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Fashion Week Satisfaction ScoreCard: Saturday Roundup
Jill Stuart (Anna Canlas) As much as we love Fashion Week, anyone who has ever been to the shows will tell you that it’s not an easy stroll down the tents. Instead, you have to contend with late start...
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Fashion Week Observed: Mara Hoffman Talks the Mara Hoffman Filter
Photo via Anna Canlas Backstage at the Lincoln Center, designer Mara Hoffman emerges behind a black curtain in printed pajamas, rings like amulets and half a sleeve of henna crawling up each long arm....
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To Do Sunday: Celebrating Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg. (Photo via Getty Images) Fashion Week is one of the best weeks of the year to be in New York. I love the feeling of the fashion industry coming together to celebrate the new...
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To Do Sunday: Hip Tot Music Fest’s Valentine’s Concert
Audra Rox. (Photo via Vimeo) “Can I have some apple pie in my cornflakes?” asks singer Audra Rox in her country-tinged kids song “I Hope My Mama Says YES!” Rox, who has been dubbed queen of the N.Y....
View ArticleTerry Adkins, Artist, Musician and Educator, Dies at 60
Artist and teacher Terry Adkins, whose work in a variety of media earned him widespread and growing acclaim, died on Friday in New York at the age of 60. His New York dealer, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn,...
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Kumon-like Kitchen Consultants Help Restaurants Game Letter Grades
New York restaurants are partnering with consulting companies to earn A's from the Health Department. Pop quizzes always make us a little queasy, but this surprise test might help settle your stomach....
View ArticleJimmy McMillan Running for Governor (Again)
It’s an election year in New York, which means Jimmy McMillan is running for office again. Mr. McMillan, the perennial “Rent Is Too Damn High!” candidate who has run for mayor, governor and president,...
View ArticleDe Blasio’s Minimum Wage Hike May Face Resistance in Albany
Mayor Bill de Blasio declared today in his State of the City address that he will urge state lawmakers to grant New York City the power to raise its own minimum wage, setting up yet another struggle...
View ArticleDemocrats and Labor Leaders Sing Bill de Blasio’s Praises After State of the...
Top Democrats and organized labor celebrated Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address this afternoon, hailing the new mayor’s repeated calls for more affordable housing, expanded science...
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MTA Promises to Promote Neighborhood that It’s Cutting Off Access To
MTA to promote locations made hard-to-reach by 7 train shutdowns. (farm3, flickr) In recompense for cutting off 7 train service to Long Island City for 13 weekends stretching from February to July, the...
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Penthouse at Gwathmey Siegel’s 400 Fifth Enters Contract for $12 M.
400 Fifth Avenue (Evan Joseph) One of the four unsold penthouses in the Gwathmey Siegel-designed 400 Fifth Avenue has entered contract, The Observer has learned. And according to Douglas Elliman's Toni...
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Governor Cuomo Announces $50 M. in Funding for Alternative Transportation...
Happy Trails. Applications for $50 million in federal funding, provided by the Federal Highway Administration via the New York State Department of Transportation, for an array of alternative...
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Fashion Week Satisfaction Scorecard: Vivienne Tam
(Photo: Getty) As much as we love Fashion Week, anyone who has ever been to the shows will tell you that it’s not an easy stroll down the tents. Instead, you have to contend with late start times,...
View ArticleDe Blasio Moves to Expand Living Wage With Executive Order
As part of his State of the City address this afternoon, Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to expand living wage legislation using a tool he has previously rarely mentioned: an executive order. Mr. de...
View ArticleDavid Broza on Peace, Politics and Playing Music
The message behind David Broza's ecumenical new album, which was recorded in an East Jerusalem studio with Israelis and Palestinians, is not all that subtle. Mr. Broza, the Israeli singer-songwriter,...
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De Blasio Sets Deadline for Affordable Housing Plan, But Policy Details...
How to carve out space for affordable housing? In his State of the City address yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged once again to "preserve or construct nearly 200,000 units of affordable...
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The FBI Wants to Give Your Laser Pointers a Time Out
How about we keep the lasers in our pockets and the planes in the air. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pointing fingers at those who point lasers at planes. The FBI's New York office was one of...
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Surprise! Surprise! The East Village Housewares Staple Is Closing
Where will we buy paper lanterns and electric covers now? (Photo: Google Maps) The store is called "Surprise! Surprise!" but many New Yorkers might have seen this coming. The home goods store, which...
View ArticleCenter for Fiction Sells Headquarters for $18M
The Center for Fiction has sold its headquarters at 17 East 47th Street to Sun’s Acres LLC for $18 million. The nonprofit signed a short-term lease-back with the new owner and will remain at the...
View ArticleMayor’s Office Says de Blasio Did Not Ask for Ally to Be Spared Night in Jail
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new administration may have been hit with its first minor scandal today: a report suggesting he intervened to prevent a friend from spending a night behind bars–a suggestion Mr....
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