Seventh-floor landing at 108 Greenwich St., home to TemptationsNYC and other businesses. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Accuses FiDi Sex Club of Prostitution but Building Home to Other Mysteries Too If they don’t catch you coming, they might catch you going. This was the “clever” lead a reporter thought of when he heard... News 04 Mar 2025 | 03:48
Bill Cosby and his wife Camille are facing foreclosure on a six-story townhouse they own at 18 E. 71st St., pictured above. They are also facing foreclosure on a house at 243 E. 61st St. ( Photo: Google Maps ) Bill Cosby & Wife Face Foreclosure of Two Upper East Side Residences Bill Cosby, the disgraced former television star that served three years in prison after being convicted of criminal sexual... News 31 Dec 2024 | 04:59
Sherri White, an executive at the developer Jamestown which owns One Times Square, led a press tour to the top of the inconic building in advance of the New Year’s Eve ball drop. The building is in the final phase of a massive $500 million renovation. She said by next summer the renovations will feature a wrap around observation deck and a Times Square Museum. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) By Next Summer, the $500 Million Renovation of One Times Square Will Feature Wrap Around Viewing Deck and New Museum The developer that owns the One Times Square building where the New Year’s Eve ball famously drops each year said that by... News 28 Dec 2024 | 11:01
A memorial wreath and votive candles lay against a fence surrounding the job site where construction worker Jose Ramirez Munoz was killed when the cherry picker he was in hoisted him into a steel beam 32 ft above the ground. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) DOB Halts Work at East Side Site After Worker in Cherry Picker Dies in Freak Accident A few votive candles and a memorial wreath resting against a green fence are the only signs that a 45-year-old worker was... News 19 Dec 2024 | 06:43
The exterior of Manhattan Country School at 150 W. 85th St. ( Google Street View) Manhattan Country School Puts Building on Market in Face of Foreclosure Manhattan Country School is selling its nearly 40,000 square-foot, six-story home at 150 W. 85th St. The listing comes a month... News 11 Nov 2024 | 12:41
Elizabeth Street Garden, looking east from Elizabeth to Mott streets, November 8, 2024, 10:19 a.m. On weekdays, the garden doesn’t open until 11 a.m. ( Brian Berger) Elizabeth St. Garden Gets Reprieve but Eviction—& Senior Housing—Still Likely to Follow Like an inmate on death row, Elizabeth Street Garden (ESG) has been granted yet another stay of execution. On Friday November... News 11 Nov 2024 | 11:20
The Terence Cardinal Cooke Center, at 1011 First Avenue in Manhattan, has been the headquarters of the Archdiocese of New York since 1973. ( Photo: Transpoman/Wikimedia Commons) Catholic Archdiocese Agrees to Sell 1st Ave HQ for over $100M; Needs Fund to Pay for Sex Abuse Crisis The Roman Catholic Archdioces of New York confirmed to Our Town that it has reached an agreement to sell its 20-story headquarters... News 22 Oct 2024 | 03:57
Yoko Ono, pictured here in 2011, has sold the SoHo loft where she and John Lennon lived for 2 years after The Beatles broke up. ( Earl McGehee - www.ejmnet.com / Wikimedia Commons) Yoko Ono Sells Former Loft in SoHo for $5.5 Million to Mysterious Japanese Firm Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Ono Lennon, have sold the SoHo loft building Ono once lived in with John Lennon for $5.5 million... News 11 Oct 2024 | 06:37
The Fifth Avenue Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 28th Street is housed in a building originally constructed for a bank in 1907. An adjoining 23-story tower was constructed for the site’s transformation into a hotel. ( Photo by Transpoman (Licensed under CC BY 4.0) Threat of Foreclosure Looms Over the Fifth Avenue Hotel Foreclosure proceedings have been initiated against the owners of Fifth Avenue Hotel, just 10 months after its grand opening,... News 20 Aug 2024 | 04:00
The new Ikea will be on the ground floor of 570 Fifth Ave. on West 46th Street. ( Photo: Kohn Pedersen Fox Architectural Firm) IKEA Attempts to Open in Manhattan for the Third Time Ikea, the furniture retailer giant, is set to open a Manhattan location in 2028 after two failed attempts in the last twenty... News 15 Jul 2024 | 05:35
One possible version of a new Penn Station ( Photo: ReThinkNYC) Building a New Penn Station? It might happen someday. ReThinkNYC offers its visions today It has been a year since Gov. Kathy Hochul promised to “entertain all concepts” for rebuilding Penn Station. Since that time... News 06 Jun 2024 | 03:47
A view of the skyline of lower Manhattan where rental prices appear to be softening in advance of congestion pricing going into effect later this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Is Congestion Pricing Prompting New Renters to Look Outside Zone? The rental landscape in Manhattan took a slight dip in February, fueled by dips in many downtown neighborhoods, even while... News 29 Mar 2024 | 02:10
The Royalton Hotel slipped out of LuxUrban’s hands after a previously announced deal was never finalized. ( Source: Google Satellite) Hotel Chain with NYC Leases Shakes Up Leadership as Lawsuits and Fines Mount LuxUrban Hotels, an “asset-light” Miami-based hotel chain that leases buildings instead of buying them, is struggling to... News 18 Mar 2024 | 04:14
The crumbling façade of West Side Presbyterian Church has necessitated scaffolding sheds to be placed around the building for years. The few people left in the congregation say repairs are beyond their ability to pay and want to sell the landmarked 160-year-old church. Photo: nylandmarks.org The Center for Park West raised $323K from a Two-Night Benefit But Will It Be Enough? The Center for Park West drew a crowd of 700 people to two celebrity heavy entertainment events that raised over $323,000... News 01 Dec 2023 | 06:20
The former site of the St. Benedict the Moor Church, 338-342 W. 53rd St., has a 1965 rectory and an 1869 church. The rectory will be replaced by a seven-story apartment building, while the church will be renovated. ( Photo: Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) New Apts to Rise Next to Chelsea Site that was First Black Catholic Church in NYC The new owner of several adjacent lots on West 53rd Street has filed plans to build a residential building on the grounds... News 10 Nov 2023 | 04:03
Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions