ConEd to Sell East Side Land

by jpreardon on May 26, 2004

The New York State Public Service Commision has approved the sale of four ConEd properties to East River Real Estate Company. The properties comprise about 9 acres along First Avenue between 35th and 41st Streets. Unfortunately, all the buildings are (…)

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Expert Opinion

by jpreardon on May 26, 2004

NewYorkish posts the second in a series of “Ask the Expert” articles today with The Doorman. They have managed to answer a couple of burning questions for me: NYish: True or false: starting in November, you start acting really nice (…)

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Office Shrinkage

by jpreardon on May 26, 2004

According to the New York Times, there is a national trend to reduce the amount of office space occupied by each worker. In the 1980′s, the average number of square feet allocated to each worker was 227, now the average (…)

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Empire State WiMAX

by jpreardon on May 26, 2004

TowerStream is aiming to turn New York City into one big hotspot. According to mobilepipeline, the wireless provider has installed an antenna atop the Empire State Building and will be able to provide wireless service anywhere within a 10 mile (…)

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Green Power in New York

by jpreardon on May 24, 2004

This might be old news, but it was new to me as of last week. ConEd Solutions offers a Green Power option to all ConEd customers. For an additional $0.005 per kilowatt hour, customers can purchase electricity from renewable sources. (…)

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The Tall Traveler

by jpreardon on May 18, 2004

Some hotels are starting to offer special rooms for the vertically non-challenged (which can be quite challenging at times). The Hotel Monaco Group has been offering tall guest rooms with higher ceilings, raised showerheads and extended beds at no extra (…)

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Forgotten Subways

by jpreardon on May 10, 2004

Forgotten New York is featuring some excellent photos of two abandoned subway platforms. The photos of the hidden E platform at 42nd Street and G platform at Bergen Street were taken by Mike Epstein. Mike’s site also has some great (…)

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Bike Month 2004

by jpreardon on May 4, 2004

May is Bike Month NYC. The month long celebration features many, bike related events around the city including The Bicycle Film Festival and “Run For Your Life!” which will feature, among other things, “Topless Flaming Bareknuckle Tallbike Jousting of Death”. (…)

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See More in 04

by jpreardon on May 4, 2004

The same folks that brought you Poem in Your Pocket Day have launched See More in ’04: The Department of Cultural Affairs along with the Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission is proud to announce the launch of SEE MORE IN ’04: (…)

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Pac-man Fever

by jpreardon on May 3, 2004

Some enterprising grad students at NYU have concocted a meatspace version of Pacman. Pacmanhattan’s game board is comprised of the area surrounding Washington Square Park. The next game is tentatively scheduled for Saturday May 8th at noon. If you are (…)

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