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• Inside A Famous $35 Million Central Park Penthouse

  In New York City, Real Estate / 31 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  This particular residence located in New York’s coveted Central Park area is one for the books. Having been owned twice by iconic clothing designer Calvin Klein, and used as the movie home in the 1978 edition of Superman the movie; this home that’s got a resumé that’s more impressive than some people out there. Though it’s up for sale now, this residence features 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in its spacious 5,000 square foot floor plan. All of the most ‘important’ spaces have Central Park views, including the entertaining spots and the master suite. Built in 1929, it’s hard to believe that this historic looking shell still garners this type of attention even in its renovated state. [Source]

• Video Of Completely Flooded Subway Stations In Lower Manhattan

  In New York City, VIDEO / 30 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  This is not a good sign for anyone in New York City who relies on the Subway. The MTA just put up video of the flooding in the Whitehall St. and South Ferry station. There is extensive damage.

• Empty America: The Calm Before The Storm In New York City

  In New York City, VIDEO / 30 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 30, 2012] As New York cleans up for the Hurricane Sandy disaster there is a new, almost surreal, video taking the web by storm. Thrash Lab‘s ‘Empty America’ timelapse shows the clam before the storm in New York City before Hurricane Sandy made landfall and after everyone sheltered. In this time period a calm fell over Manhattan, Penn Station, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Met and Fifth Avenue have never looked so peaceful.

• Abandoned New York City Transit Stations and Tunnels [12 Photos]

  In New York City, Weather / 29 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 29, 2012] Nearly all mass transit including bridges, tunnels and subways have been shut down in preparation for Hurricane Sandy leaving an eerie sight at the mass transit locations. Typically on a Monday these places would be buzzing but today they are completely empty. 

• Watch Hurricane Sandy Live From Varios Locations In New York City

  In New York City, Weather / 28 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall somewhere in the New York area in the next 36 hours. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of low-lying “Zone A” and is telling everyone to stay indoors and off the beaches. Plus he had a questionable moment at the press conference, but that’s neither here nor there. Climate Adaptation’s Michael Cote has pulled together a list of webcams from around New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and Virginia Beach so we can watch Hurricane Sandy unleash her fury on roads, buildings and trees from the safety of our own homes.

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  American Museum of Natural History To Open New Teddy Roosevelt Wing

  In New York City, Politics / 24 October 2012 / 0 comments

  On October 27, Theodore Roosevelt’s 154th birthday, the Museum willofficially reopen the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Hall of North American Mammals, launching a year-long celebration of Roosevelt’s love of nature and his instrumental role in the American conservation movement, both inspired by his lifelong association with the Museum.

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  The Story Behind The Food Truck Movement

  In Lifestyle, New York City / 23 October 2012 / 0 comments

  Look around when you walk the streets of your city. I bet you can’t go more than a block or two without seeing a food truck. The revolution has begun. Food trucks have helped city dwellers imagine ways to renew moribund public spaces. They are tools of tactical urbanism. But how did it get so big, so far? Read about how the food truck movement began >>

• New York City Watertank Apartment Hits Market For $3.6 Million

  In New York City / 11 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  A wildly creative architecture firm named Messana O’Rorke took a former terra cotta water tower atop an E. 12th St. building, blow-torched out the cast-iron lining and turned it into a Zen space with steel and glass windows stretching up one side and a skylight to make the space feel like a retreat. The tower suite is just part of a $3.6 million unit that includes a roof deck and a two-bedroom penthouse. Messana O’Rorke also created the sleek interiors of the main space with opaque glass pocket doors throughout, as well as a skylight by the bathroom’s mirror so you can perfect a makeup look that will show well in natural light. View Larger Map NY Daily News

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  Amazing New York Apartment With A Glass Walkway

  In New York City / 8 October 2012 / 0 comments

  On the border of Tribeca and Soho, light, location, soaring ceilings and a blend of exquisitely mixed materials in a high caliber conversion of this building circa 1866 make 50 Lispenard the ultimate New York City address.

• Busy Brooklyn

  In New York City, VIDEO / 11 September 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Tilt-shift film technology makes everything look like small, kind of like toys. This film shot in Brooklyn by Joerg Daiber includes locations: Brooklyn Downtown, Dumbo, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza and Coney Island in New York, USA.

• Are New Yorkers Better Off Than Four Years Ago? It Depends

  In New York City / 6 September 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Murders are down about 17% this year, while the unemployment rate has almost doubled since the summer of 2008. Record numbers have filled New York City’s homeless shelters. But a higher percentage of kids are graduating from high school. Do you think your community is better off or worse off than four years ago?

• 40 Striking Photos From The 2012 New York City Color Run

  In Art, New York City, Travel / 26 August 2012 / 0 comments

  

  If you live in the Tr-State area today your social media feeds were blown up with pictures from the New York City Color Run. I’d rather see good looking girls in neon technicolor than photos of food with filters any day so bring it on! There were thousands of people in attendance but if you couldn’t make it out today this is what you missed.

• What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York

  In Entertainment, infographic, New York City / 21 August 2012 / 0 comments

  

  There were 34,522 complaints called in to 311 between September 8 and September 15, 2010. Here are the most common, plotted by time of day.

• New York City’s 5 Swankiest (Open To The Public) Roof Top Pools You Should Visit Before Summer Is Over

  In HIGH QUALITY, Hoboken, Lifestyle, New York City, Travel / 15 August 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Last night we grabbed drinks at Wicked Wolf with the founder Hoboken’s wildly popular Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl and we couldn’t figure out why Hoboken doesn’t have a swanky roof top pool lounge. Is it too much to ask for a place where people who don’t head to Manasquan every summer weekend can stop by to have a few drinks, catch some rays and take a dip? Hoboken may be a bust but there are plenty of swanky pool lounges in New York City. Our favorite is the Gansevoort Park Avenue Hotel roof top, you’ll recall our epic night with Microsoft and Maxim a few weeks back, but there are also five more gems that are open to the public you should check out before the summer is over.

• 2012 Burger Blitz at Studio Square NYC

  In Burgers, Food, Lifestyle, New York City, Travel / 13 August 2012 / 0 comments

  

  The Roosevelts food editor, Sarah Polite, took to the NYC Burger Blitz in NYC at The Garden in Studio Square on Sunday. Beef from meat master Pat LaFrieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors and burger creations from Chef Joel Reiss of S Prime Restaurant in LIC = meat lover’s dream. Blue Moon and Jack Daniels Honey was also there to liven up the scene.   The Studio Burger   The Bison Burger The Bacon Cheddar Burger  

• Your VIP Pass to the Year’s Biggest Food Truck Festival

  In New York City, Travel / 31 July 2012 / 0 comments

  

  On August 4, from 10am to 9pm, New York’s best food trucks are congregating by the South Street Seaport. So Urban Daddy figured you (and any friends you deem worthy) could use a VIP pass, good for 10 bites and six drinks — beer would be a good choice here — and an express pass so you can cut the line between 5 and 7pm. Waiting just isn’t the Perks way… This Saturday, August 4, you’ll enjoy a glorious day of live music, beer and food from your favorite food trucks, all on the cobblestoned waterfront of the South Street Seaport.

• Successful NYC Restauranteurs at 26 with No Experience? Done.

  In Food, New York City, Originals / 30 July 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Paul Abrahamian and Jon Sherman were both 26 when they decided to open Sticky’s Finger Joint in Manhattan, just north of New York University in Washington Square Park. It’s only been open since April (three months at this writing) and already they’ve been featured on a Bobby Flay’s Food Network hit show 3 Days To Open, (see the episode here) turned down a 7-figure offer for their brand, and have entertained multiple investors interested in their expansion.

• Statue Of Liberty: Myths and Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

  In New York City, Travel, VIDEO / 19 June 2012 / 1 comment

  

  On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty, a gift to the United States from France, arrived in New York Harbor. Did you know the Statue of Liberty was built to withstand hurricane-force winds with copper skin less than two pennies thick? And that’s not all you may not know about this American icon.

• 160-foot Zip Line Unveiled at New York City’s Union Square

  In Lifestyle, New York City, Travel / 12 June 2012 / 1 comment

  

  According to a press release just sent out by the NYC Department of Transportation, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will unveil a 160-foot zip line in Union Square tomorrow. The zip line, at East 17th Street and Park Avenue South, is 30 feet above the ground, and once it opens, will be available for the public to ride. The zip line is part of the return of the city’s extremely popular “Summer Streets,” where, for the fifth year in a row, the DOT shuts down streets for events like swimming in Dumpsters. Each year, Summer Streets offers nearly seven miles of temporary car-free streets in Manhattan, stretching from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park. The DOT will also unveil a 25-foot climbing wall tomorrow.

• “Manhattanhenge” Happens Today at 8:17pm [16 High Quality Photos]

  In New York City, Travel / 29 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Manhattanhenge – sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice – is a semi-annual occurrence and happens when the setting sun aligns with the east-west street grid in Manhattan. According to NYC astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson, this evening’s Manhattanhenge is “half sun on the grid” while tomorrow’s will be “full sun on the grid.” For best effect, position yourself as far east in Manhattan as possible. But ensure that when you look west across the avenues you can still see New Jersey. Clear cross streets include 14th, 23rd, 34th. 42nd, 57th, and several streets adjacent to them. The Empire State building and the Chrysler building render 34th street and 42nd streets especially striking vistas.

• The Low-Line: NYC’s Plans for an Underground Park

  In Lifestyle, New York City, Travel / 19 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Dan Barasch wants to transform an abandoned trolley terminal on the Lower East Side of Manhattan into the world’s first underground park. It will be a new kind of public space, using solar technology for natural illumination, and cutting edge design to capture and highlight a very special industrial space.A park… underground?!?Ever wonder why there’s so little green space in New York? There aren’t a lot of empty plots of land just waiting to be turned into new parks. New Yorkers have had to be a little more creative, and must look in unusual places – the High Line, a park built on an old elevated rail trestle, is a great example. The Low Line  

• Photo of the Day: 1 WTC Passes Empire State Building As NYC’s Tallest

  In New York City, Photo Of The Day / 30 April 2012 / 2 comments

  

  This April 27, 2012, photo shows the Empire State Building, left, and One World Trade Center, right, in New York. One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City’s tallest skyscraper on Monday, April 30, as workers erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet, just high enough to peak over the observation deck on the Empire State Building. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

• Amazing Views From The Top of One World Trade Center [15 HQ Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, New York City / 25 April 2012 / 4 comments

  

  As One World Trade Center reaches 100 stories tall this week, passing the Empire State Building for the title of tallest building in New York City,  we offer you a first look at the incredible views of lower Manhattan, New York City as a whole, the Statue of Liberty and New Jersey that are offered from the top of the building.  When you have a moment view this  180 degree composite panoramic image taken from the 69th floor of One World Trade Center, very interesting.

• Introducing “Lower Lower Manhattan” – An Ambitious Plan To Add Land to NYC

  In New York City, Travel / 23 April 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Lower Manhattan is one of the densest areas in the world, a forest of skyscrapers, teeming with residents, commuters and tourists. It’s an economic powerhouse: the Financial District and Midtown provide the majority of New York City’s tax base. So in planning for the city’s future, more downtown isn’t a bad way to go. That’s the thinking behind “Lower Lower Manhattan,” an ambitious idea to expand downtown Manhattan into its harbor.

• 2012 Governors Ball Music Festival Line-up Announced! [Infographic + Video]

  In Art, Festival, Music, New York City, Travel / 21 February 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Governors Ball Music Festival has made their official line-up announcement for the 2012 fest expanding to two days taking place June 23-24, at Randall’s Island in NYC. Featuring “Night By Night” by Chromeo (Business Casual), “Girl” by Beck (Guero), “Barbara Streisand” by Duck Sauce, and “Don’t F*ck with My Money” by Penguin Prison (self titled: Penguin Prison). Shot, directed, and edited by Nathan Barnatt. 2012 Governors Ball Music Festival Confirmed Artists: Saturday June 23rd Passion Pit (First NYC show in 2 years) Duck Sauce (feat. A-Trak and Armand Van Helden) Chromeo Special Disco Version (James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem) Atmosphere Major Lazer Santigold Big Gigantic Penguin Prison Walk the Moon Art vs Science K.Flay Nobody Beats the Drum Sunday June 24th Beck (First NYC show since 2008) Modest Mouse Explosions in the Sky Devendra Banhart Cage the Elephant Built to Spill Cults Phantogram Freelance Whales Alberta Cross The Jezebels Turf War On-Sale and Pricing Breakdown: Pre-Sale February 22nd at 5 am EST via LivingSocial.com – A Link to this sale will be found on govball.com 2 Day GA Pre-Sale Tickets – $185 (Limited Quantity) includes: $140 Early Bird Ticket + $30 2 day round trip ferry ticket more »