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Height – 1536 | Width – 2048 Photo: Buck Ennis Scaffolds are ubiquitous in the city. One day in 2004, workmen arrived at the corner of West 123rd Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem to erect a sidewalk shed, one of those unsightly steel-and-wooden structures that pop up any time a building is under…
Mayor de Blasio updated the city on the post-blizzard state of affairs, with his biggest concern keeping the streets clear—and to that end, alternate side parking has been suspended for the entire week. “We want people to stay off the streets, keep their cars where they’re parked,” he said. “It will take a lot of…
The great and powerful Mitch has spoken, and on Saturday New York City will be blanketed in 8-12″ or perhaps 24″ or even 36 inches of fluffy, white snow. Or not! Regardless the outcome, if plans for hunkering down on Saturday include relying on the services of your local restaurants, it’s important to keep in…
The National Weather Service has issued another one of their classic caps-lock WEATHER WARNINGS, this time hectoring all humans in the northeast, mid-Atlantic and beyond to brace for a blizzard of wicked blizzarded proportions. A Blizzard Watch will officially be in effect in NYC starting Saturday morning at 6 a.m., and is expected to remain…
Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Photo by Barbara Eldredge Yes, it’s true, the mind-boggling Brooklyn real estate boom of the last three years slowed in the fourth quarter, just as real estate agents predicted. No, not everyone will agree, but the numbers have spoken. It’s great news for buyers, who could use a break, and not bad for…
New Yorkers are taking to Craigslist to find a cuddle partner for the weekend’s snowstorm. View Full Caption Wavebreak Media Ladies, when the season’s first snowstorm hits, there’s no reason to hibernate alone. New York’s Craigslist Romeos are only too happy to host you for a weekend of earthly delights, from cooking together to #netflixandchilling — because “going…
Hot Octopuss Times Square may have cornered the market on romantic love, but the corner of 28th Street and 5th Avenue has become the go-to place in NYC for fans of onanistic self-love. London-based sex toy company Hot Octopuss opened the “GuyFi” booth at that location this week as a way for men to…
The controversial “poor door” at a luxury Lincoln Square tower is finally open — and creating New York-style financial apartheid. Tenants who were chosen to live in one of the 55 low-income units in Extell’s ritzy 33-story building recently started trickling in through the poor door — and many are disturbed by the glaring disparities….
This “West Village Corrugated Can” will cost you $99.95. View Full Caption Anthropologie For $99.95, you, too, can introduce a bit of New York City trash history into your home. Upscale clothing retailer Anthropologie is advertising a “handmade” tin can that comes with either rope or wooden handles, for sale online, as a “West Village Corrugated Can.” Initially priced…
Last we checked, Cuomo had never ridden an MTA bus (Governor’s Office). Governor Andrew Cuomo has spent the week running from press conference to press conference, trash-talking New York City’s railways, airports and transit hubs even as he promises to make them grander, glassier, and, he hopes, more efficient. On Friday morning, the MTA…