The New York Observer, January 9th, 2006
Herbert Muschamp turns 2 Columbus Circle into a relic of the forgotten New York of the 60's and 70's, when the city used to be gay. (The New York Times)
Keeping tan through the winter just got "hella" easier. (Inman News)
Americans are fat. Their houses need to fit them. (Alchemic Spot)
Do people that are priced out of New York take the bus? (Matrix)
Electricity costs rise from 11 cents per kilowatt last April to nearly 20 cents in January. (New York Post)
Some like it hot--in bed. Heated blankets are selling out as heating prices climb. (The Wall Street Journal)
Yes, a celebrity may just knock on your door too. (The Wall Street Journal)
New Yorkers muse over potential citywide improvements, like sidewalk compasses, sealed trash receptacles and alternate-side-of-the street rules for double-parking. (The New York Times)
The Architectural Review's international competition for emerging architecture has 20 entrants from New York. (The Architectural Review)
New Yorkers fall in love, adopt neighborhood park. (The New York Times)
Maureen Dowd smiles as women gain equality, and sneaking into the men's bathroom becomes unnecessary. (New York Post)
Perhaps it's best to simply befriend that pesky rodent climbing in your cupboard. (CNN)
The newspaper continues to tout the Williamsburg-ification of Philadelphia. (The New York Times)
Cheap real estate and cheaper transportation. (The New York Times)
Now that the stench of fish has faded, brokers and developers smell opportunity at the Seaport. (Daily News)
The forgotten borough becomes a real contender. (The Real Deal)
Developers and designers are responsible for nearly half of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions annually. (Metropolis)
The New Seven Wonders Foundation is creating a semi-modern list of architectural feats "to alert the world to the destruction of the world's cultural heritage." Eh, The Related Companies, LP will surely find a way to get mentioned. (BBC News)
Why pay a premium, homeowners might ask, especially if they plan to move in less than seven years? A hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage is not as risky as you may think. (MarketWatch)
Craig Newmark, "Exploder of Journalism" and Craigslist founder--the site where apartment hunters scour for a rental bargain among half a million listings each month in just New York--talks. "I’m a guy who may or may not exist." (New York)
Priced out Brooklynites may flee to Manhattan. Corcoran Group reports that the average price of a townhouse in Park Slope reached $3.35 million in 2005, a 90 percent increase over the last quarter of 2004. (New York)
Jade Jagger prefers plastic candelabras to brass. (New York)
The owners of Blue Water Grill and DavidBurke & Donatella are impregnating cows. They invested in a lovely 2,500-pound Black Angus bull, whose goods will inseminate hundreds of females for the tastiest of young meat. (New York)
A new business improvement district, Flatiron 23rd St. Partnership, covers roughly the blocks between Lexington and Sixth Avenues, from 21st to 28th Streets. (The Villager)
- Riva Froymovich
