On the Market: LES’s Living Theatre Dies; Standard Hotel Could Sell for $300...
Late restaurateur Elaine Kaufman's penthouse finally sells for $1.9 million. [Post] Limits of crowdfunding: LES Living Theatre dies, despite last year's successful drive. [Daily News] The Brooklyn Flea...
View ArticleTweens Now Hoarding Tumblr URLs for ‘Status and Power’
Remember the good old days when all you needed to be a powerful and popular tween was a mass of shiny hair, a gaggle of wannabe friends and your dad’s credit card? Times have changed. Now a tween’s...
View ArticleWho Needs Hackers When You’ve Got an Expense Account?
Recent weeks have brought a string of revelations about high-profile hacks originating in China. The latest: The Washington Post says that just about every think tank and federal agency in D.C. has...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg, Will.i.Am and Chris Bosh Star in Infomercial About Learning...
Agitprop about “coding as the new literacy,” lost momentum last year somewhere around the time adults felt compelled to issue public apologies to Codecademy for ignoring their email tutorials. But with...
View ArticleJohn Liu Staffer Suspended After Arrest in Alleged Kickback Scheme
On Monday, three individuals were arrested and accused of stealing more than $50,000 from a lunch program for senior citizens, including Veda Jamoona, who was a staffer in Comptroller John Liu’s...
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David Bowie and Tilda Swinton Prove They Are Two Distinct, Creepy People in...
From Bob Dylan to David Bowie, Tilda can do them all! (YouTube)David Bowie's new album, The Next Day (which Gothamist reminds us is his first studio recording in a decade), will drop on March 12th....
View ArticleLong Live the ‘Kingmaker:’ How Dov Hikind Survived the Blackface Backlash
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind has been at the center of a firestorm since Politicker revealed he wore a “black basketball player” costume consisting of an afro wig, brown face paint, an orange jersey...
View ArticleLet the Sit-Shaming Begin! TED Talker Attacks ‘the Smoking of Our Generation’
At this point we’ve just all accepted that sitting is terrible for us, right? Standing desks have become a voguish startup perk, and those of us who still work planted firmly on our butts can’t help...
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Using the Kübler-Ross Model for Marina Abramovic’s Documentary on James Franco
Besties. (Getty Images) 1. Denial: According to Elle.com, Marina Abramovic is looking to make a film which explains to audiences, "'Who is James Franco?' and 'Why is he doing what he’s doing?'" Haha,...
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Of Books And Brokers: UES Open House Features Literary Attraction
New York: Then and Now The next time you’re tasked with unloading a $22.8 million Upper East Side townhouse, here’s an idea for you: host a book signing! Such was the strategy devised by Douglas...
View ArticleStanford Grad Sues Snapchat Cofounders Claiming They Stole His ‘Million...
Litigation is the newest symbol that your startup has made it, as we’re sure Mark Zuckerberg can attest. Now that Snapchat, the “sexting” app that allows users to send photos that disappear after 10...
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Outside In: Sharon Socol’s Book Launch at Barneys
Sharon Socol Last week, the Transom took the elevator to one of the most fashionable floors in town--the ninth floor of Barneys New York--for a celebration of photographer Sharon Socol’s new book, Plus...
View ArticleTim Cook Is Also Sad About Apple Stock: ‘I Don’t Like It Either’
Today was Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, an occasion for CEO Tim Cook to spend some time kicking it with the folks who own their own little slices of the company. AllThingsD reports that, as you...
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Help Michael Malice Write an Autobiography of Kim Jong-il
Michael Malice (Screenshot: Kickstarter) The celebrity ghostwriter Michael Malice is raising money on Kickstarter to publish an autobiography of Kim Jong-il, the North Korean dictator who died of a...
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Former Amtrak President David Gunn Still Hates Moynihan Station
"It was controlled by a bunch of rich developers," David Gunn once said of Moynihan Station. David Gunn was never a fan of Moynihan Station. When he was president of Amtrak during the early George W....
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Community’s Alison Brie’s Band Covers White Stripes, With Draco Malfoy on...
Alison Brie and the Girls. (YouTube) We imagine that anyone who attended The Girls show in L.A. earlier this week was reminded of that Kurt Vonnegut quote from Slaughterhouse-Five: "Everything was...
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Perez Hilton Has a New Baby; Who is Missing a New Baby?
Perez with new baby (PerezHilton.com) About 41 minutes ago (according to Tweetdeck), Modern Family actress Sophia Vergara wrote an angry message to Perez Hilton: mobi.perezhilton.com/2013-02-27-sof…...
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The Amazing Spider-Man Sequel Keeps a Low Profile in Brooklyn
Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Hanging out in Bay Ridge! (Reddit) Here's a new twist to make the sequel to the lackluster reboot of Spider-Man more interesting: If you manage to get yourself down to...
View ArticleGoogle Expands at Chelsea Market
Google has completed a deal to expand its presence at Chelsea Market by approximately 90,000 square feet, a source familiar with the deal confirmed with The Commercial Observer. The tech giant’s total...
View ArticleRumor Roundup: When Is Alexis Ohanian Gonna Run for Office Already?
Your Name Here A Silicon Valley source had the pleasure of dining near Path cofounder Dave Morin and his wife, Brit.co founder Brit Morin recently. Mr. Morin spoke about the future of Path while Ms....
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