The result is a tunnel that will become a new station and concourse beneath Grand Central Terminal at Park Avenue and 42nd Street.

Published by WNBC on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

Friday at 9, New York will be starting summer with a bang as fireworks are launched from the East River between 10th and 23rd Sts. While the rest of us are watching the show, one man will be orchestrating it. Meet Robin Hall, the man behind the city-wide blast.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 3, 2008.

PUMP, YOU UP Pump Energy Food has opened its sixth unit (275 Madison Ave. at 40th Street, 212-697-7867), this time under new management, and with a sleeker design by Garrett Singer, who also did Hill Country and Klee.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.

"It is terrible," said Annemarie Hernandez, who was shopping in midtown with her 3-year-old grandson Robert Joseph on Tuesday. "We have no choice because it's like needing gas in your car."

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Right now there is 20 million square feet of office space available in Manhattan, up 35% from the year-ago period. In midtown alone, there are 84 blocks of space of more than 50,000 square feet available, up from 38 a year earlier.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

You may recall the 2006 case , reported by the NY Times, where a six story billboard was placed on scaffolding that was advertising two giant Scotch bottles directly across from the New York Public Library.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on July 1, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The vacancy rate for Midtown, for instance, the borough's top office submarket, increased from 6.4 percent in June 2007 to 8.2 percent this June. The vacancy rate for top-shelf, Class A towers in Midtown increased to 7.4 percent in June from 5.5 percent a year ago.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

The march began at 52nd Street in Midtown and wound down to the West Village.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

Vacancy rates for Midtown South and for Downtown were also up annually and monthly. In Midtown South, the all-important Class B rate (that's the dominant type of office space in that submarket) was up to 10.4 percent in June, from 7.1 percent in June 2007.

Published by The New York Observer on June 30, 2008.

A sudden heat wave that pushes the system to its limits or an accident like the steam pipe rupture in midtown last summer could be devastating.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 30, 2008.

The drag queen, standing at the foot of the steps to the New York Public Library dressed in a green Afro wig, a red miniskirt and candy-cane-striped stockings, had the duty of announcing the notables marching down Fifth Avenue in the Gay Pride Parade.

Published by New York Times on June 29, 2008.

It can be tough being a responsible pet owner and living in an urban area. That's why the American Kennel Club offered key tips and taught basic good manners to dogs living in an urban setting at the Canine Good Citizen training event on Saturday.

Published by WNBC on June 28, 2008.

"Life in the New York restaurant scene--hands down," said the 5-foot-8, 200 pound, 31-year-old redshirt restaurateur, looking rather Usher-esque in a white suit and shades, during a boozy relaunch party Wednesday for his 2,200-square-foot eponymously named eatery, Zereoue, at 13 East 37th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

"Life in the New York restaurant scene--hands down," said the 5-foot-8, 200 pound, 31-year-old redshirt restaurateur, looking rather Usher-esque in a white suit and shades, during a boozy relaunch party Wednesday for his 2,200-square-foot eponymously named eatery, Zereoue, at 13 East 37th Street.

Published by The New York Observer on June 27, 2008.

Nicola Paone, the favorite Italian restaurant of a long line of mayors including Rudy Giuliani, celebrated its 50th anniversary in April. This Saturday evening, the Murray Hill stalwart—a victim of old age—will serve its last meals.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 26, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 26, 2008.

An apartment fire in Midtown Manhattan left an 83-year-old man dead on Wednesday evening, officials said.

Published by New York Times on June 26, 2008.

One person was killed and another person was injured in a fast-moving fire in Midtown Wednesday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 26, 2008.

Average June rents for non-doorman studios were below $2,000 on the Upper East Side ($1,831), the Upper West Side ($1,968), Harlem ($1,287), and Midtown West ($1,984).

Published by The New York Observer on June 25, 2008.

It's only natural to expect excellency from the team that created Lupa and 'inoteca: Restaurateurs Jason and Joe Denton and chefs Eric Kleinman and Steve Connaughton bring a sure-handed balance to those successful downtown restaurants. So when the group's new restaurant frustrates those high hopes, the disappointment is deeper than it would be otherwise.

Published by New York Sun on June 25, 2008.

Complementary lines and tones from Fifth Avenues in Manhattan and Brooklyn fuse in the neon tubes hanging in the Louis Vuitton window display at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, top, and the umbrellas shading the entrance to the Puebla Mini Market at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street in Sunset Park.

Published by New York Times on June 25, 2008.

In a news release from Local 32BJ, Walter Bonifacio, a security guard who works at a Midtown office building, said: “This raise couldn’t come at a better time. With everything getting more expensive, from gas to groceries, it’s getting harder and harder to pay the bills each month.”

Published by New York Times on June 25, 2008.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is looking to sublease 180,000 square feet of space. It joins a growing list of major corporations putting their excess office acreage on the market, in moves that are adding new downward pressure commercial rents in the city.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 24, 2008.

“In Midtown, things are pretty much the same because that’s where all the tourists are and they are here to spend money,” he said from his perch in front of Barnes & Nobles on East 17th Street after a brief Monday afternoon rain storm. When asked his name, the man said, “Everyone on the street calls me Gypsy.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Appearing at a news conference Tuesday in midtown to welcome Michael Strahan to the "Fox NFL Sunday" team, the Hall of Fame quarterback-turned-broadcaster clarified comments he made last week in a radio interview during which he said he used steroids while playing for the great Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

The M3 bus was headed north about 5:30 p.m. when it slammed into the unidentified man as he crossed the avenue between 37th and 38th Sts., police said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 23, 2008.

Headquartered at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in midtown Manhattan, the Tow Center will also work with news organizations, investors, business leaders, news professionals, students and technology experts to generate new business models for news organizations. In addition the Center will collaborate with professional as well as citizen journalists to expand news coverage through the Internet.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 23, 2008.

And we're going to wrap things up in Brooklyn where there's some major gridlock on the Gowanus from 38th Street up to the Brooklyn Bridge. Getting into the city you're in good shape right now at all of the East River crossings.

Published by SI Live on June 23, 2008.

UNDER THE SUN Going green gets even cooler in Citysol 2008's solar-powered music, art and advocacy festival at Solar One. Emerging acts Care Bears on Fire lead an eclectic music lineup. Bring your own cup or reuse theirs for beer discounts. Better yet, bring your electric bill and sign up for a wind power package, and drink free! (Free, 6 p.m., 23rd St. and East River, www.citysol.org)

Published by New York Daily News on June 22, 2008.

Residents of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town are concerned over what they say is the danger posed by golf carts driven by maintenance workers along the pedestrian walkways.

Published by New York Times on June 21, 2008.

The accident occurred at the construction site of a steel residential building at 452 East 23rd St.

Published by WNBC on June 21, 2008.

• Buy land from resistant private owners, notably Joe Sitt of Thor Equities, a critic of the city’s plan to build nine acres of rides around existing attractions like the landmark Cyclone roller coaster and Deno’s Wonder Wheel.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 20, 2008.

1:15 p.m. Free screening of John Pilger's War on Democracy; Community Church of NYC 28 East 35th St.

Published by The New York Observer on June 20, 2008.

The organization recommended that the city impose graduated parking rates as it has done in Midtown commercial districts, where truckers pay $2 for the first hour, $5 for the second and $9 for the third.

Published by New York Post on June 20, 2008.

Sites may include the former Bellevue Hospital site on 30th Street and First Avenue, the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing on First Avenue near Bellevue Hospital, and the Solow development site on the former Consolidated Edison property on First Avenue between 36th and 40th streets. Potential expansion may include development on Roosevelt Island, as well in the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

Published by New York Sun on June 19, 2008.

Investigators looking into a fatal gas explosion in November in Queens suggested ways that Con Ed and the Fire Department can better coordinate their response to gas leaks.

Published by New York Times on June 19, 2008.

2.) Corinthian Apartments Philip Nobel, author, "Sixteen Acres: Architecture and the Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero" "Corinthian Apartment buildings on First Avenue. I'm a big fan of Paul Rudolph and that building is like a bad copy of the best Paul Rudolph. It looks like a stack of coins. You can tell the architects did a cynical calculation, thinking, 'People like bay windows. Why not stack row and row of bay windows on top of one another.'"

Published by amNY.com on June 19, 2008.

Greenwich Village has Washington Square Park, Flatiron has Madison Square Park, and Gramercy has its own eponymous center in Gramercy Park. Samuel B. Ruggles bought the farmland that would become the park in 1831 with the goal of creating a London-style square at the heart of the community. Posh townhouses quickly cropped up around the exclusive park, lending the neighborhood the air of quiet sophistication that it maintains to this day.

Published by amNY.com on June 19, 2008.

Since Arlene Harrison started the Gramercy Park Block Association in 1994, after her son was beaten by youths in front of their apartment building, she has effectively remade the area in her own image.

Published by New York Times on June 19, 2008.

In Manhattan, industry leaders expect the leading health care systems, including New York University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, and Mount Sinai Medical Center, to seek locations near their present campuses.

Published by New York Sun on June 19, 2008.

Sites may include the former Bellevue Hospital site on 30th Street and First Avenue, the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing on First Avenue near Bellevue Hospital, and the Solow development site on the former Consolidated Edison property on First Avenue between 36th and 40th streets.

Published by New York Sun on June 19, 2008.

Veronika Conant considered abandoning her midtown co-op after years of being awakened by privately owned garbage trucks, crunching refuse at all hours of the night and early morning.

Published by amNY.com on June 19, 2008.

It was the afternoon of May 17, 2007, and Patrick Miller was in the rec room of Bellevue Hospital's 19 North jail ward, indulging in his favorite pastime: propping up gym mats to create a maze and then running and scooting through it, over and over again.

Published by Village Voice on June 17, 2008.

Back in midtown, Channel 11's Toni Senecal has written a forthcoming novel, Red Carpet: Confidential, that mixes real and fake names for a jaunty look inside the compromising world of entertainment reporting.

Published by Village Voice on June 17, 2008.

Sources said Pfizer has interviewed numerous brokerage firms to handle the assignment, but they weren’t sure which buildings the available space was located in. Pfizer owns its company headquarters on East 42nd St. as well as 685 Third Ave. The world’s largest drug company, Pfizer also leases space at 150 E. 42nd St. and 605 Third Ave. sources say.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 17, 2008.

Sources said Pfizer has interviewed numerous brokerage firms to handle the assignment, but they weren’t sure which buildings the available space was located in. Pfizer owns its company headquarters on East 42nd St. as well as 685 Third Ave. The world’s largest drug company, Pfizer also leases space at 150 E. 42nd St. and 605 Third Ave. sources say.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 17, 2008.