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Bronx Museum of Arts Will Get Big Revamp, Including New 'Gallery Cube'

by Ameena Walker May 25, 2016, 7:00p

In an effort to advance the significance in the community, the Bronx Museum of the Arts has announced plans for extensive architectural and design enhancements to its facility.

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Shakespeare In the Park Returns For 2016 Summer Season

by Zoe Rosenberg May 25, 2016, 6:30p

Get your comfy shoes out, folks. Shakespeare In the Park is back, and with it the excruciating waits and wonderful, free performances. Here's what The Public Theater has lined up for this season.

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Pearl Paint's Former Canal Street HQ Will Soon Be Home to Apartments

by Amy Plitt May 25, 2016, 5:30p

Longtime Canal Street institution Pearl Paint officially closed two years ago, and was listed for sale not long before that. And plans on file with the DOB suggest that it may soon become a mixed-use building with a few apartments.

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South Street Seaport’s Revamped Pier 17 Tops Out

by Tanay Warerkar May 25, 2016, 4:50p

So far, the only known tenant for this four-story structure that spans 300,000 square feet is Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The celebrity chef is planning a 10,000-square-foot restaurant at the building a la ABC Kitchen.

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Jessica Chastain's Noho Apartment Is Off the Market

by Ameena Walker May 25, 2016, 4:20p

Academy Award nominated actress, Jessica Chastain’s two-bedroom, two-bathroom Noho duplex has gone into contract after being listed for just a little more than a month.

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Photographer Captures the 'New' New York in Striking Photo Series

by Amy Plitt May 25, 2016, 3:50p

For an exhibit at the Venice Biennale, Evan Joseph captured his favorite subject—New York City—particularly the wave of new developments that he's shot in his gig as a photographer for high-end developments.

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W Train Will Return to Astoria With MTA Approval

by Zoe Rosenberg May 25, 2016, 3:20p

The W train is finally back. The forgotten relative of the N/R/W line will be rehashed as the city gears up to reroute Q train service from Queens along the Second Avenue Subway track.

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New Upper East Side Condos at Citizen360

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New Look at the Conversion of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery

by Tanay Warerkar May 25, 2016, 3:09p

The CEO of Two Trees Management spoke with the New York Post and revealed the development firm is seeking a tech, creative or media firm to take up the entirety of the 380,000 square-foot building on Kent Avenue.

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Gramercy Hospital Will Sell 24-Story Residential Building to Counter Losses

by Tanay Warerkar May 25, 2016, 2:18p

After posting losses for two consecutive years, Mount Sinai Beth Israel has decided to sell this 156-apartment building that houses its medical residents. Those residents will be relocated to buildings near their other locations.

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Pizza Hut's New Robot Can Read Your Emotions

by Jeremiah Budin May 25, 2016, 12:30p

Next time you sadly order a pizza, you might get called out by a robot.

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Smart Pet Toy Doubles as Camera to Spy on Pets

by Jeremiah Budin May 25, 2016, 11:00a

Now you can play with your dog while you're at work.

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Designer Incorporates Computer Glitches Into Furniture

by Jeremiah Budin May 25, 2016, 9:55a

Embrace your (computer's) mistakes.

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What on Earth Is This Car-Swallowing Elevated Bus?

by Jeremiah Budin May 24, 2016, 5:00p

It's so crazy it might just work. Or not.

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First Photos From Inside 443 Greenwich Street, Eyed By Jennifer Lawrence

by Zoe Rosenberg May 25, 2016, 1:49p

A-list actress Jennifer Lawrence is on the hunt for a Tribeca apartment. The latest building the Joy actress scoped out is 443 Greenwich Street, a high-end condo conversion that touts "paparazzi-proof" amenities like underground parking. The news...

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How Much For a Tiny, Renovated Tudor City Studio?

by Amy Plitt May 25, 2016, 12:45p

Pricespotter is Curbed's pricing guessing game, and today, we're looking at a renovated Tudor City studio. How much do you think this place is asking? Take a guess, and remember, no cheating!

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Anne Hathaway's Former Fifth Avenue Pad Is On the Market for $33M

by Tanay Warerkar May 25, 2016, 12:15p

Hathaway and her then-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri rented the apartment in the mid-2000s for $37,000 per month. Follieri was later convicted for money laundering but the owners said he always paid rent on time.

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West Village Duplex Has the Coolest Spiral Staircase-Turned-Library

by Amy Plitt May 25, 2016, 11:45a

In space-starved New York City apartments, tenants are constantly challenged to come up with new ways to carve out storage space in not-particularly-huge places. Here, it means putting bookshelves into a spiral staircase.

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MTA’s $27B Capital Plan Finally Gets State Approval

by Tanay Warerkar May 25, 2016, 11:15a

The State will contribute $8.3 billion towards this plan, and the city will chip in $2.5 billion. Those funds will only become available when the MTA exhausts its resources first. The capital plan covers the years 2015-2019.

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See the Progress on the Former 5Pointz Site, Soon to Be Huge Towers

by Amy Plitt May 25, 2016, 10:45a

Nearly two years after demolition began on 5Pointz, the much-missed Long Island City graffiti mecca, construction on the bland towers that will replace it is well underway. Eventually the site will be home to two huge rental towers.

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Former Brooklyn Heights Hotel Is Latest Witnesses Property to Hit the Market

by Tanay Warerkar May 25, 2016, 10:00a

This latest offering from the Witnesses spans 314,000 square feet and is located within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Any buyer will have to get approval from the Landmarks Commission to make exterior changes to the property.

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Iconic Designer Bill Blass's Former Sutton Place Penthouse Asks $6.75M

by Ameena Walker May 25, 2016, 9:37a

At various timeframes in history, the penthouse at 444 East 57th Street has housed the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, Bobby Short, and notably, the iconic fashion designer Bill Blass. Today that home to the stars is asking $6.75 million.

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Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows Among 8 City Parks Due For $40M Revamp

by Tanay Warerkar May 24, 2016, 5:45p

The parks were chosen after an extensive community engagement effort undertaken by the city's Parks Department. Of the city's 1,700 parks, 690 were submitted by nearby residents for improvements.

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Webster Hall's New Neighbor May Be a Hotel Aimed at Millennials

by Zoe Rosenberg May 24, 2016, 5:00p

It may seem like an unlikely location, but sources say Marriott's hotel brand targeted at millennials is eyeing the site across from Webster Hall for a 300-key hotel.

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Brooklyn Naval Cemetery Gets Second Life as Public Park

by Ameena Walker May 24, 2016, 4:15p

After being closed for nine decades, the former cemetery is now a vibrant green park

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L Train Riders Willing to Give Up Service For Shorter Shutdown

by Tanay Warerkar May 24, 2016, 3:30p

Despite being without a train for 18 months, most riders along the L Train line prefer a complete shutdown of the Canarsie tunnel for 18 months rather than a partial closure dragging out for three years.

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Almost Half of Manhattan's Buildings Could Not Be Built Today

by Ameena Walker May 24, 2016, 2:51p

Many historic buildings could never have been built with today's restrictions.

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Public Art Will Revitalize Staten Island's North Shore

by Tanay Warerkar May 24, 2016, 2:00p

In the next few months, the developers of this project will award four fellowships to people in the fields of participatory art, urban design, policy, and graphic design, to lead the research, design, and community engagement efforts.

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How Bushwick and Ridgewood Became Distinct Neighborhoods

by Keith Williams May 24, 2016, 1:15p

Welcome to Blurred Lines, in which writer Keith Williams studies New York City's changing neighborhood boundaries. This week: the history of two neighborhoods, bordering Brooklyn and Queens, that were once deeply enmeshed.

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Beloved Manhattan Art Supply Store Will Close Thanks to Influx of Supertalls

by Tanay Warerkar May 24, 2016, 12:45p

In 2013, the brothers who inherited the business from their parents, decided to sell the store and the building it is in for $65 million. That deal fell through, but the brothers inked a deal with Thor Equities the following year rumored at $85M.

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What $2,500 Rents in Manhattan

by Amy Plitt May 24, 2016, 12:15p

In this week's edition of Curbed Comparisons, we're looking at apartments asking around $2,500 in Manhattan neighborhoods like the Lower East Side, Washington Heights, and Gramercy. Which one would you choose? Cast your vote!

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Charles Street Building With Megamansion Aspirations Returns For $45M

by Zoe Rosenberg May 24, 2016, 11:46a

First on the market as a single-family conversion in 2014, the uninspiring West Village building on Charles Street has reappeared asking $45 million. This time it comes with renderings that imagine its future as a home to the one percent.

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Extell Spiffs Up Lower East Side Construction Site With Murals

by Ameena Walker May 24, 2016, 11:15a

The big-name developer asked three New York artists to help make its Lower East Side construction site a little nicer, which they've done by adding site-specific works to the scaffolding around One Manhattan Square.

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Parker Posey Lists Her Fifth Avenue Co-op and Helps Sell It, Too

by Amy Plitt May 24, 2016, 10:45a

Leave it to eternally cool actress Parker Posey to buck convention when it comes to listing her Fifth Avenue apartment. She's not only selling the place—she's also helping up the glamour by appearing in her own listing's photos.

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City Stands By Its Approval of The Brooklyn Heights Library Overhaul

by Tanay Warerkar May 24, 2016, 10:33a

Those who oppose the current Brooklyn Heights Library redevelopment plan are concerned that the city chose a developer despite a competitor offering $6 million more to the city. The Feds are investigation the sale.

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Hudson Yards's 38-Story Residential Building Gets Its First Rendering

by Tanay Warerkar May 24, 2016, 10:00a

The project came about after Lalezarian Properties' purchase of four lots on West 36th and 37th Streets between in 2012 and 2013 for a combined total of $46.9 million. They now want to bring a 38-story residential building to the site.

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Notorious B.I.G. Memorial Could Be Coming to Clinton Hill

by Ameena Walker May 24, 2016, 9:15a

The late Brooklyn-born rapper may get a sculpture right in his neighborhood. The move comes days after Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams declared May 21st, Biggie’s birthday, as ‘Christopher ‘The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace Day.’

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America’s Magnificent Midcentury Rest Stops Were Real Roadside Attractions

by Patrick Sisson May 24, 2016, 8:48a

The Last Stop: Vanishing Rest Stops of the American Roadside collects photos of these quirky relics of a lost age of travel.

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3 Starchitect-Designed Manhattan Penthouses Hit the Market

by Zoe Rosenberg May 23, 2016, 5:32p

The $50 million penthouse of Zaha Hadid's High Line condo and two remaining penthouses at Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard Street came to market. In total, the three penthouses are asking over $100 million.

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