Kosher Curry Hill Addition Plans April Opening on Lex
344 Lexington Avenue The newest restaurant to throw its name into Murray Hill’s boundless South Asian mix is catering to a somewhat specific niche: It’s also kosher. Shalom Bombay, currently of...
View ArticleYour Open House: Murray Hill U. in the Great Recession
Skinny college grads in pale blue or violet robes once strode across the stage straight into an apartment in Murray Hill. But as 21-year-olds now stumble instead into an uncertain job market, you could...
View ArticleDylan Sang Here: Modernist Look Building Landmarked
The Landmarks Preservation Commission today unanimously added the 21-story “Look Building” to its list of midtown landmarks. The white-brick, multi-tiered office tower, located at 488 Madison Avenue,...
View ArticleNYU Invades Murray Hill with $9 M. Condo Purchase
Murray Hill, home of frat boys, basement bars and falafel stands, seems ripe for an NYU invasion. The school’s medical center just snapped up a condo for $8.95 million at 303 East 33rd Street, close to...
View ArticleHonk If You Love the Midtown Tunnel
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of a thousand commuters throwing their heads on their horns in exasperation at the mouth of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Not only will they spend precious minutes of...
View ArticleGeorgia Cable Guy Buys Beautiful Murray Hill Brownstone [Pics]
How do you quadruple your money on a Manhattan brownstone? Make it the prettiest around. Not only was 133 East 38th Street awarded the Murray Hill Architectural Award for best historic restoration–at...
View ArticleIt's Free to Look: Thanks, Pop-Pop!
For the modest sum of $3 million you can live in the sort of luxury J.P. Morgan originally intended for his kin in Murray Hill. The Prudential Douglas Elliman listing at 108 East 37th Street was...
View ArticleRachel Uchitel’s Park Avenue Property Changes Hands
77 Park Avenue. (Photo from StreetEasy) Philip Durocher has stepped behind Rachel Uchitel‘s velvet rope! As The Observer reported earlier this month, Ms. Uchitel’s Park Avenue apartment had gone into...
View ArticleHotelier Gets Claustrophobic With Tomb-like Rooms
Creepy or cozy? We are as fond of baby animals and those brightly-colored mini food erasers as much as the next person. But our affections are decidedly more muted when it comes to small hotel rooms....
View ArticleTo Do Friday: Risque Business
Dita Von Teese. The fashion world’s favorite stripping star, Marilyn Manson ex-wife Dita Von Teese (née Heather Renée Sweet, which sounds very porn star to us), brings her 90-minute revue “Burlesque:...
View ArticleAbsent an Anchor’s Seat, Stone Phillips Finds a New Perch on Park Avenue
Stone Phillips and wife Debra. (Patrick McMullen) It looks like Stone Phillips may have finally found a place to settle down. The former Dateline anchor displayed some undeniable signs of real estate...
View ArticleWe Don’t Want to Live in a City Where an Inflatable Pool Filled with Fake...
Wikimedia One resourceful Manhattan resident has bypassed state regulations and installed a pool on the second-floor terrace of his apartment. DNAinfo reported that Justin Holt, 35, decided to upgrade...
View ArticleRenew Now! Entertainment Weekly’s Jess Cagle Sells Murray Hill Pad for Just...
Exceedingly glossy: Jess Cagle and Shawn Henderson. (Patrick McMullen) There comes a time in every magazine subscriber’s life when she looks at the stacks of unread glossies piling up around the house,...
View ArticleMurray Hill’s Battle Of The Booze
The Beers are out! (Observer) It may become harder to get inebriated while enjoying the warm weather outside in Murray Hill. At least Manhattan’s Community Board Six is hoping so, with a new plan...
View ArticleNew To The Neighborhood: NoMad Is Murray Hill, Only Better
“New to the Neighborhood” is a recurring series in which we profile New Yorkers who have recently relocated to a new (to them) part of the city to get the scoop on their new neighborhood’s hidden gems....
View ArticleThe Magic Number for VC Investment in New York Tech? Zipcode 10016
Surprise! The most lucrative neighborhood for getting venture capital deals done is not the tech corridor from DogPatch Labs to
View ArticleAfter ‘The Match’… the Housing Match: Medical Residents Hustle to Find Homes...
Matching to one of Manhattan's top hospital is a dream for many medical students, but finding housing in the city can be a real nightmare.
View ArticleThe Ultimate 28-Hour Wellness Staycation Is Happening in Murray Hill
"I'm kind of combining wellness with a hell of a lot of fun and seeing if that will be a winning combination. It's a spring tune-up."
View ArticleGuybrows Are Still Surprisingly Controversial
Guybrows expert Ramy Gafni weighs in on why men are shameless about their brows now.
View ArticleHalstead Stakes Its Investment Sales Claim
Odd timing. That’s what New York investment brokers are saying about Halstead Property’s recently announced plans to open a commercial real estate investment arm during one of the worst markets in...
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