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Midtown’s Byrant Park Hotel has been reviewed as “New York’s Most Romantic Hotel” and “one of the best hotels in the world”. Built in 1924 as the American Radiator Building, it was designed by Raymond Hood, who patterned it after his earlier Chicago Tribune Building. Check out the hotel’s crazy flash-heavy website and you can tell that most of their …

Coming out in support of Net Neutrality are some of the folks whom the ‘Net have made famous, my favorite being this guy. And it’s a great tune, I can’t stop playing it. (HT- Blah, Blah, Black Sheep)

The album I’ve been waiting all year for is now available for pre-order! Blowoff, the DC-based duo comprising indie rock legend Bob Mould and dance hitmaker Rich Morel are releasing their self-titled first CD. The Blowoff parties at DC’s 9:30 Club have entered into the realm of nightclub legend and faithful JMG readers know that these guys are friends of …

That tiny swinging basket up there is the Roosevelt Island Tram, which was being tested yesterday after months of repairs following the stranding of 67 passengers over the East River for 11 hours, back in April. Roosevelt Island is also accessible via the subway and a small bridge on the Queens side of the island, but not via the massive …

A popular relationship question has always been “Would you rather have hot sex or true love? A variant of that is “Which is more important to you, sex or love?” Here’s a weirder one. Would you rather lose your libido or lose your ability to taste food? A) Hot fucking but just chewing. B) No fucking but delicious food..

The most famous gay bar in the history of the world, New York’s Stonewall Inn, is closing. The New York Observer, in reporting the bar’s impending demise, uses a clever play on the old headline used by the New York Post during the Stonewall Riots, “Stonewall To Shutter? Queen Bees Stinging Glad!”, a reference to the distaste that neighboring merchants …

Sigh. I noticed yesterday that the Nissin Foods sign is gone from its long perch atop 1 Times Square. The 60-foot Cup O’Noodles was the last of the “steaming” signage in Times Square, which has included over the years: a steaming Preston iron, an A&P cup of coffee, and a smoking Marlboro cigarette. Doubtlessly, Chevy plans on replacing the Nissin …

On Sunday, Jeff, Tom and I were in a Lexington Avenue store when an elderly woman stopped in her tracks to say to me, “Oh, my! You look just like Robert De Niro.” Reading my reaction, she walked away muttering, “I meant it as compliment. I happen to think he’s very handsome.” I had totally forgotten about it until last …

OK, this is kinda fun: Two dorks are trying to break the NYC subway riding record today by traveling all 26 lines, all 665 track miles and through all 468 stations in under the record time of 25 hours, 11 minutes, which was set by two other dorks in 1998. Even if they break the record, they won’t make the …

To the left is the 47-story tower of the Waldorf-Astoria, built in 1931. An art deco gem of midtown (the lobby is a must-see), the Waldorf-Astoria started as two separate hotels owned by feuding cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor. New York is littered with streets and neighborhoods named for the Astors. William built his original hotel on …