By Matthew Schuerman 5/16/07 6:04pm

NBA Shoots for The Crumpets

Today’s Observer package on Little Europe (a.k.a. New York City) has a corollary: Europe is becoming a lot like New York, too. Witness this morning’s announcement by London Mayor Ken Livingstone and NBA Commissioner David Stern that the basketball association will open an office in the British capital in order, according to Read More

By Staff 11/16/06 4:35pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

  • London’s wonderful mayor Ken Livingstone wants to charge gas-guzzling cars £25 to enter London’s “congestion charge zone.” What will Mayor Mike do in response? One can only hope that he bans Hummers, at least those yellow ones. [Times of London, via Streetsblog]
  • The crawl toward gentrification out in Bed-Stuy is speeding up thanks Read More

    • By Staff 7/08/05 2:40pm

    The (Church) Bell Tolls

    Talk about downtown office vacancies! Carl Weisbrod starts his new job as executive vice president for real estate, at downtown land moguls Trinity Church, on Monday, leaving headless the Alliance for Downtown New York, the largest business improvement district in the country.

    An alliance spokesman assures The Real Estate that a Read More

    By Staff 7/07/05 12:12pm

    More From London

    OK, if you’re also having a bit of trouble keeping your attention on the local scene today, here are two things:

    Tim Worstall, a British blogger, has an early sense (this link now works) of how Brits are reacting.

    And here’s London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s statement from Singapore:

    “This was not Read More

    By Matthew Grace 5/30/05 12:00am

    Astor Place Re-Do Gets Mixed Reviews

    A city plan to remake the area around the cube sculpture at Astor Place moved into its infancy on the evening of May 19 with the tepid endorsement of Community Board 2 at its monthly meeting.

    The Department of Transportation wants to make over the busy Astor Place–Cooper Square intersection, at the juncture of the Read More