The two lions welcoming visitors to the New York Public Library’s Schwartzman Building on 42nd Street are about to get a huge makeover. A symbol of the library itself, these large marble lions—Patience and Fortitude—hav...
City Bakery has announced that their SoHo Birdbath Green Bakery has permanently closed. When Birdbath first moved into the space at 160 Prince Street, they kept the iconic green storefront from the former Vesuvio’...
It seems the squirrels in Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City have become particularly aggressive. According to ABC7, officials told them that the squirrels are going for food and in the process biting and scratchin...
If you haven’t been down East Houston in the past few weeks you may have missed that a large building is now missing. Sunshine Cinema was a historic landmark building and an iconic establishment of the Lower East...
Beginning today, Wednesday August 7, driverless cars will officially be a reality in NYC—but don’t expect them to be the new norm just yet. Six self-driving cars known as Optimus Ride will currently shuttle people...
An iconic institution, Barneys New York has officially filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as of Tuesday morning, August 6. With the announcement of this news, the luxury specialty retailer...
JetBlue has just placed six vending machines across NYC’s five boroughs that will be giving out free books as part of their “Soar with Reading” initiative. Over the last nine years, JetBlue has been sh...
This cute little pup has been trending online this week, and it’s easy to see why! The puppy was recently born with a black fur “mustache” that’s undeniably adorable. At only 5 weeks old, Salvado...
The results for the 2019 Pokey and Schleppie Awards are in, and the “winner” of slowest local bus is (*drum roll*) the M14A. The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter recently released the results...
While the last couple of weeks have been a scorcher, with a dangerous heat wave that hit not too long ago, there’s now another heat advisory to watch out for today. Depending on what weather app you use, todayR...