Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
An address on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx was once as prestigious as any in New York City. It was where upwardly mobile Jewish, Irish and other immigrants flocked when they arrived here in the 1920s through the 1950s. The boulevard’s four-lane grandeur echoing Paris’ Champs d’Elysees, its architecturally stunning apartment buildings, public transit…
Sometimes it’s possible to step back and appreciate how much has changed for the better since police raided the Stonewall Inn, sparking riots and a national gay rights movement. Yesterday’s Gay Pride parade, coming on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, was one such moment of joyful triumph, where dancing…
AddThis Button Begin NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Aiming to curb gender bias and harassment in New York City, officials are readying a plan that would require businesses to convert one-person restrooms into gender-neutral facilities. Legislation is being introduced that would require publicly available, single-occupancy restrooms in both public and private buildings to be designated as…
[Rendering via VisualHouse.] There are a lot of really, really expensive apartments poised to enter the market in the next few years (we’re lookin’ at you, 220 Central Park South and Nordstrom Tower) that will join the ranks of the city’s already-inundated luxury market. A few questions have been floating around for a while: when’s…
The greatest threat to world security is currently bed bugs, which reportedly stormed the United Nations this week. UN spokesperson confirms that BED BUGS have been found in the Secretariat. June 24, 2015 It’s a bedbug’s world and we’re just livin’ in it and tryin’ to negotiate peace through diplomacy in it. Advertisement But they…
(Gothamist) Less than 24 hours after Albany’s Three Men in a Room announced their “framework” for a deal that leaves the city’s rent regulations mostly unchanged for the next four years, a crowd of protesters gathered outside Governor Cuomo’s Midtown office to voice their outrage and concern for the future. “I’m exhausted, frustrated, and honestly…
Over the past few weeks, a 25-year-old named Tyrelle Shaw allegedly struck at least four Asian women in Manhattan in the face with heavy objects concealed inside a bag, in what appeared to be random attacks, according to the NYPD. On Monday, Shaw was found dead in an elevator shaft on the Upper East Side, a hanging that…
The Assembly, controlled by Democrats, had pushed to strengthen rent regulations so that fewer apartments would become market rate in future years, but it faced opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate. As part of the agreement, the rent threshold at which a vacant apartment can be deregulated will increase to $2,700, from $2,500. That threshold would…
Sticker shock has always been part of the shopping experience at the city’s Whole Paycheck luxury stores, but now it turns out some of these prices may be illegal. An investigation by the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs has uncovered some shady price tags at our fleet of Whole Foods stores that show customers have…
Kenneth Cole Replaces Stolen Bag For Brooklyn Man Thanks to Google Alert View Full Caption BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn man whose Kenneth Cole messenger bag was stolen is getting the $300 tote replaced thanks to the designer’s Google alerts. Kenneth Cole — the person, not the brand — decided to replace the stolen bag…