Tag Archives: NYC

Former Republican National Committee chairman Ken “Closet Case” Mehlman has bought a $4M loft in the heart of Chelsea, where he’ll run into fellow tenants Lance Bass and Marc Jacobs in the elevator. Curbed reports: Mehlman just paid $3.775 million for a 2,200-square-foot 2BR/3BA loft on the 17th floor, and according to the listing (still viewable on the rather spectacular …

If the subway makes you late for work, the MTA has introduced a new online excuse note system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority now offers delay verification reports on the Web, complete with excuse notes that riders can show to disgruntled employers. All straphangers have to do is enter a subway station, the time of their trip, any transfer information, their …

Led by Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller, a group called Stop The Islamization Of America staged a giant rally in downtown Manhattan yesterday in protest of the planned 13-story mosque and Islamic welcome center to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero. Gothamist reports: Michael Simons, 47, a retired Port Authority detective who for a time was buried in …

Kylie Minogue dropped in at Splash in Chelsea last night and the lives of hundreds of twinks were changed forever. (And not a few bears, too.) (Via – Towleroad)

Openly gay conceptual artist and notorious art prankster Tobi Wong committed suicide on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 35. Mr. Wong first came to the attention of the design press in 2001 when he turned a Philippe Starck Bubble Club chair into a lamp, softly glowing from within. Adding spice to the stunt, “This Is a Lamp” was shown the …

(Via – Gothamist)

Ten people were injured yesterday when a USMC Osprey helicopter landed in a Staten Island park, sending tree branches and debris rocketing into the waiting crowd. A family-friendly Fleet Week demo took a horrible turn Monday when a $70 million Osprey sent folks ducking for cover. Screaming onlookers ran for their lives when the two-prop warbird, which flies like a …

Only seven more years! UPDATE: Several of you have written to point out Rachel Maddow’s Geek Week story about the construction of the Second Avenue subway. The city has been trying to get the line built for 80 years. SRSLY.

Gothamist reports that about 200 protesters crowded a downtown Manhattan BP station last night to pour fake oil over themselves and denounce the company for the Gulf disaster. Lot of photos here.

Tomorrow night at 8:17pm is Manhattanhenge, the twice a year event in which the setting sun lines up perfectly with Manhattan’s street grid. On Sunday, May 30, the entire solar sphere will be visible just above the horizon at 8:17 p.m. EDT. The second opportunity comes later in the summer, with another half-sphere sunset on Monday, July 12, at 8:25 …

Roll into your holiday weekend with this flashback ’70s disco classic mix from the tag-team duo of DJ Jeff Jackson and DJ Disco Connie. Setlist. Website. Facebook. RESIDENCY: Double Headed Disco @ Nowhere Bar, New York City. “Double Headed Disco is a small collaborative of DJs who have turned their monthly disco party into an East Village institution on the …

Environmental activists and the usual clingers-on to any social movement will gather near the BP station on Houston Street in downtown Manhattan tonight to protest the oil giant’s culpability in the Gulf oil spill. Code Pink is involved. Ooh, and those always gentle folks from Critical Mass. I predict mayhem. Here’s the action’s fact sheet, via Gothamist. The response to …

Anybody know who this guy is?

NYC’s MTA has issued an updated version of it iconic subway map. The new map continues to distort the actual shapes and sizes of the boroughs, especially Staten Island, which is shrunk to a fraction of its real size, otherwise it wouldn’t fit on the map. And below you can see the real shape of Manhattan versus what the MTA …

The ugly Trump World Tower will be deposed as New York City’s tallest residential building after a planned 1005 foot apartment building is completed in Manhattan’s near the southern end of Central Park. The tower, designed by the French architect Christian de Portzamparc, will rise 1,005 feet above 57th Street east of Seventh Avenue, feature striking views of Central Park …

Towleroad tips us to the latest from the same boys whose Party In The FIP was an internet sensation last summer, winning almost 4 million YouTube views to date. This time they lip-dub Don’t Rain On My Parade (the Glee version) as they rush around Manhattan getting ready for Fire Island.

This Saturday in NYC there will be a demonstration at the Malawian consulate near the United Nations in protest of the imprisonment of the Malawi gay couple who last week were sentenced to 14 years at hard labor merely for holding an engagement ceremony. Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pmLocation: Malawian Consulate, 866 United Nations Plaza, NY, NYStreet: …

Jewish teabagger blogger Pamela Geller, who is a loud opponent of the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, has launched an anti-Islam bus campaign in NYC. “Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam?” read the ads bought by rabble-rouser Pamela Geller and the New York-based Stop the Islamization of America. They also …

Last night’s listening party for the upcoming third album by Scissor Sisters, Night Work, was a blast. In the house: Jake Shears, uberblogger Andy Towle, promoter Joe Fiore, and our own Father Tony. Plus lots of familiar faces and DJs from Manhattan nightlife. Big thanks to Fly-Life’s Martha and Carmen Cacciatore for putting it all together. As always, the slideshow …