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Never One to Disappoint, Michael Shvo Installs Blingy Trees Around...
Forget about construction fencing. Mere weeks after closing on a development site at 239 Tenth Avenue, newly back-on-the-scene Michael Shvo is already shaking up the status quo. The go-go broker—now...
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To Do Saturday: Perfect Specimens
A typically spooky Mark Kessell painting. Artist Mark Kessell’s photographs explore human existence from birth to death—from the first stirring of new life to the final phase of post-mortem decay....
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The Kahns Tap Dolly Lenz to Try to Double Their Money at Madoff’s Old Manse
The whiter walls and darker floors are nice, but the word "renovation" doesn't appear anywhere in the listing. Well, we can't accuse Dolly Lenz of slacking off at her new job. The Manhattan super...
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To Do Sunday: Savor Harlem
Harlem Shake. (Facebook) Celebrate Harlem Week at “Savor Harlem,” a cool guy-centric event showcasing classic car culture and snazzy men’s hats from Harlem Haberdashery, a bespoke men’s store. Also...
View ArticleMeet Christine Quinn’s Wife, Kim Catullo
Christine Quinn’s famously press-shy wife, Kim Catullo, dipped her toes into the media spotlight for the first time this weekend, sitting for a series of interviews with local outlets after months of...
View ArticleSusan Sarandon on the Mayor’s Race: ‘You Can’t Just Vote Your Vagina’
At first, actress Susan Sarandon expected to back Council Speaker Christine Quinn in her bid to become the city’s first female mayor. But she had to evaluate her other priorities as well. Citing Ms....
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Kicked to the Curb: Fabulously Phony Real Estate Titles We’ll Really Miss
Sorry, buddy, these meaningless titles won't fly in New York. There go the business cards! This year, thousands of real estate agents and brokers in New York lost their fancy titles when the New York...
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Amazon Website Back After Going Down This Afternoon
Amazon website at 3:29 pm The Amazon website went down this afternoon, but is since fixed. For around twenty minutes, typing in "Amazon.com" resulted in a message that said: "Oops! We're very sorry,...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Defends Susan Sarandon’s Honor
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has actress Susan Sarandon’s back. At a press conference today with a slew of celebrity backers protesting the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital, the mayoral candidate...
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Lindsay Lohan: America’s First Poster Child of Adderall Addiction? (Video)
Lindsay Lohan (OWN)Viewers may have been disappointed after tuning into Oprah's Next Chapter with Lindsay Lohan last night; the starlet turned media train wreck stuck to the repentant rehab-er script...
View ArticleA Revved-Up Bill Thompson Flaunts His Caribbean Roots
Warring for Caribbean-American votes with mayoral rival Bill de Blasio, Bill Thompson spoke extensively about his own Caribbean roots in front of a packed Brooklyn ballroom this morning. The...
View ArticleZillow to Acquire StreetEasy for $50 Million
Seeking a stronger foothold in the New York market, Zillow, the national real estate website, has agreed to acquire StreetEasy for $50 million in cash, the companies announced today. “Simply put,...
View ArticleChristine Quinn Calls on Rivals to Condemn Rally Violence
Earlier today, an event criticizing one of Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s mayoral rivals descended into chaos as an elderly local showed up and violently struck several Quinn supporters, including...
View ArticleIf You’ve Ever Sent a Dickpic, It Could End Up in a Bushwick Art Gallery...
Four women have banded together to take the stash of dick pics they received over the summer and channel them into art (as long as you consider a blurry, up-close shot of a penis art). Vice reports...
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Pretty in Pink: Hamptons Paddle Party Brings Out the Breast and Brightest
Maria Baum, Lisa Perry, Gabrielle Reece, Thom Filicia, Lisa Klein. (Patrick McMullan) On Saturday, even the weather seemed to take The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s invitation to “think pink”...
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A Response to the Teaser Trailer (Video)
Get it???Look, it's a dead chicken. A creepy little girl voice sings a cover of "Paint It Black." Cut to an upside down question mark, like in Spanish. Here is the ocean. Now back to the chicken. Zoom...
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P.S. I Love You: Why Downtown Parents Are Choosing Public School
P.S. 234. With a looming budget crisis and massive public contracts overdue, it’s fair to expect that public school class sizes will continue to inflate even as classroom budgets will continue to be...
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Penny For Your Thoughts
Penny Arcade. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images) Last Thursday, the Museum of Arts and Design screened An Evening With Penny Arcade and Quentin Crisp, a film by Steve Zehentner that was retrieved...
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Doorway to Heaven: St. Patrick’s Cathedral Gets Its Bronze Doors Back
A team of workers supervised the re-installation of the doors. (Fernando Gomes) For the past eight months, visitors to St. Patrick’s have entered the historic cathedral through two decidedly...
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Hit Me With Your Best Scot: As the U.S. Open Approaches, Defending Champ Andy...
Two weeks before the start of the U.S. Open, the first-ever Grand Slam event Andy Murray will enter as defending champion, the No. 2 player in the world was 25 miles from downtown Cincinnati, quietly...
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