November 19, 2008
More NY: Marcel hotel, RFK bridge, Cyclone dangers
Inside NYC’s The Marcel at Gramercy (Hotel Chatter)
Having just completed a massive renovation, including radical upgrades like the addition of new stories to the building, The Marcel has risen in more than just height; this hidden gem in Gramercy just claimed an extra star for their efforts.
Triborough Bridge Becomes Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (NY1)
This is the first major public works in New York State being named for Bobby Kennedy, who was New York’s junior senator when he was assassinated in California in 1968 while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Dead rider knew risk of Cyclone, city claims (Daily News)
A California musician who died days after riding the Cyclone should have known that riding the rickety 80-year-old Coney Island coaster is dangerous, the city says in new court papers. Keith Shirasawa, 53, died in August 2007, five days after he snapped his neck and fractured several bones in his neck during a downhill plunge on the wooden roller coaster.
Surprising No One, Study Says Cyclists Ignore Traffic Laws (Gothamist)
Students spent October observing 3,000 cyclists chosen at random at 69 locations throughout the five boroughs; they found that only 43 percent of all cyclists stopped at red lights, and roughly 14 percent did not use designated bike lanes, which is not required by law.
City Winery Announces Inaugural Schedule (NY Times)
City Winery, a new performance space and restaurant established by Michael Dorf, the founder of the Knitting Factory, will have its first concert on Dec. 31 with the singer-songwriter Joan Osborne.
A landmarking we will go (Historic Districts Council Newsstand)
City’s Latest Landmarks Are NYU’s University Village in Greenwich Village; the Guardian Life Insurance Company Annex at Union Square East; the Morris B. Sanders Studio and Apartment in Turtle Bay; the New School’s Former Baumann Bros. Store off Union Square West;Pratt Institute’s Renaissance- Revival Building in Greenwich Village, a Former FDNY Firehouse in Midtown and a WPA-Era NYC Parks Department Pool Complex in Red Hook.
November 19, 2008 11:31 PM in Etceterology
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