Observer Media’s Masters of Real Estate, Minute by Minute by Minute
More than 300 real estate professionals crowded the Metropolitan Club early Thursday morning, despite snow-covered sidewalks, for the Observer Media Group’s third annual Masters of Real Estate forum....
View ArticleCheck Out the Floor Plan for Gaonnuri, the New Korean Barbecue on the 39th...
It was a transaction literally a decade in the making. Earlier this year, a deal between Jamestown Properties and Andy Sung, proprietor of the Korean barbecue restaurant Gaonnuri, came to fruition on...
View ArticlePresident Obama Receives Cheers in Staten Island
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama toured New Jersey, but, at the request of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, did not go to the hard-hit areas of New York City due to...
View ArticleSocial Media Companies Have Absolutely No Idea How to Handle the Gaza Conflict
After announcing their intention to attack Hamas on Twitter, the Israeli Defense Force began military operations in Gaza yesterday. The Alqassam Brigades, Hamas’s military arm, also has a Twitter...
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Michael Kimmelman and the AIA Debate New York After Sandy Tonight
Never forget. (Getty) Want to pitch in on the Sandy recovery and get in touch with your design-y, wonk-y self? Then head over to the Center for Architecture in the Village tonight, where Michael...
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Cosmopolitan Editor Joanna Coles Starts Cleaning House
Joanna Coles. (Getty Images) On Wednesday, Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles fired six staffers in the features department and two in the photo department. That is a significant portion of the features...
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Big Apple Idolatry: Guy Fieri vs. Pete Wells
Guy Fieri is so upset! (NBC) – Jay Z was not "right next to De Niro" the other night at Leonardo DiCaprio's birthday. The Taxi Driver star gave the Jigga a Meet the Fockers-level awkward greeting when...
View ArticleAttorney General Goes After Price-Gouging Gas Stations
As several gas station owners are about to learn, it’s against New York State law to jack up the price of goods like fuel after a hurricane. To wit, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced he is...
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Emergency Rooms: Many Hospitals Still at Risk from Future Storms
Evacuating Bellevue during the storm. (Getty)Underwater hospitals. CLICK TO ZOOM (IBO) As if Sandy hadn’t made enough of a mess of the New York City, and particularly a number of its hospitals, a new...
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The Story of ‘No’: S&M Sex Clubs Sprout Up on Ivy Campuses, and Coercion...
A Conversio Virium member after a caning demonstration at Columbia University. “Sometimes my friends and I stop each other mid-sentence and say, ‘Oh my god, you guys. We go to Harvard. This is so...
View ArticleMen’s Wearhouse Signs Upper East Side Lease
Men’s Wearhouse has signed a 10-year, roughly 8,800-square-foot lease at 1219 Third Avenue in the Upper East Side, The Commercial Observer has learned. The menswear company is taking a...
View ArticleTaliban Accidentally Publicly CC’s Its Entire Email List
As it turns out, even spokespeople for the Taliban confuse CC and BCC sometimes. And really, who among us hasn’t made a mortifying and potentially earth-shattering email faux pas? ABC News reports that...
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Big Apple Idolatry: TLC’s Extreme Cougar Wives is…a Thing That is Real (Video)
Extreme Cougars (TLC)- Extreme Cougar Wives? Sure. We mean, obviously, this is a show that should be on TLC (The Learning Channel) right next to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Abby and Brittany in this...
View ArticleIn Which We Send an eBay Now Valet on a Citywide Hunt for Vibrating Condoms
You can buy a lot with eBay Now, the new service that allows iOS users to order items from the eCommerce company’s brick-and-mortar partners for same-day delivery. You can buy televisions from Best Buy...
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As Sandy Creates Thousands of New Homeless, Advocacy Groups Try and Draw...
Raul Rodriguez of Picture the Homeless. (Christopher Brennan) The winds of Hurricane Sandy caused massive damage to the New York area when it made landfall at the end of October. But the gusts of the...
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It Is a Small World After All: Barney’s Scales Down Window Display for Minnie...
Minnie Mouse in Lanvin. There's been much to-do over the Barneys holiday windows that were unveiled this week. While last year's amazing and somewhat controversial Lady Gaga collaboration pushed the...
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Rufus Wainwright Has a Small, Dark Apartment, Just Like a Real Bohemian
Wainwright's tiny bedroom. (The New York Times) Celebrities—they're just like us! Okay, not really, but some small aspects of their lives are kind of like some small aspects of our lives, even if these...
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Get Your Rocks Off: Kissing the Ring at Fortuna Auction’s Fall Fine Jewels...
Patricia Fields and Fortuna Auction's co-founder Seth Holehouse (PMc) "Did you know that 70 percent of auctioneers are women?" Liza DiNapoli asked us as she slid open a case and brought out a giant...
View Article‘Shove My Face Into a Pile of Ding Dongs,’ Begs Hostess-Starved Craigslist...
America awoke to the heart-wrenching news this morning that beloved junk food brand Hostess is closing up shop following a bakers’ strike. Unsure of how to express their angst over the death of...
View ArticleAnonymous Deletes The Bank of Jerusalem’s Web Database
As part of Anonymous’s #OpIsrael, it appears the hacktivists have wiped the Bank of Jerusalem from the web. The site currently loads a mostly blank page with the message, “Couldn’t connect to the...
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