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Leninglad! Celebrating 10 Years of Gary Shteyngart, Contemporary Literature’s...
Gary Shteyngart. (Photo by Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images) Early on in Gary Shteyngart’s first novel, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, the fickle...
View ArticleLisa de Kooning, Artist and Patron Who Preserved Father’s Legacy, Dies at 56
Johanna Liesbeth de Kooning, the philanthropist and sculptor who helped to guide her father Willem de Kooning’s art career in the last years of his life and to preserve his legacy after his death in...
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Homeland Star Claire Danes Ditches Soho Home
How much frozen yogurt can you buy with $5.85 million? There comes a time in every former starlet's life when she realizes that she has outgrown her Soho loft and needs to move on. For Claire Danes,...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Have ‘One Complaint’ About Federal Response to Sandy
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in Washington D.C. today meeting with lawmakers and other officials about his request for billions of dollars in federal aid to help the city recover from the damage caused...
View ArticleSperone Westwater Fights Lower East Side Hotel
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sperone Westwater has joined a fight to stop the construction of a hotel just behind its Norman Foster-designed building on the Bowery. Read More
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Is ‘As Optimistic As You Could Be’ New York Will Get Enough...
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg sounded quite skeptical the city would get the billions of dollars in federal aid he is requesting after Hurricane Sandy when he sarcastically joked that...
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NIMBY Battle Heats Up on the LES, But Whose Back Yard Is It?
The Sperone Westwater Gallery is not a fan of the proposed development. The Bowery now has a Freitag boutique and a Whole Foods. Galleries and trendy restaurants rub shoulders with wholesale kitchen...
View ArticleNew York’s Leading Mayoral Candidates Get Down to Business
Kathy Wylde, the head of the pro-business Partnership for New York City had a question for New York’s four Democratic mayoral hopefuls at the candidate forum she hosted today. “Will the next mayor be...
View ArticleLegal Group Appeals to Judge for Extension of Eviction Moratorium
A consortium of legal groups is pleading with a city judge to extend the moratorium on post-Sandy evictions that was lifted yesterday. The group of 19 organizations, led by MFY Legal Services, sent a...
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Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren Gets a Social Media Editor
Jodi Rudoren (Photo credit: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times). Social media sure causes a lot of problems over at the Times--but add the Middle East, and it gets even trickier. Newsroom watchdog...
View ArticleWhite House Short on Obama/Romney Lunch Date Details
Earlier today, the White House announced President Barack Obama and his one-time rival, Mitt Romney, would be sitting down for a bite to eat tomorrow, but outside of the event being scheduled no...
View ArticleView from the Top Floor of 1 WTC Almost Looks Like Sal Steinberg’s Famous New...
Earlier today, Jordan Barowitz, the Durst Organization's director of external affairs, snapped a photo from the top floor of 1 World Trade Center, which his firm is helping the Port Authority to lease....
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Flurries and Stars at UNICEF’s Snowflake Ball
Kelly Ripa and hubby Mark Consuelos gettin' frisky! Given that it was our second evening in a row at Cipriani's 42nd Street– albeit at the midtown franchise on this occasion – our usual penchant for...
View ArticleRepublican Creates Best Excuse Yet for Ignoring Grover Norquist
As they face down the fiscal cliff, a growing number of Republicans are abandoning the pledge not to increase taxes that they made to anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist. Today, Hudson Valley Rep. Chris...
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Out of Reach: If the Media Covers You, You’d Better Bring an Audience
I'll be the bearer of bad news: the press that most publicists chase for clients isn’t really worth anything. There’s a good chance no one will actually see it. Except the client, that is. The flack...
View ArticleThe Commercial Observer Real Estate Pop Quiz
The 30 Under 30 issue is the perfect time for The Commercial Observer to propose a battle of wits between young brokers and their (relatively) veteran mentors. In our attempt to mimic Trivial Pursuit,...
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Times Reporter Ravi Somaiya Returns
The New York Times is bringing reporter Ravi Somaiya back stateside after an extended stint in London. Mr. Somaiya covered some of the more exciting stories to come out of Great Britain of late--phone...
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Movers and Shakers at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Opening Night Gala
Honorary Chair Mo'Nique. Photo by Dario Calmese With the holidays fast approaching, nothing brings us pirouetting into the snowflake season quite like the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). At...
View ArticleTimes Critic Ken Johnson Responds to Petition [UPDATE]
A group of artists and critics have gotten together and started a petition against New York Times art critic Ken Johnson regarding two of his recent pieces, a review of “Now Dig This! Art and Black Los...
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Combo Coming? Mysterious Buyer Grabs Upper East Side Townhouse Duo for $12.2 M.
Does someone have big plans for these buildings? Why buy just one townhouse when you can buy two? The new owner of 153-155 East 78th Street certainly thought so. But what does he or she plan to do with...
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