The New York Observer
  • Betabeat
  • Politicker
  • GalleristNY
  • Commercial
  • VSL
  • PolitickerNJ
  • Observer
  • Betabeat
  • Politicker
  • GalleristNY
  • Scene

The New York Observer

Follow @NewYorkObserver

Connect With Us

Send

If you'd like us to follow up in regard to this tip, please remember to leave some form of contact information.

Send

Most Popular

Betabeat

Kickstarter Thinks Redditor’s Creepy Dating Book Is ‘Abhorrent,’ But Declines to Remove ItStartup Rundown: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Takes on New Startups, and Apple TV Takes on More Vampire PornTorture Yourself With Handy New ‘Kitchen Safe’ Timed Locker

PolitickerNY

Teachers’ Union Endorses Bill Thompson for MayorCuomo to Investigate Legislators After Campaign Finance Reform FailsProspective Mayors Spar on Transportation Policy

GalleristNY

Morning Links: Obsession Edition‘Martial Raysse: 1960–1974′ at Luxembourg & DayanWhere Do We Go From Here?: Critics Lament the State of Art, but Things Are Looking Up in New Books

Media

New York Magazine Tests New Homepage DesignHipster Newsstand Opens in Williamsburg Because Hipsters Dan Abrams to Replace Terry Moran on Nightline

Real Estate

Ellen Biddle Shipman's Beekman Place Townhouse House Fetches $35 M.So Much For Picnics: Union Square Park To Get Classy, Controversial RestaurantPrada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses

Culture

Manhattan Man Sues Gym After Slipping on 'Foreign White Substance' in Sauna'Quinoa Doesn't Just Live A Modern Fairy Tale, She Wears One': Imaginary Mom Loves Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler DaughteriHookers? 'Transgender Sex Workers' May Really Love the Meatpacking Apple Store

Opinion

The Next FloodWaste NotKeep the City Safe

Commercial Observer

Christine Quinn Calls for 10-Year Permit for MSGWavy Glass Tower to Rise on Site of Meatpacking District WoodshopRuby Schron Offers $2 B. for Empire State Building
Subscribe to The Observer
By Matt Chaban 10/29/10 8:42pm

Machers

Half of Israel Descends on Lever House, Curses Aby Rosen

O.K., so it was only about 5,000 Orthodox Jews. Still, that’s a lot of black hats, and they are none too happy with the art-dealing developer.

Rosen wants to build a $600 million luxury hotel on a sacred burial site in Jaffa, the ancient Israeli port that is now a suburb of Tel Aviv. The Read More

By Matt Chaban 10/15/10 8:20pm

Road Rage

Let the Bicycle Backlash Begin

It used to be that biking in the city fell into the domain of messengers, mad men and David Byrne. Now, thanks to the Bloomberg administration and progressive streets czarina Janette Sadik-Khan, bike lanes are all over the damn place — the city has added 250 miles of the designated paths over Read More

By Matt Chaban 10/04/10 5:08pm

Lap of Luxury

Gramercy Throwdown: Aby Rosen and Ian Schrager Fight for the Front Desk

Developer and skyscraper collector Aby Rosen is known for his flare. The 81st most powerful man in local real estate is a connoisseur whose buildings are practically an extension of his extensive art collection — for every Warhol, Hering and Hirst, there is a Seagrams Building, a Lever House, a 40 Bond. He’s Read More

Across the Wire

  • Changes

    New York Magazine Tests New Homepage Design

  • Manhattan Transfers

    Ellen Biddle Shipman's Beekman Place Townhouse House Fetches $35 M.

  • Up & Down the Street

    The Return of Wall Street’s Cassandra: In Armani and Pearls, Meredith Whitney Smacks Back

  • Gross Gyms

    Manhattan Man Sues Gym After Slipping on 'Foreign White Substance' in Sauna

  • Race to Gracie Mansion 2013

    55% of New Yorkers Can't Name a Single Mayoral Candidate

    • Classifieds
    • Job Listings
    • Legal Advertising
    • Subscriptions
    • About Us
    • Advertising
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
Powered by WordPress.com VIP