If you’re in the market to buy real estate, then you know that in order to get a sense of what’s a reasonable price for real estate in the area you’re considering, you have to pull the prices for similar homes in or near that area.
Big Appled put out this awesome guide on NYC etiquette. There’s a lot of guidebooks and how-to’s for New York, but this one hits many of the right notes, goes deep, and in a humorous way.
I walked by this awesome mural while strolling in Chelsea today. The huge, 80-foot mural on P.S.11 Elementary School titled simply “The Giant” was a collaboration work by famous street artists ‘Os Gemeos’ and ‘Futura2000’ in 2010.
Here’s one of those not-so-hidden city secrets that sounds too good to be true: For $2.75 you can take a van that shuttles passengers back and forth between Manhattan’s Chinatown and Flushing’s Chinatown.
An intense winter storm is headed for the New York area. Starting after midnight tonight, 8-12 inches of snow will be dumped on the Tri-State area over the next 24 hours. My phone told me that without me asking.
My first trip to Madison Square Garden since I moved here was for a Knicks game tonight. The Knicks lost to the Portland Trailblazers. J.R. Smith made bad decisions.
When I recently discovered that there was a museum dedicated to the Chinese American experience, I immediately placed it on my shortlist of places to go: museum, YMCA, Zara for their bi-yearly sale, and Prosperity Dumpling.
I’m posting the following video as more of a reminder to try some of Josh Ozersky’s recommendations for “Eating the East Village”
Braving the polar vortex on my way to Punjab Grocery & Deli in the Lower East Side, I ran across a “Blue” buildin that’s actually called “BLUE.”
It’s the first big snow in New York this year and it’s my first snow after spending more than a decade in California. It’s been coming down for about an hour now. Here’s the scene:
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After spending a long, rough day traveling… I’m thankful that the Halal Guys were open at 11pm (2nd/14th) on Thanksgiving.
There’s a lot to be said for how disappointing (but not surprising) that 5pointz is finally being bulldozed. The “aerosol art center” has been on the verge of demolition for months. The street art mecca recently had all of its wall paintings covered with white paint – an effort to make the inevitable razing less […]
Saw this ad in the subway – geeked to check out the Art Spiegelman exhibit at the Jewish Museum… November 16, 2013 at 12:17PM http://instagram.com/p/gyeKbkNrIK/
Colorful backboard, colorful autumn in the East Village… November 15, 2013 at 12:42PM http://instagram.com/p/gv8Qw_NrJf/