Elitist Cab Stand: Model of Economic Salvation, Doom
Also: How come the Upper East Side gets a taxi stand and nobody else does?
Posted 05/05/09 in Daily Intel
Expressing Herself
Brave Architects Sign On for Madonna’s UES Renovations
Obviously she can't just move into the place without totally gutting it first.
Posted 05/04/09 in Daily Intel
Man on the Street
Video: Meeting Madonna’s New Neighbors
We sent our Tim Murphy to the far reaches of the Upper East Side to meet the men and women who will be getting to know the pop star in the coming months.
Posted 04/14/09 in Daily Intel
Real Estate
Madonna Buys UES Townhouse for $40 Million
But that picture of her with little Mercy James? Priceless.
Posted 01/05/09 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Crane Collapse Contractor Indicted
The owner of the crane that collapsed in March last year has been charged with criminally negligent homicide.
Posted 12/16/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Old-Timers Caught in Old-Timey Squabble
An Upper East side wife assaulted her husband with a frying pan.
Posted 11/05/08 in Daily Intel
Developing
Gary Barnett, Manhattan Real Estate’s Beacon of Hope
Barnett says Extell will draw on its land bank to deliver new residential projects in as soon as nine months.
Posted 10/24/08 in Daily Intel
Tragedies
Star Jones: Displaced, Litigious
Thanks to leaks and mold, she's fled her Upper East Side triplex penthouse and is suing the condo board for $700,000.
Posted 08/28/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Upper East Side Housewife Craves Nanny, Book Deal
Rebecca Land Soodak’s Craigslist post got her a nanny — will it bring her more?
Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Murray Hill Graffiti — Touched (Inappropriately) By an Angel?
A cheeky street artist quotes Saint Teresa of Ávila, a hot-dog cart explodes, and jazz decamps to Brooklyn — that, and more, in our daily borough roundup.
Posted 08/05/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
The Obamas All Over the Glossy Newsstand, Once Again
Michelle and Barack appear on the covers of 'Ebony' and 'Essence.' But Meghan McCain has an interview in 'Glamour'! Plus the latest on Barbara Corcoran, John Thain, and the other captains of industry.
Posted 07/24/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Greenpoint Subdivided: Do You Live in Garbagetown or Sewagetown?
Quick, someone bandage that bleeding Lady of Mercy in the Bronx, mourn the Purchase Building in Dumbo, and scold that greedy Long Island City sweatshop! So much to do in today's boroughs report!
Posted 07/22/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Chelsea Hotel Bars Right to Peaceably Assemble
Illegal and blatant fruit stands in Brooklyn Heights, Donatella in the Clock Tower building, and maybe even rats on a beach (awesome potential metal-band name, right?) in Staten Island: That wackness and more, in today's neighborhood report.
Posted 07/18/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
‘Real Word: Brooklyn’ Will Not Be in BellTel Lofts After All
But it will still be in Brooklyn — plus the much-mocked Prudential broker of Bushwick and the new urban prairies of Clinton Hill, all in our Friday boroughs wrap-up!
Posted 07/15/08 in 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.
Posted 07/11/08 in 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!
Posted 06/25/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Ikea Buses in Brooklyn: The Battle Is on the Streets and on the Blogs
That story, plus Oprah's bounty in Harlem, shopping-mall smackdown in the Bronx, and a strange beep coming from the South Slope in today's neighborhood notes.
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