You may have heard that Gothamist (our sister and parent site – don’t ask, we’re an incestuous bunch) has released its first iPhone app. We call it Istaverse and it contains all the magic of the ‘Ist’ sites in a convenient Apple-approved form. The app …
As a native Noo Yoiker himself — he was born in the city and lived there for his first few months — it’s appropriate that the Mayor is going in person to the Big Apple to sell Manhattanites on London as the city for tourism …
Even as the Tories ready their secret fleet of Sipson bound bulldozers, our transatlantic cousins at Gothamist are having their own airport related tomfoolery with an organisation calling itself the Manhattan Airport Foundation. The group’s proposition, conveyed by a very professional website complete with quality …
Nice as New Yorkers are, they have a well-deserved rep for defending their city’s honour against the slings and arrows of outrageous slurs. We can only imagine that any visiting Manhattanites will be ready to rip London a new bagel-hole when they clap eyes on …
A preview of Londonist’s dance moves? A secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel will finally be completed. Immediately afterwards, an extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope will be installed at …
We’d like to say a big thank you. A big thank you to all our readers for reading but an especially big thanks to the 274 of you who filled out our reader survey back in April. Here are some things we found out about …
Photo by Phillyist’s Matt Johnson, SkyscraperSunset.com, December 19, 2007. Phillyist explored an impending implosion and lived to tell the tale. Gothamist marveled at the city’s new NYC-branded condom campaign – especially the use of a Toronto landmark in the advertising. (Also, fun fact: Gothamist turned …
Photograph of Michael Strahan, coach Tom Coughin (holding the Vince Lombardi trophy) and quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning by Tien Mao Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade. Barack Obama …
Transport unions to ballot members on Tube strike action London Councils ace performance and efficiency assessments Scottish property market outperforms London; Crown Estate flogs off an historic house or two. Straight to the heart of Gothamist Towers from London City? Sounds good to us. Yah …
Photograph of memorial outside Heath Ledger’s NYC apartment Gothamist learned that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment, cause of death unknown so far (but apparently the masseuse who found him called Mary-Kate Olsen before 911). Bostonist considered sending a link about …
Photograph of the Trump Soho by Riccardo Sinti Gothamist went to the scene of the Trump Soho construction collapse, which left one construction worker dead and others injured (an indirect culprit – Manhattan’s hot real estate market, causing rushed construction jobs). Shanghaiist is confused by …
