• 41st and 8th Avenue Third Man Climbs Times Building

  “I thought he was a worker,” said Michael Pabon, 32, who was in front of the Port Authority entrance on 41st and 8th Avenue when he first saw the climber scale the first floor of the building.

  Published by New York Times on July 9, 2008.

• New York Times building Third Man Climbs Times Building

  For the third time in two months, a climber scaled the front of the New York Times building in Midtown Manhattan.

  Published by New York Times on July 9, 2008.

• 995 Fifth Avenue To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  Occasionally, names flop. When developers converted the Stanhope Hotel, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue, into luxury apartments two years ago, they called the project the Stanhope. Few takers emerged, and the name was discarded in favor of the street address, 995 Fifth Avenue.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Brooklyn Bridge A New York Moment in a YouTube Sensation

  And, Mr. Harding noted, he had already done Times Square and the Brooklyn Bridge in his two previous videos. “It was time to dig a little deeper,” he said. “I wanted to do something that New Yorkers would know and that was a unique fun place and also a fun place where people can gather.” Plus, Bethesda Terrace Arcades was a place for a large group of people to gather without getting to the messy issue of permits.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Times Square A New York Moment in a YouTube Sensation

  And, Mr. Harding noted, he had already done Times Square and the Brooklyn Bridge in his two previous videos. “It was time to dig a little deeper,” he said. “I wanted to do something that New Yorkers would know and that was a unique fun place and also a fun place where people can gather.” Plus, Bethesda Terrace Arcades was a place for a large group of people to gather without getting to the messy issue of permits.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Coney Island A New York Moment in a YouTube Sensation

  Here on City Room, we wondered which New York landmark might be featured. The Empire State Building? Wall Street? Coney Island?

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Statue of Liberty A New York Moment in a YouTube Sensation

  “It’s a classic New York landmark,” Matt Harding, the dancer in the video, said in a phone interview. “I didn’t want to do the Statue of Liberty, things that are a little clichéd.”

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• 208 West 13th Street A 25-Year-Old Gay Landmark, Built Before the Civil War

  “Did you know you were writing history?” asked Tom Kirdahy, a board member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th Street. He was referring to a short article that ran on Page B5 in The Times on Dec. 20, 1983, under the headline, “Sale of Site to Homosexuals Planned.”

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• 525 West 50th Street A 25-Year-Old Gay Landmark, Built Before the Civil War

  Planning began for a new vocational high school where food and maritime trades would be joined. That was the embryo of today’s Park West Educational Campus at 525 West 50th Street.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Pelham Parkway Bus Service Lags Ridership Surge, Report Says

  Significant traffic congestion is one of the reasons that N.Y.C. Transit has initiated the new Select Bus Service in the Bronx along the Fordham Road – Pelham Parkway corridor as a means to cut through congestion in major bus corridors.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Empire State Building A New York Moment in a YouTube Sensation

  Here on City Room, we wondered which New York landmark might be featured. The Empire State Building? Wall Street? Coney Island?

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• World Trade Center 9/11 Families’ Bid to Renew Landfill Search Is Rejected

  A federal judge dismissed a request to sift through tons of debris at the Fresh Kills landfill to search for human remains from the attack on the World Trade Center.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Solaria To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  Two new high-rises, one on the Upper East Side, the other in Brooklyn, a have the same name: Azure, a deep shade of blue. Seem familiar? It should. On the Lower East Side, another new building is called Blue. Sky House, under construction on East 29th Street, is not to be confused with the Cielo (Italian for “sky”), on East 83rd Street. And then there are Star Tower, in Long Island City, and Solaria, in the Bronx.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Lower Manhattan Panel Hears Testimony on Toxic Mold

  The New York State Toxic Mold Task Force, which first met last December, convened inside an office building in Lower Manhattan Tuesday for a daylong meeting on the problem of mold.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Star Tower To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  Two new high-rises, one on the Upper East Side, the other in Brooklyn, a have the same name: Azure, a deep shade of blue. Seem familiar? It should. On the Lower East Side, another new building is called Blue. Sky House, under construction on East 29th Street, is not to be confused with the Cielo (Italian for “sky”), on East 83rd Street. And then there are Star Tower, in Long Island City, and Solaria, in the Bronx.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Sky House To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  Two new high-rises, one on the Upper East Side, the other in Brooklyn, a have the same name: Azure, a deep shade of blue. Seem familiar? It should. On the Lower East Side, another new building is called Blue. Sky House, under construction on East 29th Street, is not to be confused with the Cielo (Italian for “sky”), on East 83rd Street. And then there are Star Tower, in Long Island City, and Solaria, in the Bronx.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Broadway near 100th Street To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  Ariel East, on Broadway near 100th Street in Manhattan. Following a trend, it is named for a moon of Uranus.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Cielo To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  Two new high-rises, one on the Upper East Side, the other in Brooklyn, a have the same name: Azure, a deep shade of blue. Seem familiar? It should. On the Lower East Side, another new building is called Blue. Sky House, under construction on East 29th Street, is not to be confused with the Cielo (Italian for “sky”), on East 83rd Street. And then there are Star Tower, in Long Island City, and Solaria, in the Bronx.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• West Village To Name Towers in the Sky, Many Look There for Inspiration

  And mailing addresses are often used as building names, especially when the street is considered prestigious, like Park Avenue or Perry Street, in the West Village.

  Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

• Partnership for New York City Titans Seek New York Mayor in Bloomberg’s Mold

  “There is significant trepidation over what comes after Bloomberg,” said Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, which represents business leaders, and whose board includes Mr. Rattner, Mr. Lipton and Mr. Speyer.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• Tishman Speyer Titans Seek New York Mayor in Bloomberg’s Mold

  The executives searching for Mr. Bloomberg’s replacement are considered some of New York’s most influential business leaders: Martin Lipton, a founding partner of the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; the financier Steven Rattner; and Jerry I. Speyer, chairman of the developer Tishman Speyer.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• World Trade Center Ask About Ground Zero Rebuilding

  David W. Dunlap, a metropolitan reporter for The Times, will be answering readers’ questions this week about the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site and about New York City’s built environment.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• Taxi and Limousine Commission Taxi Drivers Seek Fuel Surcharge

  Complaining that soaring gasoline prices have made it barely possible for them to scrape by, about 17 drivers held a rally on Monday afternoon outside the Lower Manhattan headquarters of the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, demanding that the panel impose a fuel surcharge.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• the Village Independence, Any Way You Spell It

  New Yorkers cherish their independence — especially on the Fourth of July weekend — but can they spell it? Not always, as these signs posted last weekend in the Village suggest.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• Far Rockaway Catching Waves in the Rockaways

  There are Brooklyn hipsters, Japanese twentysomethings and even Hasidic surfers from Far Rockaway.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• Bedford-Stuyvesant Mirror Images on the Subway

  Some residents of Bed-Stuy are ready to zip off in one of several cars available from the “wheels when you want them” company. [Bed-Stuy Blog]

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• South Street Seaport Mirror Images on the Subway

  Hot, sexy model of the proposed South Street Seaport redesign. [Curbed]

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• Bay Ridge Mirror Images on the Subway

  A Bay Ridge blogger decides that the new express bus isn’t so bad after all. [Bay Ridge Blog]

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• 969 Gates Avenue Young Woman Is Killed in Bedford Stuyvesant Shootout

  The cookout, a gathering of friends in their teens and 20s behind an apartment building at 969 Gates Avenue, had been planned for several days, their families said.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

• Bedford-Stuyvesant Young Woman Is Killed in Bedford Stuyvesant Shootout

  A courtyard cookout ended in chaos and bloodshed early Sunday morning, with a young woman killed and four people wounded in a Bedford Stuyvesant shootout, the police said.

  Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

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