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What Is the Future of Jazz in New York?
A nighttime look at 52nd Street, former hotbed of jazz, circa 1948. (Photo by William P. Gottlieb) Being a jazz musician in New York City has never been easy. For most of its century-long existence,...
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Fashion Week Satisfaction Scorecard: Tory Burch
(Photos via 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 ArticleEditorial: Solid Foundation for Housing
First the good news: Mayor Bill de Blasio could not have made better choices in naming Carl Weisbrod as chairman of the City Planning Commission and Vicki Been as the new head of the Department of...
View ArticleEditorial: The State of the Two Cities
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first State of the City speech sounded like recycled boilerplate from his campaign addresses. Once again, we were treated to variations on his Dickensian themes of inequity and...
View ArticleEditorial: Rancid Transit
If the Super Bowl never returns to the New York-New Jersey region, don’t blame it on the weather. The gods of pigskin made sure that the game was played on the only decent day we’ve had in weeks. It’s...
View ArticleFormer Michael Grimm Fund-Raiser Arraigned in New York
A Texas woman arrested by the FBI and charged for allegedly funneling more than $10,000 in illegal contributions to Congressman Michael Grimm’s 2010 campaign was arraigned in federal court this...
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Germaphobes May Soon Have Their Own Fashionable Subway Armor
Stylish AND sniffle-proof. (gravitytank) Tissues just don't cut it in this modern world. Gravitytank, an innovation consulting firm, has conceived a clothing line designed to protect frequenters of...
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The New Moda Operandi App Is Like Tinder For Designer Clothes
Yup, we'll take it (plus a phone charger...) Successful fashion/tech mashups are tough. Maybe it’s because fashionistas and code monkeys don’t mix, or because the luxe feeling of a silk Hermès scarf...
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Bill Murray Trolls Reddit, Charlie Rose (Video)
Bow to your king. (Hulu)For the olds: Bill Murray, a comedian and actor you know from Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters and Wes Anderson movies, did a Charlie Rose interview to talk about his personal...
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For $1,400 a Month, You Can Share a Lower East Side Apartment With A Sad, Sad...
Your $1,400 future. (Craigslist) What a steal? This apartment on the Lower East Side can be yours for $1,400 a month ... and the patience to share it with a heartbroken roommate. "Girlfriend is moving...
View ArticleDe Blasio Responds to Cuomo’s ‘Repugnant’ Charge Against His Pre-K Funding Plan
The verbal slugfest between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over pre-K funding escalated today, with Mr. Cuomo calling the logical extension of the mayor’s position “repugnant” and Mr .de...
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For Those Who Find Love Weakening: House of Cards Valentines
In honor of season two of House of Cards premiering on February 14th, The Observer created a series of collector's edition valentines for the Frank, Zoe, Claire, or Russo in your life. (Yes, great...
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Derek Jeter’s Greatest Accomplishment Was Surviving New York’s Media Unscathed
The Golden Boy. Derek Jeter will be remembered for a lot of accomplishments, but one stands above the rest. He is a modern sports icon that survived New York media. You see, New York has a tendency to...
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Metro Diary Reminds Us Why We Fight The Urge To Say ‘Goodbye To All That’
Worth it (Getty) New York is basically unbearable right now. It's so unpleasantly, intensely cold that we keep coming up with new terms to describe the fact that it is cold. It's going to snow again...
View ArticleDe Blasio Squirrels Away Money Ahead of Contract Negotiations
Mayor Bill de Blasio today unveiled his $73.7 billion preliminary budget plan for the next fiscal year–squirreling away more than $1 billion in surplus money left by the previous administration as he...
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Fashion Week Satisfaction Scorecard: Son Jung Wan, Ralph Lauren, Anna Sui and...
Son Jung Wan (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...
View ArticleKaty Perry Fave CuteCircuit Shows Light-Up Dresses At Fashion Week
Successful fashion/tech mashups are tough. Maybe it’s because fashionistas and code monkeys don’t mix, or because the luxe feeling of a silk Hermès scarf can’t be simulated via Android. Still, once in...
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With New Mayor and Different Governor at the Helm, Increased HIV/AIDS Housing...
Rents will be capped at 30 percent of income. (edenpictures, flickr) Today Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an affordable housing initiative for low-income New Yorkers living with...
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Hot Tip: Think Twice Before Skimping on the Delivery Guy Today
This man is a legend. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) Mother Nature has been beating the crap out of New York in the past two weeks, packing on snowstorm after snowstorm and somehow making sunny Los...
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The Comedy of Error Messages: Wi-fi in the Subway
Delays owing to signal failure (Flickr) During a recent morning rush on the subway, something new happened. At about quarter to nine on a jam-packed D train, as the doors opened at Rockefeller Center,...
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