Turns out there is a "school" for learning how to be a doorman. The Waldorf-Astoria has been hosting a "Doorman School" to teach future doormen about the finer aspects of the job. Just what do you learn? The goal is to perfect your "attitude, appearance, phone and elevator etiquette, and “...

The Post is reporting (so take it with a grain of salt) that the sellers of the PARK51 site turned down substantially higher offers than the accepted bid of $4.8 Million from Sharif El-Gamal. Kevin Glodek, according to the post, is a developer who had plans for a 60-story condo building and retai...

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WNYC put together a "Map Your Moves" census, and made some nifty looking data visualization charts. One of them focused on where people went after being forced to move due to high rents. A majority of people forced to move in Manhattan either relocated on the island or decided to call it quits an...