Posts tagged gramercy

Join 1stDibs designer Vicente Wolf on a video walk-through of the Penthouse Apartment at 50 Gramercy Park North…Gramercy, New York City (via The Corcoran Group)

Let’s Play Follow the Leader with Sequins…Gramercy, NY (via Humans of New York)

Let’s Play Follow the Leader with Sequins…Gramercy, NY (via Humans of New York)

Casually hanging out and looking good doing it…Gramercy, NYC (via Marcus Johnson)

Casually hanging out and looking good doing it…Gramercy, NYC (via Marcus Johnson)

How Many Studs Do You See?…New York City, NY (via Notes On Allure)

How Many Studs Do You See?…New York City, NY (via Notes On Allure)

The Self-Proclaimed Mayor of Gramercy Park Arlene Harrison…New York City, NY (via NYT)

The Self-Proclaimed Mayor of Gramercy Park Arlene Harrison…New York City, NY (via NYT)

David Karp Rides a Vespa Too…Park Avenue South, Manhattan (via Inc.)

David Karp Rides a Vespa Too…Park Avenue South, Manhattan (via Inc.)

So Chic in Black & White at Marc Jacobs…The Armory, Manhattan, NY (via Marc Jacobs)

So Chic in Black & White at Marc Jacobs…The Armory, Manhattan, NY (via Marc Jacobs)

Summer Streets 2011!

This summer, for the fourth year in a row, Summer Streets will temporarily close Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park to motor vehicles and open it up to people on three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 6, 13, & 20).

3-Way Street

A School of Visual Arts thesis project by Ron Gabriel, named ‘3-Way Street’ tracks a camera at the Manhattan intersection of 28th Street and Park Avenue. As the artist puts it on his website, the point of the study is to show the “interconnected role in improving the safety and usability of our streets.” Mission very much accomplished.

How many of the 91 movies depicted here can you name?
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Illustrated Manhattan Movie Map Featuring 91 Films

How many of the 91 movies depicted here can you name?

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Illustrated Manhattan Movie Map Featuring 91 Films

CITY BREATHS: Store Front: New York's Disappearing Face

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Ideal Hoisery, Grand Street at Ludlow, Manhattan (2004)

Great article at Brainpickings about the displacement that comes with gentrification.

In Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York, photographer duo James and Karla Murray bring the same lens of retrostalgia to New…

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Flatiron District/Gramercy, by Noah Forman, February 2011. (nyctaxiphoto)

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Flatiron District/Gramercy, by Noah Forman, February 2011. (nyctaxiphoto)

The PIT Dating Game

This Valentine’s Day dump the cliche cards, stale chocolates, and those ridiculous stuffed animals that make noises when you smack them, and head out to The Peoples Improv Theater for their annual Valentine’s Day PIT Dating Game. Three hot New York singles will ask outrageous questions to determine which of our hilarious PITizens will be their Valentine. The winners get a date and the losers get prizes that are way too inappropriate to mention here!

The PIT
123 East 24th Street
February 14th @ 7:30pm

The Wild One at Otto's Shrunken Head

Do you like trashy movies cars and motorcycles?  Then check out Cine Meccanica’s series of movies featuring cars and motorcycles, every Tuesday night at Otto’s Shrunken Head.  This week features the 1953 classic The Wild One starring Marlon Brando as the leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club. 

Otto’s Shrunken Head Tiki Bar & Lounge
538 East 14th Street, East Village
7pm, FREE

10 Must-Try NYC Holiday Cocktails

It’s almost quitting time and almost time to start the weekend with a cocktail.  The holidays are a great time for cocktails, especially in New York City when the bars and restaurants are pulling out all the stops to create (and re-create) decadent cold weather drinks!  Eater NY put together a list of their 10 must-try holiday cocktails.  We’re bound to try a few of them tonight!