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Posted 5/29/09 on Daily Intel
The Ginger Fox

Prince Harry Is Here! He’s Really Here!

You can tell by the skyscrapers behind him.

Filed Under: ground zero, lower manhattan, prince harry, the gayness of intel, the ginger fox

Posted 12/12/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

New South Ferry Station to Save You From Embarrassment

You know you've been caught on the wrong car at the last stop on the 1 train once or twice, and have had people look at you like you're an idiot tourist.

Filed Under: lower manhattan, mta, neighborhood watch, south ferry, subway, transit

Posted 10/2/08 on Daily Intel
Photo Op

Welcome Home, Intrepid!

The beloved floating museum returned to Manhattan today, and some photographer snuck into an important person's office to take a picture of it.

Filed Under: boats, intrepid, lower manhattan, photo op

Posted 7/29/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

McKibbin Street Cinéma-vérité: Mesmerizing, Terrifying

A mysterious video of a bunch of kids hanging around McKibbin Street spawns a new urban legend (in our minds), and more, in today's tour around the boroughs.

Filed Under: bay ridge, brooklyn heights, bushwick, greenpoint, lower manhattan, mckibbin, middle village, neighborhood watch, soho

Posted 7/15/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

Bedbugs Threaten Boerum Hill Bastille Day

'Real World' rumors hit Carroll Gardens, strange "vocational" lions hit Staten Island, the "Beaver Butler" hits the financial district, and more, in today's boroughs report.

Filed Under: boerum hill, breezy point, carroll gardens, long island city, lower manhattan, neighborhood watch, real estate, staten island, upper east side

Posted 7/11/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

Cool Nuns Will Build Houses for Environment, Old People

Generous nuns heed the earth in Bedford Park, an anti-Greek wind blows in the East Village, and sulfurous yet minty odor pervades Long Island City, all in the final boroughs roundup of this awesomely sunny July week!

Filed Under: bedford park, daily news, east village, greeks, long island city, lower manhattan, neighborhood watch, park slope, renzo piano, times square, upper east side

Posted 5/20/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

Hipster Influx Already Affecting Bushwick Community Board

Roosevelt Island may not get its ferry so soon, the Rockaways may get a $19 mil library … and Union Square Park–goers will still get free hugs! Even more gets in our daily boroughs report.

Filed Under: bushwick, lower manhattan, neighborhood watch, real estate, rockaways, roosevelt island, union square, upper east side, west village

Posted 5/16/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

Coney Island 2008: The ‘Summer of Hope’

Wrap up your week wetly, with a dead raccoon on the Upper East Side, a tiny woman on Coney, David Byrne way downtown, and some big breasts in the meatpacking district. All in today's boroughs report!

Filed Under: borough park, coney island, downtown brooklyn, lower manhattan, meatpacking district, neighborhood watch, real estate, upper east side

Posted 5/15/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

Brighton Beach Baths: Too Good for Manhattanites?

Is the city really dumping trash in a Ridgewood wetland? How could we have missed the Sinatra tribute in Williamsburg? And how would you get by without your daily boroughs report?

Filed Under: brighton beach, clinton hill, long island city, lower manhattan, neighborhood watch, real estate, ridgewood, union square, williamsburg

Posted 5/9/08 on Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch

Greenpoint Gets a Thematic Swimming Pool

A tourist treat in lower Manhattan, a vomit victim in Prospect Heights, and a paucity of pedagogy in Tribeca … all in our daily boroughs report!

Filed Under: chinatown, gramercy, greenpoint, lower manhattan, neighborhood watch, prospect heights, real estate, sunnyside, tribeca

Posted 5/2/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

‘National Geographic’ Takes Home Three Awards at ASME Ceremony

Plus, things are looking up on Wall Street, Skadden is doing better at doing good, and Andre Balazs finally sells the Hotel QT — all in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: andre balazs, asme, blackstone, blackstone group, bracewell and giuliani, company town, democrats, doubledown media, fox news, lenny dykstra, lower manhattan, merrill lynch, mets, national geographic, players club, renzo piano, rudy giuliani, skadden arps, standard hotel, steve schwarzman, vanity fair, wall street, warren buffett, whitney museum

Posted 4/16/08 on Daily Intel
Developing

Bad News for Both of Santiago Calatrava's Lower-Manhattan Projects

Bureaucratic holdups and funding failures are slowing the Word Trade Center transit hub and have killed the starchitect's "Sky Cubes" residential tower.

Filed Under: developing, kate hudson, lower manhattan, met gala, port authority, real estate, santiago calatrava, south street seaport, transit hub, world trade center