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The Artist's Perspective -- Frieze Art Fair New York

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Frieze Art London, Art Exhibit, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sculpture, The Armory Show, American Art, New York, New York City, Culture, Frieze Art Fair, Randalls Island, Art Fair, New York Art Fair, Gerhard Richter, Gallery, New York Art, Home News

Although I was born in New York, grew up in New York and now live in New York, it was my first visit to Randall's Island in Manhattan -- just to see the inaugural Frieze Art Fair.

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In A World Of Male Hotel General Managers, Shan Kanagasingham Stands Out

Jeryl Brunner | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Shan Kanagasingham, Upper East Side, The Surrey, New York City, Luxury Hotels, Travel News

"I employ 400 people, but each of them may have two children and a spouse. That's really 1,200 lives that my decisions influence. And so I take that very seriously."

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PHOTOS: Unusual Island Vacations

Oyster | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: San Juan Islands, Manhattan, Hotels, Travel, Escapes, Hong Kong, Islands, Hutchinson Island, Slidepollajax, Island Travel, Nacka, Travel News

Going to the Caribbean is so typical -- not that we object to it -- and we're ready to branch out.

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Where's the Boar? In Search of Wild Game in NYC

Julia Neyman | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Food, Manhattan, Chelsea Market, Denver, Brooklyn, New York City, Kangaroo, Duck, Elk, Boar, Eleven Madison Park, Smorgasburg, Food News

New York City lags behind its game-loving peers in the heartland and down south, where dishes like turtle stew make amphibious game into a delicacy.

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WATCH: 'Louie' Trailer Pays Tribute To Woody Allen

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Fx, Louis CK, Louie Season 3 Premiere, Woody Allen, Louie Season 3, Louie, New York City, Video, Comedy News

The third season of "Louie" is coming to FX on June 28, and a trailer hyping the show was released Wednesday. The black-and-white teaser does not appe...

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PHOTOS: Ryan Gosling-Themed Easter Egg Hunt In Manhattan

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Gosling Hey Girl, New York News

"A very Gosling Easter to you and yours," tweeted @GoslingEaster Sunday morning. The twitter account --unlikely run by the heartthrob and New York ...

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PHOTOS: A Look Back At The Gay Heyday Of New York's Waterfront

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Stonewall Riots, Gay Rights, Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, LGBT Rights, Gay Artists, New York City Piers, New York Piers, The Piers: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront, New York, Stonewall, New York City, Gay Art, Gay Voices News

They might not date back as far as Athens' Acropolis or Egypt's pyramids, but according to Jonathan D. Katz, the piers which line New York's riverfron...

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Wall Street No Longer Taking Up The Most Space In Manahattan

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Video, Wall Street, Bank of America, Finance Industry, NY Real Estate, Fees, Office Space, Cushman & Wakefield, Crain's, Wall Street Bonuses, Citigroup, Business News

When it comes to New York office space, Wall Street's no longer king. For the first time ever, financial services firms aren't renting the most of...

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PHOTOS: Man Meets Postal Worker Who Donated Life-Saving Bone Marrow

Huffington Post | Emily Heinz | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Bone Marrow Transplant, Video, England, Be the Match, NY Blood Center, Mark Worrall, Slidepollajax, Audrey Pollard, New York, United States Postal Services, Impact News

Six months after Audrey Pollard, a New York post office worker, signed up for the marrow donor registry, she was matched to a man in England, desperat...

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Keith Haring 1978-1982 : Early Keith at The Brooklyn Museum

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Steven P. Harrington, Graffiti, Brooklyn Museum, Keith Haring, Brooklyn Street Art, Kenny Scharf, Peter Schuyff, Street Art, Jaime Rojo, Subway Drawings, Ken HicksX NYC, Sally Williams, The Keith Haring Foundation, Matthew Branch, The Brooklyn Museum, Marcus Romero, Sharon Matt Atkins, Klaus Nomi, Sva, Tricia-Laughlin-Bloom, Keith Haring Foundation, School of Visual Arts, Joey Arias, Kwong Chi, Ps122, Arts News

1978 and 2012 seem closer to one another than ever when we look at the blossomed Street Art scene in cities around the world. More than 30 years after...

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New York Not The Most Unequal County In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, Manhattan, Income Gap, Wall Street, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Salary, Labor Department, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, Income, Inequality, Business News

In the United States, even even the inequality is unequal. Yes, the level of income inequality among American households rose 18 percent between 1...

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I Remember Joe Heller -- Part 3

Susan Braudy | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Yale, Robert Gottlieb, Joe Heller, New York Times, Manhattan, Catch 22, Dan Yergin, Joseph Heller Interview, Culture News

I cornered Heller after class. An expression of fear widened his eyes after I insisted on accompanying him on the train back to Manhattan to interview him.

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I Remember Joe Heller -- Part 1

Susan Braudy | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Yale, Joseph Heller, Manhattan, Catch 22, New York, Books, Culture News

In 1967, my life turned a sharp corner. I impulsively decided to audit Heller's playwriting seminar at Yale. His mordant new novel, Catch-22, was suddenly as relevant as Bob Dylan, whose music I would learn he loved.

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A Mushroom Cloud in Manhattan: If You See Somethin' ...

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Nyc, Say Something, Manhattan, Steven P. Harrington, Jean Seestadt, Public Art, If You See Something, Paper Cutting, Sculpture, Brooklyn Street Art, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Swoon, Terrorism, Street Art, Jaime Rojo, Arts News

Artist Jean Seestadt Plants a Package in a Bus Stop Since the never-ending "War on Terror" commenced so publicly a decade or so ago, an intermittentl...

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Astoria Characters: The Good-Bye Guy

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Tom Park, Astoria, Murray Cleaners, Macy's, Johnny on the Spot, Brooklyn, Rent, Dry Cleaning, Grocery Store, Civil Engineering, Travel Agency, Trade Fair, Manhattan, Military, Coney Island, Tailors, New York News

Tom Park has spent his career in the dry-cleaning business, and he lost a shop once before. But he's 49 now, and he didn't see this one coming.

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Five Classic Movies You Need to Revisit

Bryan Young | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Notorious, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen, Oscars, Annie Hall, The Apartment, Classic Movies, Spellbound, Billy Wilder, Academy Awards, Entertainment News

While everyone has their attention fixed on cinema because of the Academy Awards, there are some classic Blu-ray releases I'd love to kindle (or rekindle) interest in.

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Defining Your Own Chaos

Kristal Brent Zook | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Manhattan, Living in New York, Long Island, Suburbia, Midtown West, Renting, Couples, Women News

"Why not leave the city?" we asked ourselves. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Get some fresh air. A yard. A real house. It would shorten my commute to Hofstra University out on the Island, and of course, we would be saving all that money.

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"F**k Art" Opens Wide at Museum Of Sex (NSFW)

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Aiko, Nyc, Jeremy Novy, Brooklyn Street Art, 907 Crew, AIKO. Andrew H. Shirley, Street Art, GEN 2, Lush, Miss Van, Steven P. Harrington, Manhattan, Cassius Fouler, OZE 108, Bryan Raughton, Wonderpuss Octopus, B-Rad Izzy, El Celso, Patch Whisky, The Museum of Se, Tony Bones, William Thomas Porter, Jaime Rojo, Nathan Vincent, OZE 108 of 907, Graffiti, MODE 2, Droid, Cassius Fouler. DICKCHICKEN. DROID, Andrew H. Shirley, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Wolftits, Jmr, Black Label Bike Club, Dickchicken, Rostarr, Rttp, Emilie Baltz, Alex Emmart, Meghan Coleman, Mark Snyder, Video, Arts News

Be Sure to Ride the 14 Foot Long "F*ck Bike" "F*ck Art", an undulating and adventurous group show by New York Street Artists opens its arms and legs ...

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World Trade Center Costs Soaring Out Of Control, Auditors Say

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Chris Christie, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Patrick Foye, Port Authority, One World Trade Center, Navigant Consulting, World Trade Center, Scott Rechler, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK -- The agency that is building the new World Trade Center is "dysfunctional" and has let costs get out of control on the $14.8 billion projec...

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Grateful Only Child, The Manhattan Phenomenon

Camilla Webster | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Women, Manhattan, Central Park, Siblings, Only Child, New York City, Parents, Family, Only Children, New York News

More often than not being an only in NY means you have your own room, you play with friends, and if your parents have the opportunity you are thrust into a sea of onlys at every minute of your formative years.

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Cy Vance Speaks On Why He Dropped DSK Case

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Video, Dsk Scandal, Ny News, Dsk, Cyrus Vance, Cy Vance, New York News

NEW YORK — The prosecutor who charged Dominique Strauss-Kahn with sexually assaulting a hotel maid said Wednesday he dropped the case because he...

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Race Car Driver Alessandro Zampedri Goes From Crash To Crash Pads

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Indianapolis 500, New York Hotels, Manhattan, Video, Hostels, The Bowery House, New York, Racecars, Travel News

Alessandro Zampedri is famous for the last reason a race car driver wants to be famous. In 1996, as he was about to finish fourth in the Indianapolis ...

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Potluck in the Lobby

Liz Neumark | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Manhattan Real Estate, Neighbors, Neighborhoods, Slidepollajax, NY Real Estate, Slideadbigshot, New York News

The theme repeated over and over again, was the joy of being with people we all like and enjoy -- and right in our own 'backyard!' A virtual New York City extended family.

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Soldier's Family Says That He Was Abused Almost Daily Before Suicide

AP | By DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Video, Army, Ny News, Danny Chen Suicide, US Army, Danny Chen, Army Suicide, New York News

NEW YORK -- A teenage Army private who committed suicide just weeks after getting to Afghanistan had been mistreated by comrades on an almost daily ba...

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Man Completes Mission To Eat Slice From Every Manhattan Slice Joint

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Colin Hagendorf, Pizza, New York Restaurants, New York Pizza, NY Restaurants, Slice Harvester, New York News

New York-native Colin Hagendorf stumbled across a pizza place in Colorado claiming to serve up a perfect New York-style slice. "The pizza was real...

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