The current home, at 3 West 51st Street, designed by Frederick Rhinelander King, is on the site where a home belonging to Andrew Carnegie once stood. Some of the rooms are furnished in their original Colonial style with mahogany highboys and marble fireplaces that came from Mr. Carnegie’s residence.

Published by New York Times on October 11, 2008.

Law and Order: CI is filming somewhere in the vicinity of E 50th and Lex in NYC (tipster wasn’t positive of cross street but in this general vicinity).

Published by On Location Vacations on October 10, 2008.

6 p.m. Liesel Pritzker hosts fundraiser for Young Ambassadors for Opportunity; Gustavino's, 409 East 59th St.

Published by The New York Observer on October 10, 2008.

Take, for instance, the Anziano chair (pictured), the best-selling modern piece from late designer and Donghia founder Angelo Donghia. From October 16 to December 21, this famous chair will be available at Donghia's New York showroom (at 979 Third Ave.) in a special color -- pink -- with all proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support breast cancer research.

Published by New York Post on October 9, 2008.

109 E. 50th St.; 212-593-3333

Published by Zagat New York City on October 9, 2008.

...Water streets. Spike DDB is moving from a roughly 4,000-square-foot space at 437 Madison Avenue between 49th and 50th streets in Manhattan, according to Glenn Markman of Cushman & Wakefield, who...

Published by The Real Deal on October 8, 2008.

All other business operations will move to the new facility, as will employees currently at 437 Madison Ave., 2 Park Ave. and the Chelsea Market, but this will take time. Today, I want to give you an update on our progress.

Published by The New York Observer on October 8, 2008.

...All other business operations will move to the new facility, as will employees currently at 437 Madison Ave., 2 Park Ave. and the Chelsea Market, but this will take time. Today, I want...

Published by The New York Observer on October 8, 2008.

...Office portfolio to buyers from California (Park Avenue Tower and 850 Third Avenue) and Japan (527 Madison Avenue) to Chicago (Tower 56) and New York (1301 Avenue of the Americas). Now, word has...

Published by The New York Observer on October 7, 2008.

A London bond firm gets a New York footprint at 444 Madison Avenue.

Published by The New York Observer on October 7, 2008.

A London-based bond management firm has established a beachhead in New York with the leasing of the entire 37th floor at 444 Madison Avenue.

Published by The New York Observer on October 7, 2008.

...sexiest deal to come out of office real estate in 2008—the Burberry lease at 444 Madison Avenue...

Published by The New York Observer on October 7, 2008.

One of the quietest, most private rooms around is the discreetly deluxe Ty Warner Suite, which literally looks down on Manhattan from the 52nd story of the 52-story Four Seasons Hotel at 57 East 57th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. With its travertine floors, grand piano, health spa and remote-controlled bidet, it is uncontested as the city’s most expensive temporary rental, clocking in at a Bolshevik Revolution-producing price of $30,000 a night.

Published by New York Times on October 6, 2008.

...into 90,000 square feet of space at 1221 Sixth Ave. when its landlord at 535 Madison Ave. sweetened its original offer. Toyota, meanwhile, is trying to improve the terms of the agreement...

Published by Crain's New York Business on October 5, 2008.

The mansion at 7 Sutton Square sold for $32.5 million, well above asking.

Published by The New York Observer on October 3, 2008.

...All other business operations will move to the new facility, as will employees currently at 437 Madison Ave., 2 Park Ave. and the Chelsea Market, but this will take time. Today, I want...

Published by The New York Observer on October 2, 2008.

As you know, this past spring we announced we would be consolidating many of our rooftops across the city into a new location in Midtown Manhattan. As I noted in our initial communication, 30 Rock will still be the home of NBC News, NBC Sports, NBC Entertainment (SNL and Late Night with Conan O’Brien) and WNBC. All other business operations will move to the new facility, as will employees currently at 437 Madison Ave., 2 Park Ave. and the Chelsea Market, but this will take time.

Published by The New York Observer on October 2, 2008.

In a jaw-dropping reversal to all the fear and anxiety that's been rippling through the city's high-end real estate lately, an East River mansion, 7 Sutton Square, has sold for $32.5 million, well above its $25 million asking price.

Published by The New York Observer on October 2, 2008.

For some, that was easier said than done. One man in a gray suit spoke on his cellphone for nearly an hour before going into Central Synagogue, on Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, on Tuesday. When he emerged after the service, he was again on the phone.

Published by New York Times on October 2, 2008.

And the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last week suddenly pulled out of what had been an all-but-certain lease of 300,000 square feet of space at Citigroup Center, deciding instead to extend its lease at 666 Fifth Avenue for five years, in part because they hope rents will fall. ...

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

And the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last week suddenly pulled out of what had been an all-but-certain lease of 300,000 square feet of space at Citigroup Center, deciding instead to extend its lease at 666 Fifth Avenue for five years, in part because they hope rents will fall.

Published by New York Times on October 1, 2008.

And the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last week suddenly pulled out of what had been an all-but-certain lease of 300,000 square feet of space at Citigroup Center, deciding instead to extend its lease at 666 Fifth Avenue for five years, in part because they hope rents will fall.

Published by New York Times on October 1, 2008.

The crowd outside 50th St. and Fifth Ave. was certainly fitting Monday afternoon. For inside, in a packed St. Patrick's Cathedral, a final farewell Mass to Dick Lynch, the broadcaster and famous former New York Giant, was being said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 30, 2008.

...in a number of buildings, from the Durst tower to a new Macklowe project at Madison Avenue and East 53rd Street...

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 28, 2008.

The signs of oversaturation are starting to show. A spokesman for Washington Mutual said the company was holding off on opening any new branches. The Emigrant Bank branch at 445 Park Ave. is closing December 12 and will be consolidated with the 62 Lexington Ave. office. Chase, as part of its acquisition of the Bank of New York in 2006, has consolidated a number of sites around Manhattan, although a spokesman said the company will continue to open new branches in the coming months.

Published by New York Sun on September 25, 2008.

Hypo Real Estate Capital Corp. closed a $130 million loan for 681 Fifth Ave. The building, located between 53rd and 54th streets in the Plaza District submarket of Manhattan, is currently undergoing a total renovation of all building systems.

Published by GlobeSt on September 23, 2008.

"This is the extension of Midtown, the preeminent business district in the world," said Weisbrod.

Published by New York Post on September 22, 2008.

Since acquiring the building, SL Green has repositioned the asset as a key Grand Central address for small office users and in doing so has retenanted the asset, leasing it up to 100% occupancy. Andrew Mathias, president and CIO of SL Green, says in a prepared statement that this transaction, as well as the locally based firm's recent $285-million refinancing for the retail condominium at 717 Fifth Ave. ...

Published by GlobeSt on September 22, 2008.

What's the biggest danger for magician David Blaine when he hangs upside down above Central Park next week?

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

Mixed feelings mingle among residents of Central Park North about the area’s raccoons. Big ones.

Published by New York Times on September 20, 2008.

"We want to give people a place to hang out; it's like tranquility in the urban jungle," said Troy Farmer, a marketing manager with the Trust for Public Land, which set up its own mini-park outside the MoMA on West 53rd Street.

Published by New York Post on September 20, 2008.

A deaf, 83-year old, Upper East Side grandmother fought back against a mugger in the hallway of her apartment building.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 20, 2008.

In these fleeting moments, the clouds caught the shimmering light of day’s end and the streets began to glitter with street lights and neon signs. Framed by the canyons of Midtown, these ephemeral effects, highlighted by a black border on each print, take the shape of upside-down skyscrapers.

Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

According to Mr. Powers, none of the 10 landlords that control 42 percent of the Midtown office market are overleveraged, which should have a stabilizing effect.

Published by The New York Observer on September 19, 2008.

SINCE moving to New York from Los Angeles in 1990, the art photographer Randy West has walked to work, even when that meant traversing most of Manhattan from the Lower to the Upper East Side. In 2004, Mr. West began to put his walking and looking to good use. For two years, he photographed the westward vistas of Midtown at sunset.

Published by New York Times on September 19, 2008.

Locally based Meridian Capital Group has arranged $285 million to refinance the retail condominium at 717 Fifth Ave. here 56th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Published by GlobeSt on September 19, 2008.

After purchasing the property several years ago, Sutton bought-out Hugo Boss from its ground-floor retail lease and then signed luxury retailer Armani to a 15-year, multi-floor lease, for more than 40,000 sf. The four-level retail condominium at 717 Fifth Ave. boasts a three-story glass atrium.

Published by GlobeSt on September 19, 2008.

A nonprofit group that spruces up Midtown is violating the civil rights of four Rastafarian workers by ordering them to hide their dreadlocks under their uniform caps, the feds charged yesterday.

Published by New York Post on September 18, 2008.

Ms. Langfield notes that only a few skyscrapers have accessible spaces at the top: the Empire State Building charges $34, Rockefeller Center charges $18 and Open House NY, the annual design and architecture weekend festival that is scheduled for Oct. 4 to 5 this year, charges a whopping $500 for a tour of the top of the Woolworth Building.

Published by New York Times on September 18, 2008.

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the four officers, who patrol midtown streets for the Grand Central Partnership, are victims of religious discrimination.

Published by New York Daily News on September 18, 2008.

For nearly 30 breathtaking minutes, New Yorkers stared upward in disbelief as two men hung, trapped, on a scaffold that partially collapsed. The scare happened 70 stories above the ground in midtown.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 18, 2008.

The PSC cited a June 27, 2007, blackout that affected 137,000 upper East Side and west Bronx customers. A lightning strike near a Con Ed substation caused that power failure, which lasted less than an hour.

Published by New York Daily News on September 18, 2008.

Stadlmann Zierfandler Mandel-Höh 2006 ($26.93 at Crush Wine & Spirits, crushwineco.com) — Unique to the Thermen region south of Vienna, this age-worthy wine is a subtle spice bomb, and more fulsome than typical whites from neighboring Germany.

Published by New York Sun on September 17, 2008.

The NYPD is grateful to an Upper East Side woman turned feisty crime fighter. She fought back and helped nab a career criminal.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 17, 2008.

Playwright Tony Kushner has a big reason to smile this morning, as he's been named the first recipient of the ‘Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award,' aka the Mimi, which carries with it a $200K prize. The award, which was established earlier this year by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and which honors and promotes artistic achievement in the theater, will be presented at a ceremony on Tuesday, October 21, at 620 Loft & Garden at Rockefeller Center.

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

Mr. Masi’s watercolors of bridges will be featured at a show next month at the Phyllis Lucas Gallery at 981 Second Avenue, and he is compiling a book of the more than 60 paintings he has completed of the city’s spans.

Published by New York Times on September 17, 2008.

Magnolia Bakery (Sixth Avenue at West 49th Street) "Sex and the City's" favorite cupcake shop hopes to open its third location, this time near Rockefeller Center, before the autumnal equinox.

Published by New York Sun on September 17, 2008.

Lodola Nuova, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2000, Ruffino ($37.95 at Sherry-Lehmann, sherry-lehmann.com) — The scent and savor of this wine reminded me what it's like to deeply inhale while driving by the tobacco aging barns of the Connecticut Valley after harvest.

Published by New York Sun on September 17, 2008.

Gossip Girl is filming near E 50th and Park.

Published by On Location Vacations on September 17, 2008.

Brooklyn suppliers will be providing coffee, beer, and such interior touches as the communal table, made out of a first-growth fallen oak from Prospect Park. The chef, Matthew Schaefer, is local, too, as he lives in nearby Cobble Hill. His résumé includes stints in Manhattan at Aquavit, JUdson Grill, and Le Bernardin.

Published by New York Sun on September 17, 2008.