A highbrow-lowbrow stunt right out of Jeff Koons, it’s the star dish at one of the year’s most inventive restaurants. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Midtown Area (Manhattan, NY)”
Advocates for Mentally Ill Call for Restraining Order to Halt Removal Plan
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2022
A motion in federal court called for a temporary restraining order, saying Mayor Eric Adams’s plan would violate constitutional rights. Source: New York Times
A Times Square Hotel Was Set To Become Affordable Housing. Then the Union Stepped In.
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2022
An influential hotel workers’ union is flexing its power at a key moment in the city’s recovery, affecting major projects from casinos to homeless shelters. Source: New York Times
How New Yorkers Are Stepping In to Help Asylum Seekers
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2022
Volunteers are collecting donations, delivering pizzas and even opening up their homes to help Venezuelan migrants arriving by bus from Texas. Source: New York Times
Homes That Sold for Around $975,000
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2022
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region. Source: New York Times
United Nations General Assembly Returns to New York
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2022
The first day of the U.N. General Assembly brought street closings and detours, but also more crowds for the city’s stores and restaurants. Source: New York Times
F.D.R. and Andy Warhol Came for the Art. Now the Movers Have Arrived.
By Gotham Rex on September 15, 2022
How do you relocate more than 100 years’ worth of (haphazardly organized) fine art, maps and prints? The family that’s owned the Old Print Shop is finding out right now. Source: New York Times
Wait … Is This Times Square?
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2022
New York City considers far-flung boundaries for the Crossroads of the World as it decides where to ban guns. Source: New York Times
Manhattan Has a Glut of Empty Offices. Hochul Wants to Build More.
By Gotham Rex on August 29, 2022
Despite near record-high office vacancies, Gov. Kathy Hochul has backed a real estate project at the New York transit hub that would be one of the largest in American history. Source: New York Times
Boy, 7, and Woman Dead After Boat Capsizes in Hudson River
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2022
Ten passengers were injured when the private boat overturned near a pier in Midtown Manhattan, officials said. Source: New York Times
Driver in Fatal Times Square Attack Found Not Responsible Because of Mental Illness
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2022
Richard Rojas, a Navy veteran, spiraled after he was discharged. Prosecutors said he was culpable, but failed to sway jurors in the 2017 attack that left one dead and injured nearly two dozen. Source: New York Times
Chair Stalking Returns to Bryant Park as Midtown Begins to Perk Up
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2022
Despite the patchy way in which workers are going back to their offices, the heart of New York City is starting to resemble itself in some ways. Source: New York Times
Looking Back at the Pay Phone’s New York Heyday
By Gotham Rex on May 27, 2022
We scoured the New York Times photo archive for the humble yet ubiquitous pay phone. Source: New York Times
How Jane Lynch, Actress, Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on May 13, 2022
What gets the comedic performer through her Broadway shows? Chocolate and peanut butter, for one thing. Source: New York Times
Taxpayers May Foot Bill for Penn Station Revitalization, Report Says
By Gotham Rex on May 9, 2022
New York State wants to rebuild the transit hub in Midtown Manhattan and pay for the improvements through a larger real estate development. Source: New York Times