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Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.

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Published by The New York Observer on July 9, 2008.

Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson celebrated their honeymoon in a midtown office building Monday, ignoring the gossips who say their relationship can't last.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

Besides making smart financial decisions, there are other good reasons to rent. For Quigley, it's also been a way to test-drive a neighborhood. She loves her Midtown Manhattan location yet is considering the Upper West and East sides. "So much depends on what kind of apartment I find. A good view and light are very important to me," she says.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

"It's free, no time restraints and it feels more like you are just borrowing a movie from a friend rather than creating a business transaction," said Michael Naujunas, 30, a neighborrow user who lives in Hoboken and works in midtown.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

Besides making smart financial decisions, there are other good reasons to rent. For Quigley, it's also been a way to test-drive a neighborhood. She loves her Midtown Manhattan location yet is considering the Upper West and East sides. "So much depends on what kind of apartment I find. A good view and light are very important to me," she says.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The Philippines' ambassador to the United Nations between 2003 and 2006 is being accused of enslaving a Filipina immigrant at his Upper East Side home.

Published by New York Sun on July 8, 2008.

Dr. Karasu is chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He also has an office for private practice on 88th Street near Fifth Avenue. He charges $600 for a 45-minute session, seeing most of his patients at least twice a week.

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

The horses, often old, are not only exposed to Midtown traffic, but also must navigate a maze of streets twice a day to get to and from their cramped and antiquated Far West Side stable.

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

New York City moves—or at least it tries to. About 3.7 million people commute daily via aging subways, trains and roads; almost 300,000 head to and from airports. And what a companionable group they are, especially on the 9 a.m. No. 4 to midtown. Crain’s New York Business’ City Facts section on Transportation includes charts on subway ridership, airport traffic and the cost of commuting, among others.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

Commercial asking rents in midtown and downtown Manhattan rose 25.4% and 24.0%, respectively, in first-quarter 2008 versus the year-earlier period.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

With 238.8 million square feet of office space, midtown is the nation’s largest business district—larger than the entire office market of Chicago or Los Angeles. Crain’s takes you on a tour of the always-evolving skyline.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

Veronica Hearst, the widow of publishing heir Randolph Hearst, has reportedly sold two apartments at 4 East 66th Street for $36.5 million. The main 7,200 square-foot apartment has six bedrooms, six...

Published by The Real Deal 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.

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.

On the southeast corner of Third Avenue at 86th Street, Robert A.M. Stern has designed the Brompton, an apartment tower whose southern façade cantilevers a bit over the low-rise building at the 85th Street corner.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

In 1966, Marcel Breuer designed the Brutalist Whitney Museum of American Art on Madison Avenue at 75th Street, with its impressive and rather ominous cantilevers on the avenue.

Published by New York Sun 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.

Thus pigeon-napping is considered a crime (though giving them birth control is not). Two months ago, a formerly homeless street sweeper tipped off law enforcement officials about a pigeon poacher, Isaac Gonzalez, who was spreading vast amounts of seed on the Upper East Side.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

A 15th-century sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art came loose from its moorings and fell to the floor, breaking into pieces, the museum said yesterday.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

...Lehigh Building and more than $500 million of subordinated debt interests in 660 Madison Ave., 650 Madison Ave., 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 450 Lexington Ave. and 14 Wall St...

Published by GlobeSt on July 2, 2008.

...and the Starrett Lehigh Building and more than $500 million of subordinated debt interests in 660 Madison Ave., 650 Madison Ave., 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 450 Lexington Ave. and 14 Wall St...

Published by GlobeSt 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.

Later that same day, Mr. Stewart witnessed a man spreading bird seed on the ground and netting a large number of pigeons on the Upper East Side. He called the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which sent an officer to the scene and arrested the pigeon poacher.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

A street sweeper let the authorities know about pigeon napping on the Upper East Side and netted himself a $2,500 reward when the poacher was convicted.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

"Honestly, this is what we train for," said Bohan, who is assigned to Engine 44 on the upper East Side. "You have to get him out of the car or he's going to die - that's what matters."

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

Mr. Kaiser, 66, was sitting upright in his small Madison Avenue office last month. A day earlier, two top executives at Lehman Brothers had lost their jobs and the Federal Reserve released a grim economic report: Manhattan real estate is “down sharply … inventories of unsold units have risen.”

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Until recently, Mr. Dougherty, who is 32 and lives on the Upper East Side, hadn’t owned a pair of casual shorts since he was in high school. Visiting his parents in Connecticut one hot Saturday a few weeks ago, however, after downing a few cocktails in one of the local shopping mall’s “fine-dining” establishments, he found himself wandering into J. Crew to purchase a pair of blue-striped seersucker shorts. Next Page >

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

“For the past 15 generations, nobody in my family has had to work,” said A. Laurance “Larry” Kaiser IV, the high-end Upper East Side real estate broker. “You work because you have to contribute to society.”

Published by The New York Observer 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.

A 15th-century sculpture at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been damaged after it came loose from its moorings and fell to the floor.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 1, 2008.

According to city records, Mr. de Montebello and his wife, Edith, director of financial aid at the Trinity School, sold their two-bedroom co-op at 25 East 86th Street this month for $2.195 million.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

., bought 650 Madison Avenue for $680 million—is buying in partnership with

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 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.

The fact that imperial Metropolitan Museum of Art director Philippe de Montebello is ending his 31-year tenure in just a few months is bad enough for the Upper East Side’s delicate collective psyche. But what would happen to the neighborhood’s sense of nobility if the molasses-voiced descendent of Napoleonic aristocracy (and, on his mother’s side, of the Marquis de Sade) actually moved away?

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The fact that imperial Metropolitan Museum of Art director Philippe de Montebello is ending his 31-year tenure in just a few months is bad enough for the Upper East Side’s delicate collective psyche. But what would happen to the neighborhood’s sense of nobility if the molasses-voiced descendent of Napoleonic aristocracy (and, on his mother’s side, of the Marquis de Sade) actually moved away?

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

He, for example, owns what is believed to be Manhattan's largest home - a 51,000-square-foot, Upper East Side structure which once housed an entire school.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

Alexico's portfolio includes The Mark at 25 East 77th Street, designed by Jacques Grange, and 165 Charles Street in the West Village, designed by Richard Meier.

Published by The Real Deal 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 June 30, 2008.

Carlyle Group -– the mammoth private equity group that manages $82.7 billion in 60 funds worldwide and recently, with Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., bought 650 Madison Avenue for $680 million -- is purchasing this deal in partnership with Stanley Chera's Crown Acquisitions. The 49 percent stake, as reported by Bloomberg News, in the approximately 90,000-square-foot retail portion, which includes a Brooks Brothers and the NBA Store, is valued in the deal at $525 million.

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

Tsang, who graduated from Millennium High School this spring, would have been a freshman at Hunter College in the fall.

Published by New York Sun 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.

Julie Tsang was a passenger in a Honda Civic that was struck by a pickup truck on Park Avenue at East 65th Street.

Published by New York Post on June 30, 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.

“He’s my neighbor, too,” Mr. Bloomberg said. (The mayor and Mr. Garfunkel both live on the Upper East Side.)

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

...manages $82.7 billion in 60 funds worldwide and recently, with Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., bought 650 Madison Avenue for $680 million -- is purchasing this deal in partnership with Stanley Chera's Crown Acquisitions...

Published by The New York Observer 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 17-year-old girl was killed on the Upper East Side when a drunken driver hit the car in which she was a passenger, police said.

Published by New York Sun on June 30, 2008.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which received $500,000 in security funds last year, will also scramble to make up the lost money without diminishing security.

Published by New York Post on June 29, 2008.

The accident happened at about 3:50 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Park Avenue and East 65th Street when a Dodge

Published by WNBC on June 29, 2008.