There's nothing the city can do about the hordes of brazen scalpers cashing in on the free Bon Jovi concert in Central Park this Saturday, Mayor Bloomberg admitted yesterday.

Published by New York Post on July 9, 2008.

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

That day, JP Morgan Investment Management closed on the purchase of The Wimbledon from P&H Associates. The building, a 28-story, 230-unit apartment complex at 200 East 82nd Street on the Upper East Side, sold for $150 million.

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

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair -- despite a warning they cannot be resold.

Published by amNY.com on July 8, 2008.

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair -- despite a warning they cannot be resold.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 8, 2008.

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair — despite a warning they cannot be resold.

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

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair - despite a warning they cannot be resold.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 8, 2008.

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling seats for as much as $1,500 a pair -- despite a warning they cannot be re-sold.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 8, 2008.

Scalpers are having a field day trying to peddle tickets to this weekend's Bon Jovi concert in Central Park for as much as $1,500 a pair, even though the event is supposed to be free and the tickets carry explicit warnings that they cannot be resold, The Post has learned.

Published by New York Post 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.

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free.

Published by SI Live on July 8, 2008.

Bon Jovi 's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 -- despite a warning they cannot be resold.

Published by WNBC on July 8, 2008.

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.

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.

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.

It's a one of a kind race happening in New York's Central Park on Wednesday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 8, 2008.

The effort to ban horse-drawn carriages from the streets near Central Park has hit full gallop, with animal-rights activists and celebs teaming up to try to put the industry out to pasture.

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

Anti-war groups hoped to channel that anger with a massive demonstration in Central Park, but the city refused to issue the necessary protest permits.

Published by New York Daily News on July 6, 2008.

Comparing the manicured lawns of Manhattan's Central Park to the barren, rat-infested eyesore of Spring Creek Park in Brooklyn, the disparity is shocking.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

"Let everyone else get out of town," said Jamie Moy, 32, who enjoyed the day in Central Park. "It's great. You can get any table you want this weekend."

Published by New York Post on July 5, 2008.

It's one of the world's top settings: the green, unfolding expanse of Central Park's Great Lawn. Framed by a skyline that stretches in four directions and surrounded by a ring of shady trees, the Lawn idealizes outdoor theater.

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

The 21-story, L-shaped Georgica condominium tower at 305 E. 85th St., designed by Cetra/Ruddy, has mid-block frontage on Second Avenue and overhangs neighboring buildings.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

Georgica, 305 E. 85th St.

Published by The Real Deal 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.

By 9:46 a.m., all 1,500 tickets to the free July 15 concert in Central Park that were available at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George had been given away.

Published by SI Live on July 2, 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.

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.

"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.

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.

“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.

The snobs say Staten Island is closer to New Jersey that New York City -- so does that mean we get first dibs when Jon Bon Jovi plays Central Park this summer?

Published by SI Live 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.

On the one hand, it’s hard to imagine that the co-op could sell for quite so much, considering it’s on just the third floor—a few feet away from the indignity of 84th Street traffic feeding out of Central Park. Then again, this is the kind of duplex where the 24-foot-wide drawing room, 20-foot-long dining room, 20-foot-long study and massive master bedroom suite (the size of the drawing room and library put together) all have wood-burning fireplaces, according to floor plans.

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

As the Politicker's Azi Paybarah reported this morning, all New Jersey cheese-rock fans will descend upon Central Park on July 12 for the Jon Bon Jovi concert. It's free but you'll need tickets. Where can you get 'em? We're half way there!

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.

Yesterday, Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bloomberg held a joint press conference to announce a free concert in Central Park on July 12.

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.

Bon Jovi will play a free July 12 concert in Central Park as part of the leadup to the MLB All-Star Game - even though the New Jersey band's frontman admits he's not a big baseball fan.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 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.

New York City officials say Bon Jovi will be playing at a free concert in Central Park this summer.

Published by WNBC 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.

“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.

New York City officials say Bon Jovi will be playing at a free concert in Central Park this summer.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 30, 2008.

The hard rock band Bon Jovi will give a free concert on July 12 to as many as 60,000 people on the Great Lawn of Central Park in honor of Major League Baseball’s 79th All-Star Game, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced at a news conference on Monday afternoon.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

New York City officials say Bon Jovi will be playing at a free concert in Central Park this summer.

Published by SI Live on June 30, 2008.

New York City officials say Bon Jovi will be playing at a free concert in Central Park this summer.

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

The listing was eccentric, ranging from the cheesy to the decorous to the memorable, including window-washer cascades, subway-pipe torrents, restaurant water walls and atrium water features as well as grand public works in Central Park.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

When Christo and Jeanne-Claude brought their saffron Gates to Central Park in 2005, they were expected to generate $80 million.

Published by New York Post on June 28, 2008.

A park ranger returned the ducks to their home in Central Park.

Published by New York Sun on June 27, 2008.