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WHAT: Meg Cohen and Prinkshop Winter Sample Sale

WHY: Clothing and accessories at a discount at the Meg Cohen and Prinkshop Winter Sample Sale.

Cashmere scarves, hats, and gloves for men and women from Meg Cohen.
T-shirts, totes, and more from our friends at Prinkshop.

Cash and credit cards accepted.
Please bring ID in order to enter the building.

WHEN: 11/28 - 12/1; W-F (11-7), Sat (11-5)

WHERE: 1133 Broadway
Suite 245
between 25th and 26th Streets
New York NY 10010
(212) 966-3733

For the complete list of today's sales and sample sales check HERE.

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WHAT: C&C Children's Wear European Designer Sample Sale

WHY:  Childrenswear at a discount at the C&C Children's Wear European Designer Sample Sale. Room with $5, $10, and $15 items.

Brands include ADD, Eddie Pen, Imps & Elfs, Babe & Tess, Tocoto Vintage & many more! Boys & girls sizes from newborns to 16Y.

Additional 20% off (Excluding selected outerwear , Imps & Elfs nos, and items marked $5, $10, $15)

All sales final. No children or strollers allowed.

WHEN: 11/14 - 11/15; W-Th (9-5)

WHERE: 12 West 32nd Street
9th Floor
New York, NY 10001

For the complete list of today's sales and sample sales check HERE.

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We have a pair of tickets to give away to see WASABASSCO'S HOUSE OF DEVERAUX ROCK & ROLL BURLESQUE: GOTH NITE! at (le) poisson rouge on Friday, January 18th!

For show information and tickets, click here.

Enter your full name and contact information below for a chance to win. Winner will be selected at random on 1/16. Good luck!

This ticket giveaway is sponsored by (le) poisson rouge.

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One driver is dead in a fiery multi-car crash this morning on the Brooklyn-bound car lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge, police said.

Huge fire on Brooklyn bridge. Heard a bang and here it is. #NYC pic.twitter.com/bDBUSdytw4

— Alex Yaggy (@alexyaggy) November 21, 2018

The collision cause at least one of the cars to ignite. FDNY said it put out the blaze within 45 minutes of the 7:15 crash. There may have been three cars involved.

#FDNY members are operating on scene of multiple vehicles on fire on the Brooklyn Bridge. There is one civilian fatality reported. The fire has been knocked down. pic.twitter.com/cPG5WVGazA

— FDNY (@FDNY) November 21, 2018

The crash shut down the span for more than an hour on Wednesday morning, but Manhattan-bound lanes were reopened by 8:45 a.m.

The bike and pedestrian path remained closed as of 10 a,m. A spokesman for the Department of Transportation said the path was “not affected,” but would be inspected once the NYPD reopens the Brooklyn-bound lanes.

Maybe it's time to rethink unfettered access to our most famous landmarks via highly combustible and poorly regulated motor vehicles?https://t.co/2T84wqd51L

— Bike Snob NYC (@bikesnobnyc) November 21, 2018

WANE.com had a video of the carnage.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Flatiron Plaza’s annual holiday outdoor art installation is always a big hit and this year’s is particularly cheerful. Titled “Happy,” the work by Studio Cadena featuring 24 transparency vinyl screens, soft enough to sway with the wind, offering a yellow glow to the everything surrounding it. The work offers a great vantage point to photograph the landmark buildings within distance like the Flatiron Building and the Empire State Building, or can be used equally well as a backdrop, a sculpture to walk in and around, or an aesthetically memorable subject to view from a distance.

“We all wish each other happiness during the holidays. This installation physically manifests this well wishing to all who visit Flatiron,” said Benjamin Cadena, Founder and Principal of Studio Cadena based in Brooklyn. “In our otherwise bleak social and political context, it aspires to carve a small and more positive space in the city—it offers a warm embrace during the cold winter months.” Happy is a simple device to make you stop, wonder, and most importantly, smile,” writes the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership in the press release.

Happy marks the launch of “23 Days of Flatiron Cheer,” which runs from December 1 to 23 and will feature holiday-themed events, a food drive, free fitness classes, food events with top chefs in the Flatiron district, and more. It’s the seventh year of Flatiron Cheer and the fifth year there has been a competition for a public art installation, in partnership with the Van Alan Institute.

Happy will be on view daily until January 1st, 2019 (weather permitting).

Next, check out the Top 10 Secrets of the Flatiron Building.

 Flatiron, Studio Cadena

Source: https://untappedcities.com/2018/11/21/outdoor-holiday-art-installation-happy-unveiled-in-front-of-flatiron-building/

In addition, the building itself is a fantastic Beaux Arts structure with loads of interesting lines and perspective challenges.

DETAILS
Where:  The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, is located on the south side of Bowling Green, in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park.

When:  Start time:   10 AM.  Admission if free.  Be aware they have a surprisingly serious security screen including a metal detector

How:  Subway
-  4 & 5 trains to Bowling Green
-  1 train to Rector Street or South Ferry
-  R (& W on weekdays) trains to Whitehall Street
-  J & Z trains to Broad Street
-  2 & 3 trains to Wall Street

Lunch:  Meet in the lobby at noon for a short walk (location to be confirmed on Saturday) to Flavors  - 27 Whitehall St.

Afternoon:  1 PM - Back sketching at the museum

Show and Tell:  3:00 PM - A short walk to (location to be confirmed on Saturday) Murphy’s Tavern at 6 Stone St, (212) 425-1700 where we will share drawings, good stories and a snack or refreshments if you're so inclined.

NOTES:
- Despite the metal detector I’ve brought my sketching stool numerouse times with no problem.  A stool is always a handy item that allows you to sketch from the very best spot.

Source: http://nyc.urbansketchers.org/2019/02/saturday-sketch-museum-of-american.html

During the early 19th century, the eastern shore of Manhattan — mostly concentrated near Corlears Hook — was lined with ship building factories, crafting vessels bound for far-off places. New York’s dominance as a port city relied not just on trade with Europe or other American states; it soon needed to stay competitive in truly far-off destinations.

The most valued product exported from Asia was tea, and a handful of New York merchants were determined to build their professional empires on this hot commodity, using on a trade route that took several months to complete. This would require an entirely new way of thinking about international travel.

Barons of the Sea
And Their Race to Build the World’s Fastest Clipper Ship
by Steven Ujifusa
Simon & Schuster

Barons of the Sea is a true adventure story. It’s got everything — wars, races, treasure and shipwrecks. Ahoy! But at its core, Steven Ujifusa’s thrilling book really a tale about practical invention. The needs of long-distance travel to China (and eventually, after the Gold Rush, to California) required shipping vessels of an entirely new design. Along the way, these new clipper ships gave American merchants the advantage over international competition.

Most of these new crafts were built in New York Harbor for a handful of local merchant families with last names that may be familiar to you. Abiel Abbot Low would be a dominant player in trade with Canton (the port city in China that became the crossroads for both legitimate and illicit trade). His son Seth Low would later become the mayor of New York.

Warren Delano became one of New York’s wealthiest men by dabbling into the opium trade, a devastating scourge on China that lead to the First Opium War. Less than a century later, Delano’s grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt would be president of the United States.

Their families would amass their fortunes — not without great tribulation and set-back — by working with ship architects on an evolving series of clipper ships, cutting down the duration of a once-impossible voyage from New York and through the Pacific.

Barons demonstrates how international diplomacy was shaped by a few intrepid New York merchants, dabbling in trading concerns we might find deplorable today. (Although you might drink a cup of tea with more reverence after reading this.) And these merchants also helped shape life in the future western states, providing overpriced goods to eager prospectors brimming with freshly panned gold.

Below: South Street in 1835

We scoured local listings in New York City via rental site Zumper to discover the city's most posh listings.

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575 W. End Ave. (Upper West Side)

First, take in this apartment over at 575 W. End Ave. in the Upper West Side. It has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Whereas the average price for a three-bedroom rental in New York City is approximately $3,800/month, this place is currently going for a shocking $97,500/month. What, exactly, makes it so pricey?

The building offers secured entry, on-site management and concierge service. In the unit, you can expect an open living room floor plan, hardwood floors, high ceilings, a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances, in-unit laundry and a master bedroom with en suite bathroom. Both cats and dogs are permitted in this palatial house.

(Check out the complete listing here.)

28 E. 63rd St., #11B (Upper East Side)

Next, here's this apartment situated at 28 E. 63rd St., #11B in the Upper East Side. It has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Whereas the average price for a two-bedroom rental in New York City is about $3,100/month, this spot is currently listed at a commanding $94,000/month.

The building offers on-site management, concierge service, a roof deck, a business center, assigned parking and secured entry. In the apartment, you can anticipate hardwood flooring, high ceilings, large windows, a gourmet kitchen, a fireplace, in-unit laundry and a large bedroom. Cats and dogs are not welcome in this high-end home.

Per Walk Score ratings, the surrounding area has excellent walkability, is convenient for biking and boasts excellent transit options.

15 Central Park West, #8A (Lincoln Square)

Next, here's this condo over at 15 Central Park West, #8A in Lincoln Square. It has four bedrooms and six bathrooms, and it takes up 4,565 square feet. This stately home is currently going for an unthinkable $78,000/month.

The building boasts a swimming pool, a fitness center, on-site management, assigned parking and a residents lounge. In the unit, you will find an open living room floor plan, hardwood flooring, floor-to-ceiling windows, high ceilings, three bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms and a gourmet kitchen. Cats and dogs aren't welcome in this voluminous home.

According to Walk Score, the area around this address has excellent walkability, is very bikeable and is a haven for transit riders.

(If you want to daydream, see the complete listing here.)

The Department of Transportation, NYPD and other public agencies delivered several enormous successes this year — among them the fact that road fatalities appear on track to be less than 200 for the first time on record.

The city installed more than 16 miles of protected bike lanes for the third year in a row. The mayor’s office defied Bronx NIMBYers and approved a life-saving street redesign along Morris Park Avenue. The NYPD wrote more bus lane violation tickets than the year before. The Business Integrity Commission is seriously cracking down on rogue carters and even devising a new system that will reduce deadly driving practices.

But there is still so much more work to be done. So we would be remiss if we did not present a Streetsie to this year’s “Biggest Piece of Unfinished Business.” The nominees are:

Queens Boulevard

In 2015, the city began its four-phase effort to transform the so-called “Boulevard of Death” into a safe roadway. Three phases have been completed. And in May, the city announced that the final portion, between Yellowstone Boulevard and Union Turnpike, would be completed in July.

We’re still waiting.

Everyone knows that this particular project has been a huge success. Cycling is up, and fatalities are way down. In fact, no cyclists or pedestrians had been killed on any of the redesigned stretches until Dec. 17 of this year, when, police say, a pedestrian crossed against the light.

So what’s the hold up? The mayor said he remains “committed” to finishing the job. But he said it oddly. “There are some real concerns and worries about how to implement it, but there’s no question we’re going to continue to do more to protect Queens Boulevard,” he said.

Concerns? Streetsblog’s David Meyer asked a follow-up question about whether Hizzoner’s commitment meant extending protected bike lanes into Forest Hills, but the mayor didn’t answer.

Council Member Karen Koslowitz opposes the final phase on a pro-parking/anti-safety platform — and de Blasio needs her support for his plan to close Rikers Island and open community jails.

Regardless, the work is not completed — and Streetsblog will be watching.

Second Avenue

It’s not often that community boards beg the city to make their roadways safer for cyclists at the expense of car owners and their insatiable demand for free on-street car storage, but Community Board 8 in Manhattan did just that in September when it approved a city plan [PDF] to close a dangerous nine-block gap in the protected bike lane on Second Avenue near the 59th Street Bridge.

A month after the board’s decision, the city announced a delay, without giving a reason.

We’re still waiting. The city says it remains committed to the project — which is essential for the safety of cyclists — 40 of which have been injured in just those nine blocks since 2012. But let’s also not forget the other nine-block gap in the protected lane between 43rd and 34th streets. Eighty cyclists have been injured along that horrible corridor near the Midtown Tunnel over the same period.

Taken together, that’s one of the most dangerous commutes for cyclists in the city. Yet the work is not completed — and Streetsblog will be watching.

Central Park West

One of the surest ways for a road to get a quick redesign in this city is to be the site of a preventable death. Folks in Park Slope and Sunnyside are now enjoying protected bike lanes after the city moved boldly — and quickly — after people died in entirely preventable crashes.

Central Park West — where cyclist Madison Lyden was killed in August after she was forced into traffic because of a cab parked in the painted bike lane — has become an annoying exception. No street is more suitable for a protected bike lane: it is literally next to a park and car ownership in the area is among the lowest in the city. Plus, locals including Community Board 7 and Council Member Helen Rosenthal support the idea.

Regardless, the work is not completed — and Streetsblog will be watching.

Placard Crackdown

In May — 2017! — Mayor de Blasio launched a crackdown on placard abuse to rein in police officers and other city government workers who misuse their city-issued placard. There are more than 100,000 official parking placards in circulation and an untold number of fraudulent ones.

There is so much misuse of these placards that the Twitter account chronicling the daily abuse needs its own Twitter account.

The NYPD has resisted even modest efforts at reform, even as de Blasio still talks about launching a crackdown that he hasn’t actually launched. “We really have to have some strong enforcement on this issue,” Council Member Margaret Chin said earlier this year. “We want to make sure that the trust between our government and citizens is there. Residents see this abuse every day. We’ve got to do something.”

Regardless, the crackdown has not happened — and Streetsblog will be watching.

More protected bike lanes (um, hello, Dyckman Street?)

Mayor de Blasio failed to break his own record for building protected bike lanes, falling well short of last year’s 24.9-mile mark. That shortfall is disappointing to advocates, including Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, who has challenged the mayor to build 100 miles of protected bike lanes every year.

The mayor did add key links in the city’s bike network, but missing his own projection of 29.4 miles of bike lane is a stinging failure in a city that should be building more and more bike lanes every year.

The work is not completed — and Streetsblog will be watching.

And one particular protected bike lane remains spectacularly unfinished: Back in August, the Department of Transportation announced it would remove protected bike lanes from both sides of Dyckman Street so that drivers could double park, as Manhattan Borough President (and Streetsie anti-award winner) Gale Brewer put it. But the mayor said he would review that decision. Four months later and the review goes on…

And the Streetsie goes to…

Second Avenue! We get no joy in saying this, but someone is going to be seriously injured in both gaps. The city must act immediately.

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