Think there are no vestiges of Times Square's seedy past lurking behind all those touristy tchotchke shops? Think again, Rudy Giuliani! Vanishing New York takes a detour inside a souvenir shop and stumbles upon "one of Times Square's last big-screen porno theaters." VNY writes: "The screen is torn. ...

MIDTOWN — Grub Street brings word of a big time chef shuffle: "A rep for the Oak Room tells us that, just days ago, the restaurant parted ways with Joël Antunes, the Atlanta star chef who was brought on to restore the refurbished dining room to its former glory. 'The chef and the ownershi...

[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...

Image by Pentagram, courtesy Archinect. It's ironic, of course, that the Fashion District—that area of Manhattan hugging Hell's Kitchen in the West 30s—is itself incredibly ugly. So, in honor of the end of Fashion Week, we're publishing the above image of a reimagined Fashion District. U...

In his column yesterday, the Post's Steve Cuozzo noted that the plans for Tishman Realty's hotel at Eighth Avenue and West 44th Street had finally been made public—through a reveal on the InterContinental Hotels website. Yeah yeah, we know: another huge Times Square hotel...Zzzzzz. But wait! Wh...

Budget hotel kingpin Sam Chang has many, many projects planned on West 39th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, and it appears he's looking to add a little flair to at least one of them. Our friend Bob Egan recently noted the installation of what appears to be some sort of two-story glass-encas...

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...

The 2009 Times Square Ball. is now decked out in red-themed LED lighting by Philips to help New Yorkers celebrate Valentine's Day. The Ball made its debut as a permanent installation for the first time this January and is lit by high-power LEDs from Philips Lighting, which made the ball brighter and...

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. In defiance of all the bad news splattered across the Jumbo-trons of Times Square, the steel support for some new super-signage is rising above the corner at 46th and Broadway. Thrusting skyward like a big clenched fist, this will be the topper fo...

This morning, the Observer reported that Russian financier Andrei Vavilov—who sued to get out of his contract to purchase two Plaza penthouses for $53.5 million—purchased the smaller of the two apartments using his $10.7 million deposit. Now, that penthouse is already back on the market fo...