Nov 22nd, 2008 · They look just like telephone booths, but they are decorated with hands folded in prayer, and there's a place to kneel. The prayer booths are an art installation designed to spark dialogue on prayer in the public sphere. There are prayer booths in Jackson, Tennessee, in Ceder Rapids Iowa — and now on a bustling Manhattan street in New York City.
Nov 12th, 2008 · Wall Street is littered with the resumes of former investment bankers and traders now looking for work. At a recent networking party at a bar in midtown Manhattan, so many people turned up that some had to wait in line to get in.
Nov 6th, 2008 · Every Monday, a motley crew of actors and comics takes the stage in a Manhattan cabaret to read, in a less-than-reverent way, from the memoirs of other stars. (Including, yes, Motley Crue.)
Nov 6th, 2008 · For one rare day, newspapers made a comeback. Across the country, people flocked to newsstands to buy a written record of Barack Obama's win. Having waited in long lines to vote, people waited in lines to collect the now historic front pages. The New York Times printed an extra 75,000 copies, and set up a makeshift stand directly outside its Manhattan building. And earlier on eBay, the papers were selling for $149.
Oct 30th, 2008 · Two artists temporarily decorated Wall Street. They created an ice sculpture weighing 1,500 pounds. And they placed it in Manhattan's financial district. Like most ice sculptures, it's on display in above freezing temperatures. And in this case, the slow destruction of the sculpture is part of the point. The artists cut the ice so that it spells the word economy, and people passing by can watch it slowly melting.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · The economic downturn is affecting the New York City real estate market. Many Manhattan building projects are not progressing as they normally would. Dana Rubenstein of the New York Observer newspaper and Steve Siegel of the global brokerage CB Richard Ellis offer their insight.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · Slate.com's film expert takes us through the reviews of the latest releases. This week: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, the story of young love in Manhattan, the comedy Beverly Hills Chihuahua starring the voice of Drew Barrymore and How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, the story of a disillusioned intellectual obsessed with celebrity and fame.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Here's a reminder for the next time you travel for business: don't forget your taxi receipt. A musician with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra got out of a cab, in Manhattan, and forgot her viola. The 18th century instrument was worth about $40,000. Taxi regulators used her receipt and GPS technology to figure out which cab she had been in. The instrument was returned safely.