The guardian reports on a group of squatters who have taken up residence in one of London's poshest postcodes. The group - an art collective who call themselves Da! moved into the property a month ago and so far have

When I pass this ad on my walk to work in the morning I can't help to think about the 'image' of the knife here in the US and in the UK. In this ad, the knife replaces Lady Liberty's

New York State and New York City can agree on one thing: how to upgrade the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the state's largest such plant, to comply with environmental laws. According to a press release yesterday, NYC will complete

Earlier this week, we reported tough times at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, since the bulk of buyers there were Wall Street types. Well, even if you're not in the market to buy, a couple of units are for rent there,

Gowanus Lounge noted the new sign going up on 5th and President where Lookout Hill was most recently in residence; before that it was Biscuit, and before that Night & Day, if we're getting the chronology correct. Now, it shall

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is concerned about the younger generation's attention spans. He's noticed increasing levels of distraction amongst younger jurors who've passed though his courts. In a recent speech, he proposed the idea that court

Companies are taking a lesson from the old adage that sometimes it's better to give than to receive. Giveaways, often linked to national events that are themselves already in the public conscious, have begun to generate serious buzz within the

Social networking tool, GPS navigator, virtual beer - now the iPhone is set to take on yet another use - as a 3G modem for your laptop. Sure, other smartphones and Jailbroken devices have already offered this capability for a

3D printing keeps becoming more practical every day. Taking the process even further into easy to use territory, is the The Mcor Matrix. This printer uses plain office paper, and a water-based glue as the material substrate instead of plastic

656 5th Avenue will be home to Under Minerva, a gallery and events space in the South Slope/Greenwood Heights vicinity. Part of the space will be available as studios known as the Artists' Den. Here's a description from their Web

After last weekend's Marathon-related hiatus, The Flea is back full-throttle this Sunday. We've got a full house of vendors again, with old-time favorites and a bunch of first-timers. We've even got on new dealer coming all the way from Chicago!

IKEA undertook an interesting publicity stunt in Novosibirsk, Russia recently. The ubiquitous home furnishings company completely decked out four subway cars in IKEA gear. Seats were upholstered in colorful fabric and curtains hung from the windows. Nice (legal) guerrilla style

In April, a two-story home on 19th between 5th and 6th Avenues was demolished to make way for a four-story, nine-family dwelling instead. The architect is Nataliya Donskoy, whose work we're not familiar with a graduate of the Scarano School

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From Bed Stuy (left) to PLG (middle) to Bushwick (right), the building boom's bottom-of-the-barrel are looking like particularly tough sells now. Who's going to buy one of these places now? Hard to imagine.$549000 2 fm, Short Sale [Craigslist]$729000 / 7br

Mark Hemingway and Ramesh at NRO today linked "from 52 to 48 with love," a cam-shot project reminiscent of that one site that came up after GWB's 2004 victory. It's treacly, and the gesture I am sure is well-meant, considering

Excellent area in MidWilshire Los Angeles! Newly Remodeled Apartment Complex with brand new wood floors, brand new air conditioning units, brand new appliances, newly painted, new windows, new closet doors, new shower doors, granite counters, new sinks, gas ranges, new

Most of the time I understand the theory behind email sp*m. People are hoping I'll click a link or reply. In the end they either want to sell me something, or they want to spoof some information from me. Similarly

Check out this new photoblog called Re-Brooklyn. Photographer Zach van Schouwen has been restaging old photos from the early 20th century to illustrate the change, or lack thereof, that's occurred in the borough. Two recent posts include a 1910 photo