Earlier this month, a secretary miraculously escaped serious injury when she was struck by two falling bricks from a midtown building being renovated.

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

Pelli Clarke Pelli designed the Bloomberg tower on Lexington Avenue for Vornado; Mr. Rogers' firm designed the planned Tower 3 at the World Trade Center; and KPF was signed on for JPMorgan Chase's now-scuttled new investment banking headquarters (with a notable goiter for trading floors) downtown.

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

But just because Kaufman is out, doesn’t mean the manager of two Busy Chef locations, plus the upscale pizzeria Oven, the Blue Pig ice cream parlor and The Wine Bar at 50 Henry Street, is home free.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 24, 2008.

Different designers were selected by the trust to match the distinctive looks and personalities of the neighborhoods of Clinton, Midtown, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Tribeca, and Battery Park City through which the park extends.The Hudson River Park Trust hopes to have 80 percent of the park construction completed by the end of 2009.

Published by WNBC on July 23, 2008.

That won’t be a problem for Sandy Yadad. He was sitting comfortably the other night at a Starbucks at East 36th Street and Madison Avenue, just before closing time.

Published by amNY.com on July 23, 2008.

"The irony's going to be - I don't know if the mayor believes this - but I think probably years from now, when the mayor looks back and says, 'Who was there who did the agenda that I cared about?' I think he's going to find that I'm the kind of pro-development person [who qualifies]," Weiner said at a Crain's New York Business forum.

Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

"Clearly, they found no criminal reason to go forward," Sharpton scoffed at a Midtown press conference.

Published by New York Post on July 23, 2008.

“When I announced this initiative, I said that I hoped that others would step forward,” said Mr. Bloomberg, referring to his initial $125 million commitment, in a written statement released before the afternoon news conference in Midtown Manhattan. “I’m delighted Bill and Melinda Gates are supporting one of the most important public health efforts of our time.”

Published by New York Times on July 23, 2008.

Chicago Title Insurance Co. has signed a 10-year lease renewal covering 30,035 sf on the fifth floor of SL Green Realty Corp.'s 711 Third Ave.

Published by GlobeSt on July 22, 2008.

Expect similar tactics from fellow science chefs Wylie Dufresne of WD-50, Erik Battes of Perry Street CafĂŠ and Edward Higgins of Insieme who along with sushi master Akinobu Suzuki of Sakagura will battle it out at the Astor Center in the East Village for the title of tofu king and the added incentive of $5,000.

Published by amNY.com on July 22, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

"At the time, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever have happened to me," Mr. Smart said at his Midtown training club. "Like I was being punished, or I was cursed."

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

"Everyone here's been talking about it and everyone's speculating that it was probably an allergic reaction or a heart attack caused by a sting," said Chris Anderson, 25, of midtown.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

In the 17th Precinct - which includes Sutton Place, Beekman Place, Kipps Bay, Turtle Bay and Murray Hill - burglaries are up 20.2 percent over the last year.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

The black Honda, illuminated only by its running lights, roared down E. 43rd St. in East Flatbush about 1:20 a.m., police said. The car hit Rondell Grant just as he stepped beyond a double-parked car and into the street near his grandparents' home.

Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

Since Moore's murder, several clubs and lounges on the strip, including Crobar, Spirit, Pre:Post, BED and Scores West, closed for various reasons, but they've been replaced with new clubs, like Mansion and Suzy Wong.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

B&T Officer Daniel Bell, 38, was working toll booth No. 3 on the Queens side of the Queens Midtown Tunnel when a driver pulled up in a black Mercedes and handed him five one-dollar bills. Three of them were crumpled in the driver's hand.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

11 a.m. Carolyn Maloney, Tom Duane, Dick Gottfried, Brian Kavanagh, Dan Garodnick, and school parents call for an immediate action to relieve overcrowding, outside P.S. 116, at 210 East 33rd Street,

Published by The New York Observer on July 18, 2008.

Prosecutors say he steered subcontractors to his buddies at the F.J. Sciame Construction Co., a firm renowned for its work on the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Morgan Library.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

The Empire State Development Corporation today declared “blighted” a 17-acre swath of West Harlem where Columbia University is seeking to expand, a major step toward allowing the state to use eminent domain to acquire the property of two businesses that have declined to sell their land to the university.

Published by New York Times on July 17, 2008.

The state's main development agency, the Empire State Development Corporation, kicked of the public process for eminent domain for Columbia University's 17-acre West Harlem expansion today, starting a final chapter in the approvals for the contentious $7 billion initiative.

Published by The New York Observer on July 17, 2008.

Every time Jonathan Gleich begins his long commute into Midtown Manhattan from Brighton Beach, he’s blazing a trail for equal rights for that most-discriminated-against segment of the commuting public: Segway riders.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 16, 2008.

A midtown fortune-teller was indicted Tuesday on charges of cheating a Wyoming man out of $500,000 to rid his home of evil spirits.

Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

The report says city departments need to tell each other about pending abatement or demolition jobs. It also says the city should pursue legislation to issue violations to hundreds of properties owned by other governments. That would include the United Nations and the World Trade Center site.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 16, 2008.

The Red Sox closer's All-Star experience took a turn for the worse Tuesday as his comments in the Daily News stirred up Yankees fans, who let him know their feelings during the All-Star red carpet parade in midtown.

Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

DO OVER L'Impero was renamed Convivio (45 Tudor City Place at 42nd Street, 212-599-5045) on Monday, and the restaurant's cuisine has changed from northern Italian to southern.

Published by New York Sun on July 16, 2008.

Sixth Avenue busses will also be running a different route.Commuters should avoid trying to cross the parade route in midtown.

Published by WNBC on July 15, 2008.

The seven bills are the first of 13 to address the fatal crane collapses on 51st Street at Second Avenue on March 15 and at 91st Street and First Avenue on May 30. The bills were proposed by roughly a dozen Council members, including Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, who represents the Manhattan district where both accidents, which killed a total of nine people, occurred.

Published by The New York Observer on July 15, 2008.

A Holocaust denier, accused terrorist and proud member of the "axis of evil," Ahmadinejad has been a guest of the United Nations twice since being elected to power in 2005.

Published by New York Daily News on July 15, 2008.

A state appellate court on Tuesday upheld a decision ordering the Empire State Development Corporation to release documents regarding the expansion of Columbia University to a group that opposes the plans.

Published by New York Times on July 15, 2008.

The major landowner fighting Columbia University's expansion, Nick Sprayregen, today came out victorious over the state's Empire State Development Corporation today in an appellate court ruling on a case involving the Freedom of Information Law.

Published by The New York Observer on July 15, 2008.

Commuters should avoid trying to cross the parade route in midtown.

Published by WNBC on July 15, 2008.

A Holocaust denier, accused terrorist and proud member of the "axis of evil," Ahmadinejad has been a guest of the United Nations twice since being elected to power in 2005.

Published by New York Daily News on July 15, 2008.

Richard King, 39, was out of prison less than 48 hours on June 7 when he roughed up a Midtown pedestrian for cash and got shipped back to Rikers, according to court papers. He had already acquired a crack pipe, cops say.

Published by New York Post on July 14, 2008.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells state television he'll attend the next United Nations General Assembly meeting expected to be held in New York in September.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 14, 2008.

Durels tells GlobeSt.com that SL consistently reinvests in its buildings. "Consequently the timing of these particular capital programs is driven by pending lease expirations at 810 Seventh and 711 Third avenues and a recent acquisition at 16 Court St." Durels explains that asking rents are $35 per sf to $40 per sf at 16 Court St., $65 per sf to $90 per sf at 810 Seventh Ave. and $65 per sf at 711 Third Ave.

Published by GlobeSt on July 14, 2008.

The feds claim Topalian helped plot the 1980 car bombing of the Turkish Mission to the United Nations in New York, which badly injured three passers-by.

Published by New York Post on July 14, 2008.

The Turtle Bay designer said the wheel of the bus smashed 20 bones in his right foot.

Published by New York Post on July 13, 2008.

Almost every day, a celebrated Manhattan architect and interior designer goes to a Midtown bus stop searching for a good Samaritan who saved him from possible amputation after a city bus crushed his right foot.

Published by New York Post on July 13, 2008.

The victim, who was headed north on First Avenue, was hit by a Ford Windstar driven by a 46-year-old woman along 49th Street at about 9 p.m.

Published by New York Post on July 12, 2008.

All week, Eve Armstrong and her boyfriend, Wayne Yeager, slept in their midtown office instead of their Washington Heights apartment.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 12, 2008.

The wait is over for the new 3G iPhone Crowds of expectant buyers lined up outside the Apple Stores in Midtown, Chelsea and SoHo hours before the new phone went on sale Friday morning.

Published by WNBC on July 11, 2008.

An Abu Dhabi fund recently bought a large stake in the Chrysler Building.

Published by The New York Observer on July 11, 2008.

Mr. Fleck said he walks to his job at a midtown hotel and gets stares when he tells local residents that he doesn't have a car. Atlanta's Marta subway system has just two lines and fewer than 50 stops.

Published by New York Sun on July 11, 2008.

The sale of a 90% stake in the iconic tower at 405 Lexington Ave. to the Abu Dhabi Investment Council follows by a few weeks Boston Properties’ $4-billion purchase of the General Motors building at 767 Fifth Ave. and Shorenstein’s $930-million acquisition of a controlling stake in two other Macklowe Properties office assets,

Published by GlobeSt on July 10, 2008.

Delmonte continues that "the amount of available class A space in Midtown alone has increased by two million sf during the past 12 months. However, the increased availability of large blocks of space may finally mean more choices for Midtown tenants with space requirements of more than 200,000 sf."

Published by GlobeSt on July 10, 2008.

Tishman Speyer and its partner, Travelers Group, bought the Chrysler Building, at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, and the adjoining Kent Building in 1997 for about $220 million from a consortium of banks and the estate of Jack Kent Cooke.

Published by New York Times on July 10, 2008.