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37 Fun Things to Do In NYC Over Fourth of July Weekend
Your perfect Labor Day weekend
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Taste the Trend: Make a ‘Spaghetti’ Sundae
Have ice cream and a Ziploc bag? You can try New York’s newest dessert craze: the Spaghetti Sundae.
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Dressed to Impress; 14 NYC Clubhoppers
Who says going out isn't work? Before these bedazzled, painted and lubed up partygoers head into the club, they tell us about the long hours, exhaustive research and Bob Mackie-level costume design that goes into making them the most head-turning crowd in New York.
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What Would Happen If You Drank Water From The Gowanus Canal?
The story of how one of the most polluted waterways in America came to be located in one of the country's most expensive neighborhoods. Also: dysentery, cancer, and arsenic poisoning.
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Banksy Attempts To Sell Original Artwork On NYC's Streets For $60
If you haven’t heard, yesterday in New York City, famed street artist Banksy (whom we love and have covered before) decided to set up a stall in Central Park and sell his original artworks for $60.
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Banksy doesn't fit his definition of art
Infamous graffiti artist Banksy is making a splash in New York City, and unsurprisingly, the city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, isn't a fan. Asked about the artist's presence at an unrelated press conference this morning, Bloomberg reiterated that graffiti ruins property. "It's a sign of decay and loss of control," he said. According to Politicker, the mayor added that he doesn't think graffiti is a form of art at all.
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Our Guide to Halloween in NYC
It's Halloween again, which means girding your loins (maybe literally), strapping on your best Miley Cyrus foam finger costume and preparing for up two weekends worth of hazy frolicking. As usual, PAPER has been keeping detailed records of all the hallows eve haunts and séances for your amusement. Our guide to Halloween in NYC, below.
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Killer Pumpkin Arrangements at the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
Held every year in New York, the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is a 25-night-long Halloween event featuring some 5,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins arranged into dinosaurs, sea monsters, zombies, and other spooky sculptural forms.
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Scenes from All the Best New York City Halloween Parties Last Night
Even though Halloween was only last night, we feel like the holiday's been going on Hanukkah-style, with approximately eight days of partying, costuming, and sanctioned licentiousness.
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From the Streets to TV to Fine Art Galleries, KAWS Is Everywhere.
KAWS Moonman, MTV VMA stage, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, 2013.
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NYC’s Day and Night Combined in Stephen Wilkes Photography
These exceptionally well done photographs add a surreal dimension to various iconic New York places. To split the landscapes from AM to PM and create such a surrealist effect, Stephen Wilkes kept his camera at a fixed angle for up to 15 hours, then weaved and blended the shots into one frame.
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Basejumping from NYC Freedom Tower
The Freedom Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere and these two dudes just jumped off it. After a brief parachuting, he lands in the middle of the street and then takes off into the night. Like a ninja.
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How to Survive as a Bike Messenger in NYC
The hard, fascinating life of a 52-year-old pizza delivery guy
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Manhattan Central Booking | NYC Arraignment Lawyer
Manhattan Central Booking is located at Manhattan Criminal Court at 100 Centre Street between White Street and Leonard Street. Train Directions to Manhattan
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The Price of Parking: There’s More Than One $1 Million Parking Space in Manhattan
Car-owing New Yorkers can probably recite year-round alternative-side parking laws on cue, but most will also tell you how they loathe circling their block for 20 minutes, tracking which days to stay
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Hilton to Sell the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to Chinese Insurance Company for $1.95 Billion
It's where the Waldorf salad was invented; it was the first hotel to offer room service; and it has its own railway platform to Grand Central, large enough to fit FDR's car. The historic tidbits about
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Rent the Ultra-Opulent Plaza Pad of Kazakhstan President’s Nephew for $55K a Month
Daniyar Nazarbayev, the ultra-rich nephew of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is now leasing his equally ultra-luxurious four-bedroom at The Plaza Hotel for $55,000 a month, reports the N
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16-Story Residential Sliver Building to Rise near Union Square
Rendering by AvoidObvious | Spector Group A new 16-story residential sliver tower will squeeze its way skyward from a narrow lot at 10 West 17th Street, situated just a block from foodie-hub Union
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World Trade Center reopens for business
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center is again opening for business - marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation. Publishing giant Conde Nast will start moving on Monday into One World Trade Center, a 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper that dominates the Manhattan skyline.
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How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2 Million a Year in Extra Tips
So a story in Businessweek caught my eye the other day. It discussed NYC taxi rider tipping habits and concluded that riders usually tip between 20% and 25% using the histogram below...
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