New York
The Tell-Tale Mercedes
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Feuilleton section of the new newsmagazine, George. Starting in the nineteenth century, the feuilleton was one of the most popular and perhaps controversial forms of writing in newspapers. The word “Feuilleton” is the diminutive of the French “feuillet,” which means a leaf of a page, implying a page of a newspaper. The feuilletons’ place in the space en rez-de-chaussée, unter dem Strich, …
Chrysler Building Repossessed After Ground Lease Holders Default on $21 Million in Rent Payments
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, which owns the land on which the historic Chrysler Building rests, said Friday that it was taking control of the Art Deco building after RFR Holding, which leases the land, had missed five monthly ground-rent payments in a row, totaling $21 million.
RFR Holding is owned by developers Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs.
The school sent RFR a termination notice on September …
Photo Essay: Partial Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon of 2024
The hype over the partial lunar eclipse and Supermoon of 2024 may have exceeded the final result but, nonetheless, millions of people set their gaze upon the heavens Tuesday night and looked up in wonder.
Tuesday’s partial lunar eclipse combined with the closeness and brightness of a Supermoon made for a spectacular astronomical event thanks to mostly clear skies despite the skies in New York City having been overcast for much …
Photo Essay: Sunset Over Manhattan Viewed from the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County
Built starting in 1940, the Long Island Expressway traverses almost the entirety of Long Island from the portal of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan at its western end to Riverhead, a hamlet in eastern Suffolk County at the mouth of the Peconic Bay.
The LIE (pronounced “L”-“I”-“E”, never “lie,” but sometimes referred to as the “Long Island Parking Lot” and “Long Island Distressway”) spans 66 miles (106 km). While the “LIE” …
Today is Radio Commercials Day: The First Ever Radio Commercial Was Broadcast 102 Years Ago Today in New York City
One hundred and two years ago today, on August 28, 1922, the first ever radio commercial was broadcast.
The commercial was carried by New York AM station WEAF, broadcasting at 660 kHz on the AM dial. As a result, August 28 is recognized by radio enthusiasts as Radio Commercials Day.
The commercial was for the Queensboro Corporation, a real-estate developer that developed the area in Queens known as Train Meadow into Jackson …
WCBS Newsradio 880 Signs Off For the Very Last Time After Nearly 60 Years
At midnight, August 26, 2024, WCBS Newsradio 880, played its distinctive beginning-of-the-hour tones for the last time.
“Set your time to WCBS. Four tones will follow. The final loudest one marks the exact time,” the station’s early time announcement read. WCBS’ beginning-of-the-hour tones, accurate enough to set your watch to, unlike time announcements by all-news competitor 1010 WINS – which was only approximate and has a several second error – carried …
Why is Kamala Harris’ Laugh a Campaign Issue? Or Why the Trump Family Never Laughed
Kamala Harris’s laugh is now a campaign issue, but it may be a positive one that will win her voters.
Shortly after she became the presumed Democratic Party presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump latched on her laugh and unveiled a nickname for her: “Laffin’ Kamala Harris.” “You can tell a lot by a laugh,” he said rather ominously.
Indeed, Donald Trump and Republican surrogates have in recent days ramped up their …
