Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Need a place to crash until the end of July? The School of Visual Arts' new 20-story dormitory at Ludlow and Delancey Streets—a building we're minorly obsessed with—is now available for short-term rentals. To the public! Yesterday, a han...

[Krieger, 11/24/08] Frankie Brunz takes the F train down to Carroll Gardens this week to file on neighborhood hit Buttermilk Channel, a newish restaurant that trendily sources everything from its sausages to its beer to its ice cream locally. Frank gives her a one:"All of this makes Buttermilk Chann...

We got some requests via Twitter for plugs.  Here are the 3 sites that made the cut: OutAboutBrooklyn: This blog hits the nail on the head when it comes to placeblogging.  They go to places and write about them, and they do it frequently. With the added angle of seeking out LGBT friendly places, O...

Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews Susur Lee's New York City debut Shang at the Thompson LES hotel. Today, the Eater oddsmakers have set the action as follows: Zero Stars: 6-1 One Star: 3-1 √√ Two Stars: 4-1 Three Stars: 20-1 Four Stars: 250-1 We think Ryan Sutton said it best when he proclaimed, in ...

The latest from Racked, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up. [Photo by Daniel Krieger] 1) Bowery: Looking for one of the largest non-hotel signs of the changing Bowery? An old YMCA at Prince Street has been turned into the Green Depot (above), a massive eco-friendly home supplies stor...

WSJ blogger Mary Pilon reprints the tear-jerking letter she sent her Lower East Side landlord in a successful effort to get them to shave $300 off the $2,650/month rent. Recycle at will! [The Wallet]...

Filed under: Men, Hair Care, Cosmetics, Fragrance, Skin Care, Beauty Tips, Hair Cut and Style Men, we know you want to look good, smell good, and all that, but who has time to test out all that fancy metrosexual crap for your hair and face? We do. And Dickson Hairshop Products are the bomb -- the fa...

Red Bull sure is putting a lot of effort into that crazy snowboarding jump erected in East River Park for Thursday's competition. The shipping containers, the fake snow, the size—hey, why not just leave it up all winter and let us have some fun with it? THAT MAY HAPPEN. Quote Fast Company: "my ...

Better take this tour quick. Anything that even resembles history in the Lower East Side is disappearing faster that Bloomberg's scruples. Some destinations, like Gertel's Bakery and the First Roumanian-American Congregation Synagogue, were lost only recently. Start on Houston Street, the northern b...

Today Frank "Prince of the UWS" Bruni reviews two of his neighborhood's newcomers, West Branch and BarBao, handing them each a one spot . Both are decent additions to the neighborhood, but right now, only comfort food centric West Branch is a runaway success:"Both the West Branch, a mostly Mediterra...