, 2010, by Sara How to set your gently used Robert A.M . Stern designed condo apart from all the other Robert A.M . Stern inventory now out there on the market Try selling it with your furniture and art collection , including two

  • Quicklisting: Greenwich Village, $1.195M

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:00:00

  • Quicklisting: Chelsea, $850K

    Updated: 2010-07-30 17:00:00

  • Curbed Hamptons: Brinkley Lists Hamptons Estate; Private Putting Green Sells; More!

    Updated: 2010-07-30 16:43:12
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Curbed Hamptons Brinkley Lists Hamptons Estate Private Putting Green Sells More Friday , July 30, 2010, by Joey The latest headlines from Curbed Hamptons our outpost on the East End . 1 After not one potential buyer surfaced for her 30 million Bridgehampton castle , Christie Brinkley has put her lesser North

  • Gentrification Watch: It seems like the WSJ is...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 16:30:12
    It seems like the WSJ is now doing twice-weekly profiles on up-and-coming neighborhoods, and they're already down to East Williamsburg's Graham Avenue on their list. Home to flourishing new restaurants and parts of the Eater NY masthead, Graham is the less ridiculous Bedford Avenue, and at least there's one longtime local who doesn't mind the hipster invasion: the pizza guy! He says the 'hood has "welcomed the younger crowd with open arms." Finally, peace in the far east. [WSJ]

  • Rendering Vs. Reality: Unveiled Gramercy 19 Makes Itself at Home on Block Beautiful

    Updated: 2010-07-30 16:00:16
    . Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Rendering Vs . Reality Unveiled Gramercy 19 Makes Itself at Home on Block Beautiful Friday , July 30, 2010, by Sara The scaffolding has come off the tumor-ish growth on 148 East 19th Street , now known in its glassy seven-floor state as Gramercy 19 So how does this tipster-submitted photo compare to the

  • Cool Map Thing: The awesome East River floating pool...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 15:45:28
    The awesome East River floating pool might still be just a concept, but the city would like to remind you that there are other places to play in the water around here. As part of the Vision 2020 waterfront makeover plan, the Department of City Planning has unveiled an interactive waterfront access map, showing publicly- and privately-owned waterfront. Click and splash! [Department of City Planning]

  • Greed is Good: Wall Street 2's High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for $15M

    Updated: 2010-07-30 15:18:46
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Click the image above to view the full . photogallery In April the New York Times outed the penthouse at 31 West 21st Street as the apartment cast as the crash pad for Shia LaBeouf's banker character in Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps the sequel to Oliver Stone's 1987 classic . The brokers said they were banking on the movie to

  • Quicklisting: Upper East Side, $3.2M

    Updated: 2010-07-30 14:40:00

  • Relocations: City Room notes that the City...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 14:36:05
    City Room notes that the City Council's big Domino and Flushing Commons day was the first in its temporary new home (caused by the renovation of City Hall): the old Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank at 51 Chambers Street. Inset your own punchline: "Life could be worse: the Beaux-Arts building is one of the city’s more elegant properties, with a limestone facade, marble walls and stained-glass skylights. Tellers’ windows line each side of the hall." [City Room]

  • Mindboggling Reveals: Latest West Chelsea Starchitecture Peeled and Polished

    Updated: 2010-07-30 14:12:03
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Mindboggling Reveals Latest West Chelsea Starchitecture Peeled and Polished Friday , July 30, 2010, by Pete Click the image above to view the full . photogallery The waiting game is over Maybe it was the endless heat or the full moon that caused the cosmic shift , but the construction netting at 200 Eleventh

  • Preservation Watch: East Villagers and members of the...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 13:50:19
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Preservation Watch Friday , July 30, 2010, by Joey Preservation Watch East Villagers and members of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral at 59 East 2nd Street are sparring over the proposed landmarking of the Gothic-style church The church says it can't afford the necessary repairs if the building is landmarked ,

  • OTBKB Music: Celebrate Brooklyn’s Rock Weekend; Li’l Mo Plays Two Boots

    Updated: 2010-07-30 13:40:52
    Celebrate Brooklyn hosts a rock weekend tonight and tomorrow.  Tonight’s show is of the softer variety with The Swell Season and The Low Anthem (gates open at 6:30pm and the show starts ay 7:30pm).  Tomorrow the festival goes loud with a triple bill of Sonic Youth, Grass Widow and Talk Normal (gates open early at [...]

  • Meanwhile, in Chelsea...: "I was walking down West 27th...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 13:35:23
    "I was walking down West 27th street from 8th to 7th yesterday afternoon and passed a building, midblock on the south side of the street, where the front door had been literally drenched by a bucket of shit. The door was coated, the bucket (a large drywall sized bucket) was laying there next to the disaster, a couple orange cones were placed gingerly... The entire east side of the block stank. I thought you'd want to know. That's not a diss." [CurbedWire Inbox]

  • Adventures in Marketing: Trump Soho Developers Will Give You a Loan, If You Dare

    Updated: 2010-07-30 13:08:32
    , Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Adventures in Marketing Trump Soho Developers Will Give You a Loan , If You Dare Friday , July 30, 2010, by Sara Last time we checked on Trump Soho the condo-hotel troubled by inflated sales numbers and remorseful buyers the sales scorecard stood at 11 out of 391 units . It's now inched up to 20 out of 391

  • The Iceman Selleth: The deal is done on 140...

    Updated: 2010-07-30 13:02:58
    Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 The Iceman Selleth Friday , July 30, 2010, by Joey The Iceman Selleth The deal is done on 140 William Street the cute seven-story FiDi building put on the market by troubled developer Kent Swig The sale price was 11.35 million , a 53.5 loss for Swig , who bought the building in 2007. So is the place going

  • Linkage: More on Flushing Commons, Domino; Harlem Flower Bandits; More!

    Updated: 2010-07-30 00:45:57
    , Greed is Good Wall Street 2 s High Roller Penthouse Hits the Market for 15M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 28 new posts Eater NY 19 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 6 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Friday , July 30, 2010 Linkage More on Flushing Commons , Domino Harlem Flower Bandits More Friday , July 30, 2010, by Joey Photo via Curbed Photo Pool Ian T West Use of rent-stabilized apartment for campaign part of Rangel's oopsies NYT Shorter Domino towers are also bulkier Domino towers NYO More details on Flushing Commons

  • CurbedWire: Domino Construction to Start in 2011; 1BBP Sales Update

    Updated: 2010-07-29 21:59:14
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 27 new posts Eater NY 18 new posts Racked NY 23 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 CurbedWire Domino Construction to Start in 2011 1BBP Sales Update Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey WILLIAMSBURG— Whew , those were some crazy years of controversy , but the City Council finally approved the New Domino project today which will turn the old sugar refinery into a 2,200-unit village by the sea designed by architect

  • Linkage: Aqueduct Lawsuit Dismissed; New Hotel Holds Vine-Cutting

    Updated: 2010-07-29 21:46:20
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 27 new posts Eater NY 18 new posts Racked NY 23 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Linkage Aqueduct Lawsuit Dismissed New Hotel Holds Vine-Cutting Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara Photo via Curbed Photo Pool ahmed_elhusseiny Judge dismisses lawsuit by Aqueduct reject Crain's Citigroup forks over 75 million to settle subprime troubles NYT MTA chief Jay Walder buys 1.6 million UWS condo NYO Times Square's new

  • Comment of the Day: "I heard a conductor on an...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 21:28:31
    "I heard a conductor on an Amtrak train coming back from Philly telling two riders about how he always takes his wife and 3 kids to Dumbo for 'a real New York City experience'. He had a Southern accent as thick as mud. The neighborhood will be as "realistic" as Soho in 5 years."—anon [Brooklyn's Magic Kingdom]

  • Video Interludes: Sneak a Peek Inside Calatrava's WTC Train Station

    Updated: 2010-07-29 21:05:42
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 27 new posts Eater NY 18 new posts Racked NY 23 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Video Interludes Sneak a Peek Inside Calatrava's WTC Train Station Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey Santiago Calatrava's design for a soaring PATH-and-subway-train-connecting World Trade Center Transportation Hub has been , er , evolving okay , okay—getting cheapened up for so many years that we're not really sure anymore what

  • PriceSpotter: Big Reveal: Pricing a Two-Bedroom Condop in Gramercy

    Updated: 2010-07-29 20:46:10
    : Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 27 new posts Eater NY 18 new posts Racked NY 23 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 PriceSpotter Big Reveal : Pricing a Two-Bedroom Condop in Gramercy Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara And now , the results of this week's PriceSpotter asking price guessing game : Location 312 East 23rd Street 3D : Asking 885,000 Even though few Pspots liked this apartment , almost all the guesses came in on the high side , many

  • Oops: So that 18th century ship dug...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 20:40:02
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 27 new posts Eater NY 18 new posts Racked NY 23 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Oops Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara Oops So that 18th century ship dug up during WTC work recently Construction workers may have accidentally cut it in half while in a hurry last year . Oops Nor is what archaeologists are finding in the remaining half of the ordinary brigantine , or workhorse ship , likely to excite anyone

  • Oh Please Please Please: Amazing Floating Pool 'Might Actually Happen,' Say Designers

    Updated: 2010-07-29 20:22:16
    , Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Oh Please Please Please Amazing Floating Pool Might Actually Happen , Say Designers Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey We didn't think that the Pool concept was anything more than a few cool renderings and a way for bored architects to pass the time , but it turns out that the folks behind the whimsical four-in-one floating pool

  • On the Racked: Nolita's Fancy Duane Reade Opening Soon; Lost in Forever 21

    Updated: 2010-07-29 19:59:25
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 On the Racked Nolita's Fancy Duane Reade Opening Soon Lost in Forever 21 Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara And now , the latest from Racked covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks . up 1 : Nolita The new Duane Reade flagship at Lafayette and Spring opens Saturday and it looks like the empire-minded drugstore chain kept the

  • Preservation Watch: A developer may build warehouses on...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 19:49:32
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Preservation Watch Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey Preservation Watch A developer may build warehouses on Maspeth's historic St . Saviour's Church site , which was controversially deforested and nearly demolished despite immense pressure from locals and politicians to preserve the site Some are still holding out hope that the

  • Feuds: Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant

    Updated: 2010-07-29 19:12:45
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey A Development Du Jour from way back in 2006, The Veneto at 250 East 53rd Street in Turtle Bay has always gone about its business quietly . The classy 34-story condo building developed by Related has averaged around 1,300 sqft in its sales , and

  • Real Estate Sold: Chopped Heights Townhouse Still Makes Year's Highest Sale

    Updated: 2010-07-29 18:30:10
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Real Estate Sold Chopped Heights Townhouse Still Makes Year's Highest Sale Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara When we first set eyes on Brooklyn Heights' 13 Cranberry Street we were a little bit enchanted with the house , designed by an English sea captain . So , apparently , was whoever just handed over 6.2 million to buy it sadly

  • Brooklyn's Magic Kingdom: The Associated Press has filed a...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 18:03:48
    The Associated Press has filed a travel story on Dumbo: "The fact that DUMBO is still relatively unknown is part of its charm. Sean Cavanaugh, visiting on a recent summer day from Alexandria, Va., with his wife Jean and two children, admitted that he thought the neighborhood housed 'a mini-amusement park.'" Related: The line at Grimaldi's just doubled. [AP via Dumbo NYC]

  • Mindboggling Reveals: Lower East Side's Son of Thor Wields a Glass Hammer

    Updated: 2010-07-29 17:45:23
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Mindboggling Reveals Lower East Side's Son of Thor Wields a Glass Hammer Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey Click the image above to view the full . photogallery It might just be coincidence that the facade of Norfolk Street's Son of Thor has been revealed just as buzz is building for Kenneth Branagh's big screen Thor flick , but we

  • Quicklisting: East Village, $3.3M

    Updated: 2010-07-29 17:00:00

  • Extreme Makeovers: Think Tank Wants Harlem High Line That Isn't Actually a High Line

    Updated: 2010-07-29 16:53:07
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Extreme Makeovers Think Tank Wants Harlem High Line That Isn't Actually a High Line Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara Cities all over the world are now looking to the High Line as a train tracks-to-park trendsetter and the latest potential copycat is none other than . Harlem . Think tank The Center for an Urban Future , backing a

  • In Contract: How to celebrate getting fired: buy...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 16:30:03
    How to celebrate getting fired: buy an apartment! Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown—who left the network last week—and her husband are the new owners of a full-floor apartment in Tribeca's 71 Murray Street, according to The Real Deal. The place was listed for $4.495 million and went into contract this week. Wonder if any CNN peeps will be invited to the housewarming? [Real Deal]

  • Development Update-o-rama!: Mayor Bloomberg Happy the Apthorp Didn't Fail

    Updated: 2010-07-29 16:03:23
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Development Update-o-rama Mayor Bloomberg Happy the Apthorp Didn't Fail Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey Now that closings have kicked off at condo-converted Upper West Side landmark the Apthorp it's time for the parties responsible to take a victory lap . And by parties we of course mean Elliman superbroker Dolly Lenz who took on

  • Chinatown Land Value Check: We're always curious to see what...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 15:27:30
    We're always curious to see what a small building on a highly trafficked neighborhood intersection can fetch these days, and Chinatown's CCRC passes along the listing for a three-story commercial building at 178 Canal Street (at Mott). Interesting deets: The Chase bank has 15 years left on its lease, there's $150k in estimated annual billboard rent and over 10,000 square feet of additional air rights. Asking price? Oh, just $43.5 million. That's some pricey air! [CCRC]

  • Real Estate Sold: Renovated East Village House Doesn't Meet High Pricing Hopes

    Updated: 2010-07-29 15:10:55
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Real Estate Sold Renovated East Village House Doesn't Meet High Pricing Hopes Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Sara Back in November , the 6BR , 4.5BA house at 114 East 10th Street was the first to get the Tuesday Townhouse treatment . Despite the love of many Curbed commenters , it took a little while for a sale : the broker tells us

  • Quicklisting: Upper East Side, $18.5M

    Updated: 2010-07-29 14:55:00

  • Quicklisting: 184 Kent, Williamsburg

    Updated: 2010-07-29 14:55:00

  • There Will Be Blood: Bedbug Scare at Columbus Circle's Time Warner Center

    Updated: 2010-07-29 14:35:19
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 There Will Be Blood Bedbug Scare at Columbus Circle's Time Warner Center Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey Never before has the need for a New York City Bedbug Czar been so abundantly clear : The bloodsucking bastards are making a move on some of Manhattan's priciest real estate . Maybe The Related Companies developer of the

  • Door Prizes: We're relieved that, even with rumors...

    Updated: 2010-07-29 14:16:32
    We're relieved that, even with rumors of market recovery, we haven't seen the end of one of our favorite freebies: the humble vespa. At Williamsburg's 1 Powers Street, a Vespa LX 50 is now one of the move-in bonus options for buyers. A few of the others: hotel gift cards, a free year of Fresh Direct, an apartment sound system, or a designer-created terrace. We beg you, get the Vespa! [StreetEasy]

  • Celebrity Real Estate: Kelly Ripa Checking Out of Soho's Celebrity Dorm?

    Updated: 2010-07-29 13:54:19
    Feuds Veneto Resident Blasts Neighbors in Epic Rant Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 25 new posts hamptons 7 new posts MARKETPLACE Welcome to Curbed NY Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed NY newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , July 29, 2010 Celebrity Real Estate Kelly Ripa Checking Out of Soho's Celebrity Dorm Thursday , July 29, 2010, by Joey The loft building at 76 Crosby Street is Soho's star-studded castle—Nicole Kidman , Leonardo DiCaprio and Harvey Weinstein have all crashed there—and Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa are its current king and queen . Regis's

  • No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

    Updated: 2010-07-29 13:37:13
    Celebrate Brooklyn hosts a rock weekend tonight and tomorrow.  Tonight’s show is of the softer variety with The Swell Season and The Low Anthem (gates open at 6:30pm and the show starts ay 7:30pm).  Tomorrow the festival goes loud with a triple bill of Sonic Youth, Grass Widow and Talk Normal (gates open early at [...]

  • Only the Blog Knows Block Island…

    Updated: 2010-07-29 05:36:07
    …and I’m taking it slow for a few days. I promise a few posts this morning. Thank goodness for OTBKB Music and Eliot…

  • OTBKB Music: The Boss Makes An Appearance; The Wailin’ Jennys and Amy Speace Tonight

    Updated: 2010-07-29 05:36:06
    A few days after Alejandro Escovedo played The Bowery Electric in New York City last week, he played The Stone Pony in Asbury Park.  And as you might have suspected, Bruce Springsteen showed up at that show and joined Alejandro on a few songs.  You can find  a video of Always A Friend from that [...]

  • No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

    Updated: 2010-07-27 03:06:13
    A few days after Alejandro Escovedo played The Bowery Electric in New York City last week, he played The Stone Pony in Asbury Park.  And as you might have suspected, Bruce Springsteen showed up at that show and joined Alejandro on a few songs.  You can find  a video of Always A Friend from that [...]

  • No Mad Men on Block Island and Bar 4

    Updated: 2010-07-27 03:06:12
    Seems I made a little mistake yesterday and I apologize. I got a tip from someone in the neighborhood that they were screening the 4th season premiere of Mad Men at Bar 4. Turns out that was wrong, wrong, wrong. Maybe he meant Bar Reis. I learned of my mistake just as I was trying [...]

  • OTBKB Music: Kathleen Edwards and Sister Sparrow Photos

    Updated: 2010-07-27 03:06:11
    Last week was a great week for live music and I was able to capture two of the shows I saw photographically to share with you.  On Thursday, Kathleen Edwards and her band played on a Rockin’ the River cruise.  You’ll find lots of pictures from that show here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.  Kathleen [...]

  • No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

    Updated: 2010-07-27 03:06:10
    Last week was a great week for live music and I was able to capture two of the shows I saw photographically to share with you.  On Thursday, Kathleen Edwards and her band played on a Rockin’ the River cruise.  You’ll find lots of pictures from that show here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.  Kathleen [...]

  • The Sunday List: Mad Men, Django Experiment, Hamlet

    Updated: 2010-07-25 14:41:34
    Today is SUNDAY and it’s hot. I’m off to Block Island but you’re still here in need of things to do. Tonight, of course, you’ll be watching Mad Men on AMC at 10 PM. But if you don’t have cable there are things you can do… Mad Men Viewing If you’re in Park Slope (and [...]

  • Watching Mad Men in Park Slope, Times Square, Block Island

    Updated: 2010-07-25 14:41:33
    Season 4 of Mad Men premieres tonight and I think I’m going to miss it unless I can find a bar that’s showing it on Block Island. If you’re in Park Slope (and you don’t have cable) you can watch the latest adventures of Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Pete Campbell, Peggy Olson and all the [...]

  • Atlantic Yards: Birth of a new urban model - Crain's New York Business

    Updated: 2010-07-25 11:03:02
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  • Atlantic Yards: De La Hoya Golden Boy Promotions And NJ Nets Bring Boxing To Brooklyn - Bleacher Report

    Updated: 2010-07-22 22:28:30
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  • Engaging the 14th Brooklyn– Again!

    Updated: 2010-07-22 12:35:47
    As a man in the 12th Alabama wrote, “we were into it hot and heavy. I thought I had been in hot places before— I thought I had heard Minnie ball; but that day capped the climax.” Once in position the Alabamians stubbornly kept up a steady fire of their own, but they could not advance [...]

  • FREE Beach Boys Coney Island Concert July 22nd - with The Turtles and More!

    Updated: 2010-07-22 00:50:53
    The Beach Boys are playing a FREE concert in Coney Island on Thursday, July 22nd, right near the boardwalk and, yes, the beach! Also on the bill are The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Micky Dolenz from The Monkees, and Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders. (NOTE: This Beach Boys [...]

  • In Memory of the 14th Brooklyn

    Updated: 2010-07-18 03:54:18
    THE MARTYR (Indicative of the Passion of the People on the 15th Day of April, 1865) Good Friday was the day Of the prodigy and crime, When they killed him in his pity, When they killed him in his prime Of clemency and calm— When with yearning he was filled To redeem the evil-willed, And, though conqueror, be kind; But they killed him in his [...]

  • Check out our 2010 Student Projects slideshow...

    Updated: 2010-07-16 16:13:00
    . My Account Get a Library Card Library Catalog Articles Databases Downloadable Media Brooklyn Collection Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Ask a Librarian Kids Teens Parents Teachers Only at BPL Events Calendar Support Your Library About BPL Jobs Business Information Español Pусский Français 中文資料 BPL eNews Join Our Email List in Library Catalog BPL Website Articles Databases Downloadable Media Text Size A A A Brooklyn Public Library Home Brooklynology Check out our 2010 Student Projects slideshow . Jul 16, 2010 11:13 AM 0 comments To further celebrate the accomplishments of our Brooklyn Connections students , we've posted some of their best projects and quotes to share online . nbsp We're still hoping that all you Brooklynites out there will stop by the Collection to see our exhibit of student

  • Brooklyn and the New York City Draft Riots

    Updated: 2010-07-14 19:52:00
    My Account Get a Library Card Library Catalog Articles Databases Downloadable Media Brooklyn Collection Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Ask a Librarian Kids Teens Parents Teachers Only at BPL Events Calendar Support Your Library About BPL Jobs Business Information Español Pусский Français 中文資料 BPL eNews Join Our Email List in Library Catalog BPL Website Articles Databases Downloadable Media Text Size A A A Brooklyn Public Library Home Brooklynology Brooklyn and the New York City Draft Riots Jul 14, 2010 2:52 PM 0 comments This month marks the 147th anniversary of the New York City Draft riots . For three days in July of 1863, rioters turned Manhattan upside down in protest against the Civil War Draft . How did Brooklyn residents react to orders to fight for the Union forces in the Civil War In

  • 2010 FREE New York Philharmonic in the Parks Concerts - Begins July 13th

    Updated: 2010-07-13 22:09:40
    The annual slate of free NY Philharmonic in the parks summer concerts begins July 13th in Central Park with a program including Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Wagner, Mozart, and more. There's another concert in Central Park on the 14th, and concerts in other NYC parks through July 19th, with a concert in all five boroughs (two in [...]

  • Little Known Brooklyn Residents: Dorothy and Richard Minnich

    Updated: 2010-07-12 16:07:00
    : My Account Get a Library Card Library Catalog Articles Databases Downloadable Media Brooklyn Collection Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Ask a Librarian Kids Teens Parents Teachers Only at BPL Events Calendar Support Your Library About BPL Jobs Business Information Español Pусский Français 中文資料 BPL eNews Join Our Email List in Library Catalog BPL Website Articles Databases Downloadable Media Text Size A A A Brooklyn Public Library Home Brooklynology Little Known Brooklyn Residents : Dorothy and Richard Minnich Jul 12, 2010 11:07 AM 0 comments Living in New York , we are accustomed to living in very close proximity with our neighbors , sometimes hearing more than we'd like to from the people living around us . I've been known to complain about my noisy upstairs neighbors , but after

  • Celebrate Bastille Day in New York on Sunday, July 11th!

    Updated: 2010-07-11 03:29:06
    Bastille Day is July 14th, but you can celebrate the French national holiday on Sunday, July 11th in New York with the annual party on East 60th Street. Bastille Day in New York takes place from 12 Noon to 4 p.m. on East 60th St., from Fifth to Lexington Avenues. It's free and open to [...]

  • Brooklyn Dog and Horse Parade

    Updated: 2010-07-07 18:34:00
    My Account Get a Library Card Library Catalog Articles Databases Downloadable Media Brooklyn Collection Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Ask a Librarian Kids Teens Parents Teachers Only at BPL Events Calendar Support Your Library About BPL Jobs Business Information Español Pусский Français 中文資料 BPL eNews Join Our Email List in Library Catalog BPL Website Articles Databases Downloadable Media Text Size A A A Brooklyn Public Library Home Brooklynology Brooklyn Dog and Horse Parade Jul 7, 2010 1:34 PM 0 comments I recently came across some photographs that were newly uploaded to the Brooklyn Public Library catalog , nbsp and since they are pictures of animals , I had to write about them . nbsp On a lovely day in late June of 1935, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the ASPCA of Brooklyn hosted the Dog

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