You'll Enjoy This Picture Of New York's 2nd Avenue From 1861...
A Twitter user called @NewYorkologist recently tweeted the image below. It's described as "Second Avenue Looking North From 42nd Street, 1861 - Egbert L. Viele (MCNY)."For reference, from Google...
View ArticleMicrosoft Is Looking To Open A New Fifth Avenue Store And Become Neighbors...
Microsoft is in talks to open up its first New York City retail location on Fifth Avenue, the Daily News reports. The company is negotiating for 677 Fifth Ave., which has been vacant since Fendi left...
View ArticleThe Most Influential Restaurants In America
Each week, our “10 Dishes That Made My Career” series serves as a sort informal look at the most influential chefs in the culinary world. As our subjects reflect on the dishes that shaped their...
View ArticleThis Is What Record Rainfall Did To New York's Roads [PHOTOS]
The massive rains that hit the New York area Wednesday caused significant flooding in Suffolk County, east of New York City.The rainfall was record-setting.So much rain fell during such a short time...
View ArticleThe MTA Is Investigating A Report Of Bedbugs On A Third NYC Subway Line
According to a tipster who sent a horrifying account of his morning commute to Business Insider on Wednesday, bedbugs have been spotted on New York City's 7 train. The Metropolitan Transportation...
View ArticleHedge Fund Billionaire Louis Bacon Is Fighting With His Neighbor In The Bahamas
It's the classic case of billionaire brawling: your 150,000-square-foot vacation mansion is encroaching on mine. The dispute between billionaires Peter Nygard and Louis Bacon over their adjacent...
View ArticleNew York Hits PriceWaterhouseCoopers With 2-Year Consulting Ban
New York has banned PriceWaterhouseCoopers from accepting consulting work from New York-regulated firms for two years after charging the "Big 4" accounting firm with removing a warning about financial...
View ArticleMeet The 6 Chinese Real Estate Titans Who Are Snapping Up Property In New...
The size of recent investments from Chinese firms and individuals in New York real estate has commanded headlines. Generally speaking, the properties being bought are familiar to those in the New York...
View ArticleAirbnb: 124 New York Airbnb Hosts 'May Be Flagrantly Misusing Our Platform'
In his ongoing tussle with Airbnb, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has asked for detailed records on 124 hosts in the New York area. And Airbnb has agreed to give them to him.Airbnb has...
View Article21 Stunning Portraits Of Humans Around The World
Brandon Stanton is the photographer behind Humans of New York, the wildly popular photography blog that currently has more likes on Facebook than the entire population of New York City itself. Stanton...
View ArticleApple's Huge Glass Cube In NYC Has Now Been Granted A Patent (APPL)
Apple has been granted a U.S. patent for the iconic cube design of its flagship New York store, 9to5Mac reports.The patent is for the design of the 32-foot tall above-ground glass cube element of...
View ArticleThere Have Been 3 Bird Strikes At LaGuardia This Morning
There were no crashes, deaths, or injuries (except, presumably, to birds), nor heroic emergency landings on the Hudson River, but there were three bird strikes Wednesday morning at New York's LaGuardia...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo Could End Up With A Fierce Critic As His Running Mate
In the heat of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday, Columbia law professor Tim Wu stumbled into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). It was awkward."He gave me this funny look and he kind of...
View ArticleThe CEO Of Warner Music Just Sold This Fifth Avenue Penthouse For $35 Million
Warner Music Group CEO Stephen Cooper sold his Fifth avenue penthouse for $35 million, according to The Real Deal.Cooper sold the pad to Anton Levy, a managing director at the private investment firm...
View ArticleHedge Fund Billionaire Izzy Englander Paid A Record $71 Million For His...
It's official: Hedge-fund billionaire Israel "Izzy" Englander paid a record $71.3 million for a duplex apartment at New York's swanky 740 Park Ave., according to Bloomberg.That's the highest price ever...
View ArticleReal Estate CEO On Crashed Plane Was Called The 'Patron Saint' Of Rochester,...
The real estate CEO whose company was linked to the small plane that crashed in Jamaica on Friday was called the "patron saint" of Rochester, New York for his extensive claim on the city's skyline.Tim...
View ArticleWatch Andrew Cuomo Awkwardly Avoid His Opponent At A Parade
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) encountered his primary challenger, Zephyr Teachout, while attending a Midtown parade Saturday — sort of.In video captured by NYTrue.com, Teachout is shown approaching...
View ArticleNew York City Has An Unbelievably Opulent New Hotel
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View ArticleNew York Congressional Candidate Slams Opponent's Indictment In New Ad
The Democrat running against Rep. Michael Grimm (R-New York) is taking off the gloves and is set to release a new commercial on Monday that highlights the 20-count indictment against the...
View ArticleSenator Blasts NFL For Turning 'Blind Eye' To Domestic Violence
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) is fuming mad over how the National Football League handled the alleged incident of domestic violence involving Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice."It's...
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